You can see two space stations in the night sky this weekend, China's Tianhe and the International Space Station.
New research has found that the rocks were formed as part of a geological upheaval hundreds of millions of years ago.
Jared Isaacman's privately funded trip to Earth's orbit will raise money for St. Jude's.
NASA released a video today that captures a little of what a drone sounds like on Mars. Spoiler alert: It doesn't sound like a theremin.
NASA has increased the prices it will charge for private astronaut missions to the ISS, saying the new prices reflect the true costs of supporting them.
Students from Brownsville, Texas will hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station during a call at 10:15 a.m. EDT Tuesday, May 11 that will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.
There is no evidence that mushrooms or any other form of life exists on Mars. The Mars rover did not take a picture of fungi growing on the planet. And so-called ‘scientists’ did not explain the existence of fungi on Mars in a research pape
NASA and Axiom Space have signed a mission order for the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station and will host a teleconference with media at 11 a.m. EDT on Monday, May 10, to discuss more details about the mission.
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NASA released the first audio-video footage of an Ingenuity flight.
There’s always room for more familiar Star Wars faces… right?
Crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted research during the week of May 3 that included studies of how space affects the human immune system and solidification of alloys in microgravity.
Astronauts on board SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft share their experience of the journey and splashdown late last month.
Data from satellites orbitting Mars indicates eruptions could have taken place much more recently than previously known
The claim is bound to cause controversy. See the possible evidence.
But critics dismiss the findings, saying conditions are too extreme and changes on the surface can be explained.
Although there is plenty of evidence that Mars has a volcanic past, it was thought to have quieted down long ago. Now, new observations reveal that an eruption could have taken place within the past 50,000 years, which indicates that the planet could still be volcanically active. This raises the possibility that it was recently, and perhaps it still is, a habitable place for microbes.
America’s “unipolar moment” has lingered on in the international distribution of space capabilities, but it will not last forever.
There's a reason scientists haven't been able to get their measurements to line up.
NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, participated in the first media event following their mission and splashdown, where they answered questions about their historic mission on the Internati
"Cut and Run," the second episode of Disney+ Star Wars: The Bad Batch is a Clone Wars reunion. Our heroes meet deserter Cut Lawquane but when Hunter makes a decision to keep Omega safe, the choice of when to fight and when to run becomes an issue of family.
While the premiere was fun and action-packed, the second episode of Star Wars: The Bad Batch takes its time to focus on characters. If you thought last wee...
The Bad Batch episode 2, "Cut and Run," brings in more Star Wars elements from The Clone Wars while carving out a new path for Omega.
“I felt really heavy”, said one of the four astronauts who returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) after spending over 160 days in space.
A Chinese Long March 5B rocket expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere around May 8. No one knows exactly where it will land yet.
"There was a point where I was just saying to myself, breathe. Inhale, because I felt really heavy -- I felt like those cartoons when they experience G and your face is just sagging down," said American Victor Glover, one of the astronauts in the group called Crew-1.
Astronaut Victor Glover made history as the first African American to board the International Space Station for an extended mission.
Despite what you might have read, the claims for life on Mars are shoddy and unscientific.
Four astronauts just returned from the International Space Station described on Thursday their reentry into Earth's atmosphere and ocean splashdown after more than 160 days in space.
Sierra Nevada will fly its new spaceplane to the ISS in 2022! Check out the future of space travel.
While there’s evidence of volcanic activity in Mars’ ancient past, it was presumed to have been quiet for millions of years. But now, orbiters have spotted a large volcanic deposit that appears to be relatively fresh – only about 53,000 years old – which may lend weight to the idea that the Red Planet was recently, or still is, habitable for subsurface microbes.
NASA and Boeing have scheduled a second uncrewed test flight of the CST-100 Starliner commercial crew spacecraft for July 30.
NASA and Boeing have scheduled a second uncrewed test flight of the CST-100 Starliner commercial crew spacecraft for July 30.
NASA's Commercial Crew program took a great deal longer than expected to produce safe and efficient transportation to the International Space Station. Both SpaceX with its Crew Dragon and Boeing's Starliner faced huge delays that set the program back by many months. Eventually, Crew Dragon fulfilled SpaceX's promise to NASA, but Boeing is still lagging far behind. The company's failed attempt at an uncrewed flight to the ISS resulted in a long list of changes requested by NASA. Now, as Crew Dragon is already taking crews of astronauts to and from the space station, Boeing has finally completed a trip…
Some Star Wars fans have expressed concern that the latest Disney+ animated series, The Bad Batch, has changed the skin tones of its primary clone characters—based on the appearance of Māori-descent actor Temuera Morrison—to appear significantly lighter.
Some see launch of a new Chinese space station as an opportunity for NASA to cooperate with China. This wish ignores some important facts.
One of the 12 bottles of Pétrus 2000, and it's thought that the wine might go for a cool $1 million.
A bottle of Pétrus 2000 wine that was “aged” for 14 months aboard the International Space Station is now for sale by Christie’s. They expect it to fetch around $1 million. A terre…
Boeing and NASA are now targeting Friday, July 30, for the launch of Starliner’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission
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The Crew-1 mission astronauts arrived back on Earth early Sunday morning.
NASA and Boeing are now targeting July 30 for an uncrewed test flight of the aerospace company's troubled Starliner capsule to the International Space Station, they announced Thursday.
Simulating the universe is difficult. There are, after all, potentially infinite variables to consider. Scientists typically use supercomputers to crunch data at the cosmological level, but a team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon recentl
Evidence of recent volcanic activity on Mars shows that eruptions could have taken place within the past 50,000 years, a paper by Planetary Science Institute Research Scientist David Horvath says.
