'The Right Stuff' recap: Hey, let's get up there ('Flight') By Robert Z. Pearlman The first season of "The Right Stuff" comes to an end with the flight of the first American into space.
Watch a bright fireball explode over the Tasman Sea (video) By Samantha Mathewson A bright green meteor streaked across the southern coast of Tasmania, Australia, and researchers caught the fireball on camera as it broke up over the ocean.
Hear Mars rover Perseverance whir as it cruises toward the Red Planet By Mike Wall A microphone aboard the Mars 2020 rover Perseverance, which will touch down in February 2021, captured the whirring sound made by part of the robot's heating system.
Here's why SpaceX's Crew-1 astronauts chose Baby Yoda as their zero-g indicator By Mike Wall Zero-g Baby Yoda put a smile on our faces, and that was the plan all along.
Rocket Lab launches 30 satellites, recovers booster in reusability milestone By Mike Wall Rocket Lab just delivered a passel of satellites to orbit and took a big step toward booster reusability.
Law firm claims stake in tape strips used to lift moon dust off Apollo 11 sample bag By Robert Z. Pearlman The saga continues.
Arecibo radio telescope, an icon of astronomy, is lost By Meghan Bartels The National Science Foundation (NSF) will decommission Arecibo Observatory's massive radio dish after damage has made the facility too dangerous to repair, the agency announced today (Nov. 19).
Big dust storms may have driven off much of Mars' water By Nola Taylor Redd Martian dust storms have helped to strip water from the red planet.
SpaceX's Crew-1 astronaut launch for NASA: Live updates By Space.com Staff SpaceX plans to launch the first operational flight of its Crew Dragon astronaut taxi to the International Space Station on Nov. 14, 2020.
China rolls out Long March 5 rocket for Chang'e 5 moon sample-return mission launch By Mike Wall A heavy-lift Long March 5 rocket topped with the robotic Chang'e 5 lunar sample-return mission rolled out to its pad at Wenchang Space Launch Center in China's Hainan province on Tuesday (Nov. 17).
Rocket Lab will launch 30 satellites and attempt a booster recovery today: Watch live By Mike Wall Rocket Lab will launch an ambitious mission on Thursday (Nov. 19), and you can watch the action live.
Losing Arecibo Observatory would create a hole that can't be filled, scientists say By Meghan Bartels Arecibo Observatory is facing a mid-life crisis — or something much worse.
Cosmonauts prep space station for module removal on spacewalk out of new airlock By Robert Z. Pearlman Two cosmonauts opened a new door to the outside of the International Space Station while preparing for the replacement of a 19-year-old docking module during a spacewalk on Wednesday (Nov. 18).
The dazzling Blue Ring Nebula puzzled scientists for 16 years — and now they finally understand why By Samantha Mathewson Scientists have uncovered new evidence of the mysterious fluorescent debris that makes up the Blue Ring Nebula.
Weird 'gravitational molecules' could orbit black holes like electrons swirling around atoms By Paul Sutter
Earth is fighting a laser duel with the exploding Carina Nebula By Brandon Specktor An epic photo shows the ESO's Very large Telescope firing four orange lasers at a distant star system.
Rogue planets: hunting the galaxy's most mysterious worlds By Jacco van Loon These planets, including Earth, benefit from the star’s warmth and light.
Two cosmonauts are taking a spacewalk outside the space station today. Here's how to watch. By Hanneke Weitering Two Russian cosmonauts are taking a spacewalk outside the International Space Station Wednesday (Nov. 18), and you can watch their six-hour excursion live online.
HBO developing TV sci-fi drama series based on the 1998 movie 'Sphere' By Scott Snowden Will we get to see what happened to the crew of the crashed spacecraft from the future?
Stratolaunch starts building Talon hypersonic plane for Mach 6 flights By Elizabeth Howell Stratolaunch has started construction on a prototype of a Mach 6 vehicle designed to launch from the world's biggest airplane.
