Space News & Blog Articles

Is time travel really possible in our universe, or is it just science fiction?

An unusual rock type spotted by two Mars rovers may indicate that the Martian landscape was shaped by cataclysmic volcanic eruptions.

A new theory explains why Saturn's moon Titan looks a bit like Earth, though made of completely different stuff.

Our May night sky viewing guide tells you which planets are visible in May's night sky and how you can see them.

Find out what's up in your night sky during May 2022 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

Skywatchers across parts of the Southern Hemisphere were treated to the first partial eclipse of the year today (April 30).

SpaceX just set a new record for its fastest Dragon astronaut trip yet.

AfterShock Comics delivers "Astronaut Down," a chilling new sci-fi title coming this June.

Journalist Ryan Britt explores the ever-changing universe of "Star Trek" in "Phasers on Stun!"

Author John Jackson Miller delivers the first companion novel for "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" this fall titled "The High Country."

It's the moment skywatchers have been waiting for: The year's first solar eclipse has begun.

Elon Musk seems pretty proud of his company SpaceX's new rocket engines. Twitter fans fear they're Daleks.

China launched five satellites into orbit on a rocket that lifted from a platform at sea on Saturday (April 30), marking the country's farthest liftoff from shore yet.

In a new video, European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer shares what it's like getting ready for bed while living in space aboard the International Space Station.

The moon is leading a parade of four planets across the predawn sky this week.

An active sunspot on the sun turning away from Earth unleashed a powerful parting shot as it moved out of view on Saturday (April 30).

A monstrous black hole lies at the center of a distant galaxy photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

Maxar Technologies' WorldView-2 spacecraft spotted what appear to be Kalibr missiles sitting next to a docked Kilo-class submarine in Sevastopol, an important Black Sea port in the Crimean Peninsula.

A partial solar eclipse occurs today (April 30) over parts of South America, Antarctica and the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Here's what skywatchers can expect.

Scientists with the United Arab Emirates' Mars mission have spotted a 'worm-like' aurora stretching halfway across the Red Planet.

Tune into a Virtual Telescope Project livestream to watch live as Jupiter and Venus meet in the night sky.