NASA and Boeing completed an integrated mission dress rehearsal of Starliner’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 mission to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Blue Origin plans to begin crew flights of its suborbital New Shepard spacecraft on July 20, launching the highest bidder in an online auction out of the atmosphere and into space for a few minutes of weightlessness and an out-of-this world view before returning to Earth.
Three Chinese military satellites and a civilian data relay payload launched Thursday aboard a Long March 2C rocket.
SpaceX launched and landed an upgraded prototype for the company's next-generation Starship vehicle in South Texas on Wednesday, the company's first Starship test flight since winning a $2.9 billion NASA contract to use the craft to land astronauts on the Moon.
The oldest Falcon 9 booster in SpaceX's operational rocket fleet sent 60 more Starlink internet satellites into space Tuesday with a launch from historic pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
China launched an optical Earth observation satellite April 30, beginning a mission designed to provide detailed reconnaissance imagery to the Chinese military.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket at 3:01 p.m. EDT (1901 GMT) Tuesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit. SpaceX successfully landed the Falcon 9 booster on a drone ship offshore.
SpaceX has performed a static test firing of a Falcon 9 rocket at launch pad 39A ahead of a planned liftoff on Tuesday with 60 more Starlink satellites.
Four astronauts strapped into their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, undocked from the International Space Station and plunged to a fiery pre-dawn splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, closing out the first operational flight of SpaceX's futuristic touch-screen ferry ship.
NASA commander Mike Hopkins, pilot Victor Glover, astronaut Shannon Walker, and Japanese mission specialist Soichi Noguchi wrapped up a 167-day mission early Sunday with a splashdown at sea aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule at around 2:56 a.m. EDT (0656 GMT).
When the countdown hit zero last Friday and the engines powering a previously flown Falcon 9 first stage roared to life for takeoff, the four astronauts strapped into a SpaceX Crew Dragon some 21 stories up started laughing.
Ingenuity made its fifth Martian flight today (May 7), cruising to a new patch of ground on its first one-way trip on the Red Planet.
You can see two space stations in the night sky this weekend, China's Tianhe and the International Space Station.
China's Long March 5B rocket core stage plummets to Earth this weekend. You have almost nothing to worry about.
Inspiration4 will be the world's first spaceflight unsupervised by professional astronauts, using commercial equipment to launch civilian space enthusiasts into orbit.
NBC's original sci-fi show "Debris" is nearing its Season 1 finale with just three episodes left and if you're not already watching it, you ought to be.
U.S. Space Command is closely tracking a large Chinese rocket body falling uncontrollably back to Earth that is predicted to hit the atmosphere sometime on Saturday (May 8).
Several websites give regular updates on the Chinese Long March 5B rocket core that's uncontrollably falling to Earth, with an expected re-entry on Saturday night (May 8).
NASA's Perseverance rover captured the whirring of Ingenuity's fast-spinning rotors during the little chopper's fourth Red Planet flight, which took place on April 30.
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Follow along with me, Space.com senior writer Chelsea Gohd, as I become an analog astronaut in a brand new documentary.
On May 7, 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its first flight. See how it happened in our "On This Day In Space" series!
Scientists have observed a star wrapped around a supermassive black hole for the first time, providing evidence that an effect dubbed spaghettification occurs when stars venture too close to galaxy centers.
Ingenuity is scheduled to make its fifth Martian flight today (May 7), a jaunt that will be unlike anything the 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) chopper has attempted so far.
A Finnish-led team has new insights into auroral "dunes" first reported in scientific literature a year ago.
Astronomers have long struggled to pin down how long a day lasts on Venus, but new research suggests the difficulty stems not from flawed measurements but from real variations in the planet's spin.
SpaceX boss Elon Musk is hosting "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, on a show that features Miley Cyrus as the musical guest.
An astronomer spotted a huge Chinese rocket core falling uncontrolled from orbit, as the White House weighed in on the tricky international situation.
The four astronauts who flew on SpaceX's Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station will talk about their six months in space; watch it here courtesy of NASA.
Boeing's Starliner astronaut taxi will launch on its second test flight this summer, if all goes according to plan.
New York Times bestselling author Andy Weir taps into extreme science once again for his new sci-fi saga from Ballantine Books, 'Project Hail Mary.'
Xilinx's radiation-resistant integrated circuits help power cameras and instruments on NASA's Perseverance rover.
Two prominent space advocacy groups are cheering the new generation of Mars explorers.
For decades, cosmologists have wondered if the large-scale structure of the universe is a fractal — that is, if it looks the same no matter how large the scale.
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet shares space-tested cleaning tips as he prepares for a cleaning day on the International Space Station, where special surfaces help to keep microbes at bay.
SpaceX's latest Starship prototype just aced a high-altitude test flight, marking a big step forward in the company's plans to help extend humanity's footprint beyond Earth.
SpaceX may launch its latest Starship prototype from its Starbase test site in Texas on Wednesday (May 5).
The upcoming atmospheric re-entry of a Chinese Long March 5B rocket body is a reminder of a much larger problem, experts say.
Blue Origin is targeting July 20 for the debut astronaut launch of its New Shepard vehicle, which is designed to take people and scientific experiments on brief trips to suborbital space.
Red wine stored at the International Space Station for more than a year returned to Earth looking and testing a bit different, and it aged faster than wine on Earth.
The Dragon spacecraft Resilience may have just returned to Earth, but it already has a new mission: to carry the first private astronaut flight for SpaceX.