Apollo 11 Astronauts Spent 3 Weeks in Quarantine, Just in Case of Moon Plague

The headlines in the wake of Apollo 11 could have been very, very different. | Continue reading


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Meteorite that crashed in Michigan holds extraterrestrial organic compounds

The space rock landed on a frozen lake on Jan. 16, 2018. | Continue reading


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Scientists spot 1k nearby stars where E.T. could detect life on Earth – Space

The list could help guide the search for intelligent aliens. | Continue reading


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NASA's Mars rover Perseverance is halfway to the Red Planet

Perseverance will touch down on Feb. 18. | Continue reading


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Steampunk Venus rover ideas win NASA contest to 'explore hell' with clockwork

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Astronomers claimed galaxy was 98% dark matter. They were wrong

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Change 4 on the dark side of the moon (2018)

Yutu 2 keeps rolling and making discoveries on the far side. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Nations sign US-led Artemis Accords for moon exploration and beyond

The Artemis Accords are guidelines for responsible exploration of the moon. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Build your own space agency with 'Mars Horizon'

See how to land on Mars in the exclusive new trailer here! | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Track NASA's 2020 rover Perseverance in real time on its journey to Mars

A new tool shows you Perseverance's deep-space location in real time. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Small air leak on space station traced to Russian service module

But the exact location remains unknown. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Rocket Lab's plan to search for life on Venus in 2023 just got more

The 2023 life-hunting mission will be just the beginning, if all goes according to plan. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Mystery of Jupiter's persistent geometric storms may be solved

But scientists still don't know how the weird storms formed. | Continue reading


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A 3,200 megapixel camera, record-breaking photos at heart of future observatory

The resolution is so good that a golf ball would be visible from 15 miles (25 kilometers) away. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

The moon is rusty, and it's likely Earth's fault

No wonder the moon is inching away. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Earth's core is one billion years old

The solidification of the inner core may have strengthened Earth's magnetic field. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Curiosity rover spots dust devil on Mars

Curiosity doesn't always have its eyes on the ground. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Astonishingly old Antarctic space rock could explain life's weird asymmetry

Life is asymmetrical, and a time capsule of the earliest days of the solar system may explain why. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

First ever double hurricane could hit the Gulf of Mexico

There have never been two hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time before. | Continue reading


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Blue Origin-led 'National Team' delivers mock-up moon lander to NASA for tests

NASA now has a mock-up lunar lander to play with. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

NASA investigating small air leak on International Space Station

There's no threat to crew safety, NASA officials stressed. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Volunteers spot almost 100 cold brown dwarfs near our sun

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A car-sized asteroid made the closest Earth flyby a space rock has ever survived

It zoomed by at just 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) away. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Scientist calculates the 'sad, lonely' end of the universe

'It's like saying the word 'trillion' almost a hundred times.' | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Japan may extend Hayabusa2 asteroid mission to visit 2nd space rock

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Physicists watch quantum particles tunnel through solid barriers

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@space.com | 4 years ago

Dropped emissions during Covid-19 lockdown will do 'nothing' for climate change

Unless the world gets serious about reducing fossil fuels. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

SpaceX fires up newest Starship prototype, eyes test flight soon – Space

'150m hop soon,' Elon Musk tweeted today. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Miniature moon tech wins big with NASA challenge

The winners of NASA JPL's "Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload" challenge have been announced. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

We Finally Know When Our Milky Way Will Crash into the Andromeda Galaxy (2019)

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@space.com | 4 years ago

China launches ambitious Tianwen-1 Mars rover mission

Tianwen-1 is China's first fully homegrown Mars mission. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

SpaceX Catches Both Fairing Halves for the First Time [video]

It's an EPIC double play. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Apollo 11 'disaster' video project highlights growing danger of deepfake tech

Watch President Richard Nixon give a speech he never made. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

How to see Comet NEOWISE in the night sky this month

It's visible to the naked eye in dark skies! | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Astronauts bound for Mars should swing by Venus first, scientists say

It could be cheaper, faster and two planets for the cost of one. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Firefly Aerospace uses rocket engine to light birthday candles

3, 2, 1... Happy Birthday! | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

China launches final Beidou satellite to complete GPS-like navigation system

It completes a navigation satellite constellation decades in the making. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Virgin Galactic works with NASA to train astronauts for orbital spaceflights

Virgin Galactic is will soon launch a "private orbital astronaut readiness program." | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

NASA's next Mars rover is just one month away from launch

Perseverance is scheduled to lift off on July 20. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Space Perspective wants to take tourists on balloon rides to the stratosphere

Test flights of the new "Spaceship Neptune" could begin early next year. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Black hole caught spewing jets into space at nearly the speed of light

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@space.com | 4 years ago

SpaceX launches 58 Starlink satellites and 3Planet SkySats, nails rocket landing

The Starlink constellation is growing fast. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Mysterious deep-space flashes repeat every 157 days

The find could be a big clue about the nature of fast radio bursts. | Continue reading


@space.com | 4 years ago

Trump campaign removes 'Make Space Great Again' video

NASA was unaware of the video before its release on June 3. | Continue reading


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The Saturn V remains the most powerful rocket ever built

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SpaceX attempts their first astronaut mission

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SpaceX's Starship SN4 prototype explodes after rocket engine test

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SpaceX's spacesuit changes astronaut fashion from the space shuttle era

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