On its way to Mars, Chinese spacecraft spots Earth and moon, aces steering maneuver By Andrew Jones China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft captured a stunning view of the Earth and moon before making its first trajectory maneuver on the long journey to Mars.
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission: Live updates By Chelsea Gohd Perseverance is set to launch this Thursday (July 30) for a seven month journey to Mars.
China launches 2 satellites from desert launch site By Andrew Jones China is continuing its rapid rate of space launches with its 22nd mission of 2020.
Demo-2 success keeps SpaceX on track for tourist flights in late 2021 By Amy Thompson SpaceX could begin flying non-NASA astronauts aboard its Crew Dragon capsule as soon as next year.
Teens who named Mars rover and helicopter are 'over the moon' following launch By Amy Thompson Two special guests looked on as NASA successfully launched its Perseverance Mars rover on July 30, beginning a nearly seven-month journey to the Red Planet.
The first interplanetary helicopter is on its way to Mars By Hanneke Weitering NASA's Mars helicopter, called Ingenuity, is hitching a ride to the Red Planet with the agency's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover.
The sounds of Mars: NASA's Perseverance rover packs microphones to hear the Red Planet By Elizabeth Howell For the first time ever, NASA's Perseverance rover will collect the sounds of Mars — starting as the spacecraft plummets through the atmosphere to its landing site at Jezero Crater.
On its way to Mars, Chinese spacecraft spots Earth and moon, aces steering maneuver By Andrew Jones China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft captured a stunning view of the Earth and moon before making its first trajectory maneuver on the long journey to Mars.
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission: Live updates By Chelsea Gohd Perseverance is set to launch this Thursday (July 30) for a seven month journey to Mars.
Happy anniversary, Curiosity! NASA rover marks 8 years on Mars By Mike Wall NASA's car-size Curiosity rover celebrates eight years on the Red Planet today (Aug. 5), less than a week after the Perseverance rover took flight toward Mars.
Pentagon's secret, defunct UFO-hunting program may still exist By Mindy Weisberger A federal program for investigating UFOs was purportedly discontinued in 2012, but the Pentagon's search for UFOs never stopped. Its findings may soon be released to the public.
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance is fine and out of 'safe mode' By Mike Wall You can breathe easy now: All is officially well with NASA's newly launched Mars rover Perseverance.
NASA's Perseverance rover launch kicks off audacious Mars sample-return project By Mike Wall Humanity's first interplanetary sample-return campaign is now underway.
The best place to see stars from Earth also happens to be the coldest place on the planet By Chelsea Gohd If you want the clearest view of the night sky, you'll have to pack a warm jacket.
August full moon 2020: Catch the 'Sturgeon Moon' with Jupiter and Saturn tonight By Jesse Emspak The full moon of August arrives on tonight (Aug. 3), after the moon makes a close pass to Jupiter and Saturn in the night sky.
What 'Star Trek' has taught us about diversity By Swapna Krishna What is so remarkable about "Star Trek" isn't its setting or tone: It is its cast.
Best space and sci-fi books for 2020 By Space.com Staff 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.
'The Relentless Moon' imagines a lunar base with Apollo-era technology By Meghan Bartels What if, when the U.S. went to the moon in the 1960s, it never stopped — not by choice but in desperation, as a time bomb of climate change ticked away?
