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NASA's InSight Lander on Mars Is Now Hunting for Marsquakes

January 11, 2019 | Article

NASA's InSight Mars lander is officially hunting for quakes on the Red Planet.
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You Can Watch SpaceX Launch 10 Satellites and Land a Rocket Today! Here's How.

January 11, 2019 | Article

SpaceX will launch 10 communications satellites and attempt a rocket landing Friday morning (Jan. 11), and you can watch all the action live.
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Chinese Rover Wakes Up on Moon's Far Side After Lunar Nap

January 10, 2019 | Article

China's far-side moon rover Yutu 2 has woken up from its nap as planned, according to Chinese media reports.
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Mysterious 'Cow' Blast in Space May Reveal Birth of a Black Hole

January 10, 2019 | Article

A weirdly bright and brief blast dubbed "The Cow," which researchers first spotted last June, was likely generated by a newborn black hole or superdense stellar corpse called a neutron star, a new study reports.
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Virgin Orbit: The Private Space Company That Aims to Launch Small Satellites

January 10, 2019 | Reference

This Virgin Galactic spin-off aims to launch hundreds of small satellites into space at once, aboard their large LauncherOne rocket.
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Barnard's Star Planet May Not Be Too Cold for Life After All

January 10, 2019 | Article

One of Earth's nearest exoplanet neighbors, the planet orbiting Barnard's Star, may still have a chance at hosting life, despite its frigid temperatures.
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Is Anyone Out There? New SETI Tool Keeps Track of Alien Searches

January 10, 2019 | Article

With research on extraterrestrial life continuing across the world, a noted researcher from the SETI Institute launched a new tool to help researchers keep track of results.
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SpaceX, NASA Push 1st Crew Dragon Test Flight to February

January 10, 2019 | Article

The first uncrewed test flight of SpaceX's new Dragon spacecraft for astronauts will now launch no earlier than February, NASA officials said today (Jan. 10).
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The Government Shutdown Is Taking a Toll on Space Science

January 10, 2019 | Article

While the partial government shutdown has left thousands of workers without a paycheck, it is also taking a toll on the space science community. Research projects are put on hold while observatories get ready to close down.
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Space Telescopes of the Future: NASA Has 4 Ideas for Great Observatory to Fly in 2030s

January 10, 2019 | Article

NASA still hasn't launched its new James Webb Space Telescope, but the agency is already preparing for an even bigger and better space observatory to succeed it.
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