Thousands of Earthlike 'blanets' might circle the Milky Way's central black hole By Rafi Letzter Tens of thousands of planets like Earth and Neptune might orbit the giant black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
Space roar: NASA detected the loudest sound in the universe, but what is it? By David Crookes , All About Space magazine The space roar, which was detected by NASA's ARCADE mission in 2006, makes space six-times louder than anyone was expecting — have we finally found the cause?
Happy anniversary, Curiosity! NASA rover marks 8 years on Mars By Mike Wall NASA's car-size Curiosity rover celebrates eight years on the Red Planet today (Aug. 5), less than a week after the Perseverance rover took flight toward Mars.
Duckweed is an incredible, radiation-fighting astronaut food — and by changing how it is grown, we made it better By Barbara Demmig-Adams When room and supplies are limited — like during space travel — you need to optimize for a different set of goals to meet the needs of the people you are trying to feed.
Satellites watch Tropical Storm Isaias batter eastern US By Tariq Malik Tropical Storm Isaias battered the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast with torrential rains and powerful winds on Tuesday (Aug. 4) as NASA and NOAA satellites tracked the storm from space.
The best place to see stars from Earth also happens to be the coldest place on the planet By Chelsea Gohd If you want the clearest view of the night sky, you'll have to pack a warm jacket.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will send the hunt for exoplanets into warp speed By Elizabeth Howell A new NASA space observatory could push planet-hunting forward at warp speed by gathering data up to 500 times faster than the venerable Hubble Space Telescope does.
Join astrophysicist Joe Pesce for an AMA about Mars, the cosmos (and more) in our Space.com Forums! By Space.com Staff Here's your chance to have your astronomical questions answered by astrophysicist Joe Pesce in our Space.com Forums!
On Mars, massive ice sheets — not rivers — may have carved ancient valleys By Meghan Bartels Early Mars may not have been quite the warm, wet paradise scientists have hoped for — not if the valleys scarring its surface work the same way as their counterparts here on Earth do.
Super space sunblock made from skin pigment could shield astronauts from radiation By Adam Mann Better shielding through chemistry
US Space Force hires a horse to boldly go where rockets can't. (The beach) By Brandon Specktor The United States Space Force has a new recruit in their mission to keep planet Earth safe. His name is Ghost, and he likes to go clip-clop on the beach.
Comet Neowise: An increasingly rare opportunity to spot an icy wanderer with the naked eye By Gareth Dorrian, Ian Whittaker Neowise is the first bright comet to be visible with the naked eye from the northern hemisphere since the mid-1990s.
We could one day predict the most dangerous solar flares 24 hours in advance, study suggests By Charles Q. Choi Scientists may one day be able to predict dangerous solar flares just one day in advance using a new solar outburst model, a new study finds.
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance is fine and out of 'safe mode' By Mike Wall You can breathe easy now: All is officially well with NASA's newly launched Mars rover Perseverance.
NASA's Perseverance rover launch kicks off audacious Mars sample-return project By Mike Wall Humanity's first interplanetary sample-return campaign is now underway.
A weird long cloud on Mars has returned. It's right on schedule, scientists say. By Meghan Bartels A weird long cloud has formed so many times over the same Martian volcano that scientists have given up and named it.
When worlds collide: Stunning 3D simulation shows what happens in giant planetary crashes (video) By Samantha Mathewson New 3D supercomputer simulations show the early stages of planetary collisions, demonstrating what may happen to an Earth-like planet struck by a giant object.
China's Chang'e 4 moon mission completes 20th day on lunar farside By Andrew Jones China's Chang'e 4 moon lander and rover have concluded their science tasks for a 20th lunar day on the far side of the moon.
NASA launches Mars rover Perseverance to seek signs of ancient life By Mike Wall The life-hunting, sample-caching Mars rover Perseverance launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this morning (July 30), kicking off a seven-month cruise to the Red Planet.
NASA's next Mars rover, Perseverance, will launch today. Here's how to watch. By Amy Thompson The car-sized Perseverance rover is set to launch toward Mars Thursday (July 30) during a two-hour window that opens at 7:50 a.m. EDT. Watch it live here.
