Filter by Type
-
BepiColombo Spacecraft Headed to Mercury Snaps 1st Photo, a Selfie
October 22, 2018 | ArticleThe European-Japanese BepiColombo mission captured its first photo on Saturday (Oct. 20), a day after lifting off from French Guiana. The image is a selfie showing a solar array and an insulation-wrapped sun sensor.
Read More -
Exoplanet Hunters Have a New Plan to Spot Hidden 'Migrating' Worlds
October 20, 2018 | ArticleThere's a telescope that can see thick rings of dust in distant star systems. And researchers want to use its data in a new way to spot hidden and migrating exoplanets.
Read More -
Einstein and the Incredible Hulk Now Have Their Own Constellations (But You'll Never See Them)
October 19, 2018 | ArticleNASA added 21 new "constellations" to the sky, thanks to invisible gamma-ray light.
Read More -
This Hunk of Metal Fell From Space and Landed in California
October 19, 2018 | ArticleIridium 70 fell out of orbit Oct. 10. A few days later, one of its fuel tanks caused a stir in central California.
Read More -
11 Fascinating Facts About Our Milky Way Galaxy
October 16, 2018 | CountdownWe should all get to know our galactic home better.
Read More -
Why Haven't We Found Aliens? Because We're Just Not Looking Hard Enough.
October 16, 2018 | ArticleWe still have a long way to go in the search for intelligent aliens.
Read More -
NASA Wants to Send Humans to Venus, to Live in Airships Floating on Clouds
October 16, 2018 | ArticleBut how is such a mission even possible?
Read More -
The Higgs Boson May Have Saved Our Universe from Cosmic Collapse. For Now.
October 15, 2018 | ArticleDark energy may be decreasing, which puts a crimp in the notion that the universe will expand forever.
Read More -
Best Kids' Space Books for the Holidays
October 15, 2018 | ArticleFeed and inspire a kid's thirst for space with these book picks by Space.com's writers and editors.
Read More -
Another NASA Space Telescope Sidelined by Glitch
October 13, 2018 | ArticleThe Chandra X-ray Observatory, which has been observing the universe in high-energy light since 1999, entered a protective "safe mode" on Wednesday (Oct. 10).
Read More
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- Next