Space Books

Space.com's editors present a list of the astrophysics and astronomy books worth a read-through.

Space.com's editors present a reading list for space and sci-fi lovers, as well as children who are interested in astronomy and spaceflight.

Read an excerpt from Katherine Johnson's upcoming autobiography about her life and time at NASA.

Quantum mechanics is settled science. Case closed, and thank you very much — or so many would argue.

Here are the some of the best science fiction books Space.com's writers and editors have read and loved.

Feed and inspire a kid's thirst for space with these book picks by Space.com's writers and editors.

"Children of Ruin" probes alien minds of terrestrial and extraterrestrial origin.

The veteran science journalist's new book looks at the bright future of moon exploration.

Here are Space.com writers' and editors' picks for photo collections and astrophotography books that will transport you to other worlds.

In "Delta-v" (Dutton, 2019) by Daniel Suarez, out today (April 23), an unpredictable billionaire recruits an adventurous cave diver to join the first-ever effort to mine an asteroid.

Four years after he orbited the moon alone during humanity's first lunar landing mission, Michael Collins brought everyone back on Earth along for the ride.

A detail on the front of author James Donovan's latest release, "Shoot for the Moon," is likely to attract the interest of space history enthusiasts: the endorsement of astronaut Michael Collins.

The most dangerous thing in space exploration is the humans that do the exploring — right up until it isn't.

The technological utopias of science fiction may still be centuries away, but building the culture of that future starts now.

This excerpt from Chapter 16 of Rod Pyle's new book "Interplanetary Robots" details the history of the probes that have braved the crushing pressure and fearsome heat of the planet Venus.

After just two weeks in space, it looks like rookie Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques is feeling really comfortable in microgravity.

James Carter would be the first to admit that he is a children's book writer, not a scientist.