Milky Way lights up Guiana spaceport in stunning time-lapse video By Tereza Pultarova The Milky Way galaxy glistens over the launchsite of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket in these stunning timelapse videos.
'Library of the Great Silence' invites E.T. to share long-term survival strategies By Mike Wall Intelligent aliens will soon have a space here on Earth where they can share how they made it through their technological adolescence.
How much time does humanity have left? By Avi Loeb Statistics tell us that individuals are most likely to be somewhere around the middle part of their life. The same could be true of the human race.
Photos: 10 extraordinary ocean worlds in our solar system By Luis Villazon, All About Space magazine Pack your bathing costume — our solar neighborhood is much wetter than you think.
More accurate clocks may add more disorder to the universe, scientists say By Ben Turner The researchers found the result by studying a tiny, jiggling membrane. Their experiment could lay the groundwork for further tests of the laws of thermodynamics at the tiniest scales.
Space launch traffic may influence mysterious night-shining clouds in Earth's atmosphere By Elizabeth Howell A NASA-funded study is giving scientists insight into how "night-shining clouds" form in the upper atmosphere — and the role that growing space traffic plays in the phenomenon.
Mars may still be volcanically active, study finds By Charles Q. Choi Evidence of what may be the youngest eruption seen yet on Mars suggests the Red Planet may still be volcanically active, raising the possibility it was recently habitable.
NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has found some mysterious rocks (photos) By Mike Wall For the past five weeks, Perseverance has been focused primarily on supporting and documenting the flights of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter. But the rover has been doing some science work, too.
China's Yutu 2 rover about to 'wake up' on the far side of the moon By Andrew Jones China's plucky Yutu 2 rover is about to wake up and continue to explore the far side of the moon as the nation works to land a rover on Mars this May.
Distant star drowns its partner in gas, forming gorgeous 'Necklace Nebula' By Brandon Specktor NASA shared an image of the stunning Necklace Nebula, created by two stars locked in a dance of mutually assured destruction.
Scientist find a loophole in Heisenberg's uncertainty principle By Ben Turner The micron-sized drum apparatus used by the two teams has applications from probing for quantum gravity to building the first quantum computers.
China's 1st Mars rover 'Zhurong' lands on the Red Planet By Hanneke Weitering China just successfully landed its first rover on Mars, becoming only the second nation to do so.
Astronauts may finally start cleaning their space underwear (with microbes) By Mindy Weisberger Bacterial compounds could provide antimicrobial protection in undergarments shared by astronauts during spacewalks.
Rare plutonium from space found in deep-sea crust By Stephanie Pappas A rare type of plutonium has been found in the crust below the deep sea, offering new clues as to how heavy metals form in star explosions and mergers.
China launches more classified Yaogan satellites into orbit By Andrew Jones China conducted two launches of classified Yaogan satellites in the last week while much of the world waited to see where and when the Long March 5B would fall.
A mysterious 'hum' vibrates interstellar space. Voyager 1 has a recording of it. By Stephanie Pappas The Voyager 1 spacecraft has captured the gentle 'hum' of interstellar space.
Is war in space inevitable? By Leonard David What conditions could lead to clashes in space? Is such a situation a given, or can conflicts be short-circuited ahead of time? Space.com asked experts for their thoughts.
Hapless star 'spaghettified' by black hole. And astronomers capture the gory show in a first. By Ben Turner A star that’s being “spaghettified” has been observed by astronomers. The star’s long strands can be seen wrapped around a black hole like yarn around a ball.
Astronomers keep finding mysterious circular rings in the sky and don't know how to explain them By Adam Mann Mysterious circular objects in the distant universe are challenging for astronomers to explain.
SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites in record 10th liftoff (and landing) of reused rocket By Amy Thompson A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit early Sunday (May 9) and stuck a landing in a record 10th flight.
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