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A full-size projection of NASA's Saturn V rocket lit up the Washington Monument in honor of the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 11 moon mission yesterday (July 16).

Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day

By Hanneke Weitering

A full-size projection of NASA's Saturn V rocket lit up the Washington Monument in honor of the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 11 moon mission yesterday (July 16).

An artist’s depiction of NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope.

What Is NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST)?

By JoAnna Wendel

NASA’s future flagship telescope, WFIRST, will help us find potentially habitable exoplanets and study a mysterious phenomenon called dark matter.

Mars as seen from orbit in the 1970s by NASA’s Viking mission.

How We Could Make Mars Habitable, One Patch of Ground at a Time

By Mike Wall

Transforming Mars into a life-friendly world doesn't have to be a herculean, planet-wide effort.

An artist's rendering of the accretion disk around the supermassive black hole at the core of the spiral galaxy NGC 3147.

Surprise! This Monster Black Hole's Disk Shouldn't Exist

By Passant Rabie

Discovery of this black hole disk could provide insights regarding relativity theory.

An artist's illustration of a potentially habitable exomoon orbiting a giant planet in a distant solar system.

Meet the Ploonets! Runaway Moons with Delusions of Planethood Get Astronomy's Cutest Name Ever

By Mindy Weisberger

Moons orbiting distant worlds have a new nickname, and it's even cuter than "moonmoon."

An India Space Research Organisation GSLV III Mark 1 rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-2 moon orbiter, lander and rover stands poised for a launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on Sriharikota.

India Shoots for the Moon with Ambitious Lunar Launch Today! Watch It Live

By Tariq Malik

India is about to launch its most ambitious mission to the moon yet, and you can watch it live today (July 14).

These towers of cosmic dust and gas make up part of the Eagle Nebula, also called the "pillars of creation."

'Missing' Interstellar Iron May Just Be Good at Hiding

By Yasemin Saplakoglu

A new study suggests the universe's missing iron may not be missing at all, just really good at hiding.

An Apollo 12 astronaut at work collecting a moon rook from the lunar surface.

The Moon on Earth: Where Are NASA's Apollo Lunar Rocks Now?

By Meghan Bartels

Like any travelers, the 12 astronauts who have walked on the moon were careful to bring back souvenirs from their journeys. In their case it was moon rocks, and lots of them.

A camera on board NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the Curiosity rover on May 31, 2019.

Curiosity Rover on Mars Spotted from Space in Awesome NASA Photo

By Elizabeth Howell

Curiosity's "head" shows up in a new image from Mars orbit, as the rover winds its way up an ancient Red Planet mountain.

Watch the Live Science Facebook Live interview at 11:30 a.m. EDT today (July 12) and enter to win one of three free copies of "Archaeology From Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past."

Indiana Jones Meets 'Star Wars' in 'Archaeology From Space.' Enter to Win a Copy!

By Mindy Weisberger

What's it like to uncover the mysteries of ancient civilizations...from space?

The asteroid Ryugu, as seen by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft during its sample-grabbing descent on July 10, 2019.

Top Space Stories of the Week!

By Doris Elin Salazar

These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.

2018 space mission Chandrayaan-2

Chandrayaan-2: India's Orbiter-Lander-Rover Mission

By Elizabeth Howell

Chandrayaan-2 is India's planned second mission to the moon. It will consist of an orbiter, a lander and a rover.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch captured this image of tropical storm Barry and shared it on Twitter on July 11, 2019.

Astronaut Spots Tropical Storm Barry Menacing the Gulf Coast

By Meghan Bartels

A host of weather satellites — and at least one astronaut — are keeping their eyes on Tropical Storm Barry as it approaches the Gulf Coast.

Is the universe a spinner?

Does the Universe Rotate?

By Mara Johnson-Groh

If you look around space, you'll notice a lot of things — the planets, stars, moons, even the galaxy itself — have one thing in common: they're spinning. So, is the universe spinning, too?

black hole particles escaping

What Are Black Holes?

By Nola Taylor Redd

Black holes are mysterious objects of extreme density, with such strong gravitational attraction that even light cannot escape from their grasp if it comes near enough.

A NASA photo shows James Reilly, now the Trump-appointed director of the U.S. Geological Survey, aboard the space shuttle Atlantis in 2001. Reilly promised not to let political influences jeapordize science during his confirmation hearing in 2018.

It Sure Seems Like the Trump Administration Is Suppressing Reports of Climate Change at USGS

By Rafi Letzter

Trump administration officials are removing references to climate change from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) press releases, according to a ClimateWire report.

Artist's impression of string theory.

What Is String Theory?

By Charlie Wood

String theory started as a simplification of everything, but has become increasingly complex over the years.

To understand where exoplanets are in their own evolution, astronomers can use Earth’s biological milestones as a Rosetta stone.

Earth's Changing Colors Could Help Us Find Alien Life

By Mike Wall

Earth's color palette has changed considerably over time, and that fact could help astronomers better understand the evolution of other life-hosting planets, a new study suggests.

Apollo 11 astronauts left this retroreflector on the lunar surface in 1969.

Why Is the Apollo Reflector Experiment Still Operating, 50 Years Later?

By Elizabeth Howell

An epic lunar laser experiment is still going strong, five decades after the Apollo astronauts set it up on the surface.

Could quasiparticles called magnons unmask a lightweight dark matter particle?

These Odd 'Quasiparticles' Could Finally Unmask Dark Matter

By Paul Sutter

Tiny ripples called magnons could lure even a fleeting, lightweight dark matter particle out of hiding.