German X-Ray Telescope Takes First Images of Universe. Here They Are! By Chelsea Gohd The first images from a dark-energy-hunting telescope have been revealed, and they're spectacular.
Space May Soon Become a War Zone — Here's How That Would Work By Gareth Dorrian, Ian Whittaker At an upcoming summit in early December, NATO is expected to declare space as a "warfighting domain," partly in response to new developments in technology.
'The Orville' Promises 'Huge' Action-Packed Season 3 By Scott Snowden "Orville" executive producers promise more space battles in Season 3.
This Space-Age Apollo Bag Is the Coolest Conference Swag You've Ever Seen By Elizabeth Howell Aerothreads took one giant leap for conference swag when the company created a durable International Astronautical Congress tote festooned with references to the Apollo 11 moon-landing mission.
NASA Europa Mission Could Potentially Spot Signs of Alien Life By Mike Wall If there's life on Jupiter's ocean moon Europa, an upcoming NASA mission might be able to sniff it out.
An Asteroid the Size of a Skyscraper Just Flew by Earth (Video) By Hanneke Weitering An enormous asteroid flew by Earth today (Oct. 25), and you can watch it zip by in a video from the Virtual Telescope Project.
NASA's Artemis Moon Program Attracts More Nations as Potential Partners, Agency Says By Elizabeth Howell There are so many nations eager to join NASA's push to the moon that the coalition of 15 International Space Station countries may have even more company for Artemis, according to the agency.
The 2019 Taurid Meteor Shower Peaks Soon. Here's What to Expect. By Joe Rao The next few weeks might be a good time to keep a close watch on the night sky, for if you're lucky, you just might catch sight of a spectacularly bright meteor, also known as a fireball.
NASA Will Launch a Lunar VIPER to Hunt Moon Water in 2022 By Meghan Bartels NASA has unveiled a new spacecraft that the agency hopes to send to the moon to scout out water ice near the lunar south pole. Many people see lunar water as a vital resource for future missions.
Northrop Grumman Names 12th Cygnus Spaceship for Apollo 12 Astronaut By Robert Z. Pearlman Northrop Grumman is remembering an Apollo 12 moonwalker with the naming of its 12th spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station.
Mars Monsters Inspired by Lovecraft's Cthulhu Haunt Eerie 'Moons of Madness' Game By Doris Elin Urrutia "Moons of Madness" is an eerie new video game in which horror meets spaceflight.
October New Moon 2019: See Jupiter and Saturn in the Halloween Night Sky By Jesse Emspak The new moon occurs on Sunday (Oct. 27) at 11:36 p.m. EDT (0326 GMT on Oct. 28).
BepiColombo Spacecraft Documents 1st Year in Space with Selfies By Samantha Mathewson The BepiColombo spacecraft is en route to Mercury and has snapped several selfies to document its travel over the last year.
Mars 2020 Rover Sheds Its Skin and Stands on Its Own for First Time By Chelsea Gohd NASA's Mars 2020 rover has shed its skin and gained a new arm, and it's now standing on its own six wheels, closer to ready for the Red Planet.
The Next Two Astronauts on the Moon Could Both Be Women, NASA Chief Says By Elizabeth Howell Could the next two astronauts on the moon both be women? NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine thinks so.
The New Push to the Moon Will Be a Joint Enterprise of Nations (and Companies) By Elizabeth Howell The next journey to the moon will be far from a solo venture.
Bill Nye: It's Space Settlement, Not Colonization By Mike Wall As we prepare to expand our reach in the solar system, we should pay attention to the language we use to describe that endeavor, Bill Nye said.
How Ancient Black Holes May Have Grown So Quickly in the Early Universe By Samantha Mathewson Scientists found streams of gas rotating in opposite directions around a distant, supermassive black hole, offering new clues for how black holes grew so rapidly in the early universe.
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Acquires Japanese Moon Rover By Elizabeth Howell A lunar rover changed destinations from the moon to Earth to live in the ever-popular Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Legendary 'Yeti' Galaxy Finally Discovered Behind a Shroud of Cosmic Dust By Mindy Weisberger Researchers recently captured the first images of a hidden "monster galaxy" as elusive as the mythical, monstrous yeti.
