NASA spacecraft makes historic attempt to snag samples of asteroid Bennu By Mike Wall For the first time ever, a NASA probe has performed a sample-snagging operation on an asteroid in deep space.
Pictures from space! Our image of the day By Space.com Staff The ten solar panels for the European Space Agency's Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) spacecraft are ready to be turned into solar wings.
The 2020 Nobel Prize in physics awarded for work on black holes. An astrophysicist explains the trailblazing discoveries By Gaurav Khanna Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious objects in nature.
NASA's about to scoop up some asteroid dirt on the space rock Bennu. Scientists are thrilled. By Meghan Bartels NASA will touch a space rock tomorrow in a milestone event for what the agency considers a crucial field of study: asteroid science.
2 small asteroids zip by Earth closer than the moon today By Tariq Malik Two small asteroids will zip by Earth today (Oct. 19) at a range that's closer than the moon, in a double flyby that comes as NASA gears up to sample a space rock of its own.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe will snag a piece of an asteroid Tuesday! Here's how to watch. By Elizabeth Howell NASA will broadcast an epic "touch and go" on Tuesday as a spacecraft descends toward asteroid Bennu to pick up a precious sample of dust.
The strange story of 2020 SO: How an asteroid turned into rocket junk and the NASA scientist who figured it out By Meghan Bartels As soon as he saw the data, Paul Chodas knew something was strange about the near-Earth object that had been designated 2020 SO.
China unveils ambitious moon mission plans for 2024 and beyond By Andrew Jones China is operating a mission on the far side of the moon and is preparing to launch another this year to collect lunar samples — and it's already planning a new set of bold lunar missions.
Physicists keep trying to break the rules of gravity but this supermassive black hole just said 'no' By Rafi Letzter A new test of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity has proved the 20th Century physicist right again, this time using a supermassive black hole.
The top space stories of the week! By Doris Elin Urrutia These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.
'Spider's web' traps six galaxies around supermassive black hole By Elizabeth Howell Six galaxies were trapped in orbit around a supermassive black hole during the early history of the universe, new observations reveal.
Earth just had its hottest September on record By Yasemin Saplakoglu Every year, a warming planet is shattering heat records.
Without gravity, the fluid around an astronaut's brain moves in weird ways By Doris Elin Urrutia The fluid that cushions the human brain redistributes in the skull during spaceflight, according to a new study.
China's moon mission robots wake up for a 23rd lunar day as team snags major award By Andrew Jones China's Chang'e 4 spacecraft have awoken for another lunar day on the far side of the moon, while on Earth the mission received a prestigious international award for its accomplishments.
Space Chat with Space.com: Tune in Fridays for science, space and more! By Chelsea Gohd This Friday (Oct. 16), "Space Chat" will explore NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, which is gearing up to capture an asteroid sample.
Historic Mount Wilson Observatory was ready for its close call with the Bobcat Fire By Doris Elin Urrutia Several months ago, the historic Mount Wilson Observatory in southern California made an extraordinary observation.
BepiColombo spacecraft swings past Venus on long road to Mercury By Meghan Bartels It's a long, looping journey from Earth through the inner solar system to reach Mercury, but scenery can make any circuitous trip more exciting.
Bill Nye to flat Earthers and science deniers: 'It affects all of us' By Chelsea Gohd "The flat earthers, the anti vaxxers, the anti maskers are not on board with the progress of science. And the thing is, it affects all of us," Bill Nye said.
The mountains on Pluto have super weird methane ice snowcaps By Charles Q. Choi Mountains on Pluto have snowcaps that may have formed from the top down as opposed to the bottom up, the reverse of how snow caps form on Earth, a new study finds.
These alien planets may be more habitable for life than our own Earth By Charles Q. Choi Two dozen alien worlds may be as good as or better than Earth for life as we know it, a new study finds.
