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Artist’s illustration of the Japanese company ispace’s lander and rover on the surface of the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace has just raised $90 million to help make its moon-exploration dreams come true. That’s a Japanese record for “Series A” funding — the round of financing that comes after the initial “seed capital” — and […]

A file photo of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop its Falcon 9 rocket ahead of a launch to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. SpaceX will launch its next Dragon mission for NASA on Dec. 15, 2017. SpaceX has again pushed back the […]

President Donald Trumped signed a new space policy directive Monday (Dec. 11) ordering NASA to work toward sending humans to the moon and, eventually, Mars. As he signed the new directive at the White House, surrounded by several astronauts and other dignitaries, the president said that the order would “restore American leadership in space.” Experts across the […]

Material loses angular momentum as it spirals toward a black hole, transferring energy through the magnetic field into the black hole’s corona. The region around a black hole is a playground of immense forces and energies. Now, astronomers have measured the magnetic field surrounding a black hole located roughly 8,000 light-years away, and found it […]

Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques interacts with students during an event to launch the Little Inventors: Inventions for Space initiative, at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa. OTTAWA, Ontario – Sixth-grade students Allegra and Jayne watched countless videos of astronauts living and working in space , and tried to figure out what cool invention […]

A double moonbow meets the northern lights under starry skies in this photo by astrophotographer Giuseppe Petricca. An explosion of colors lights up the evening sky as a rare double “moonbow” meets the northern lights in this stunning, star-speckled view.  Astrophotographer Giuseppe Petricca photographed the moonbows, or nighttime rainbows, from the Isle of Lewis in […]

NEW ORLEANS — President Donald Trump signed an order Dec. 11 formally directing NASA to send humans back to the moon , but provided no information on schedules or budgets for such an initiative. In a brief White House ceremony, Trump signed what the administration is calling Space Policy Directive 1 , which enacts a recommendation made […]

“Rocket Science,” written by Andrew Radner and illustrated by Galen Frazer, talks about exploring planets across the solar system. Here, a rover on Mars (presumably the Curiosity rover) lasers a target on the surface. As I read the beautifully illustrated “Rocket Science ” by aerospace engineer Andrew Rader and illustrator Galen Frazer, I couldn’t help […]

In the eastern pre-dawn sky on the morning of Wednesday, December 13, the waning crescent moon will sit less than 5 degrees above dim reddish Mars. Both objects will fit within the field of view of binoculars (red circle). Watch a waxing crescent moon pass the dim Red Planet during the early hours of Dec. […]

Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle lifts off on a test flight in January 2016. The company launched a presumably new variant of New Shepard on Dec. 12, 2017, according to media reports and a Federal Aviation Administration launch license. Blue Origin’s reusable New Shepard suborbital vehicle took to the skies today (Dec. 12) for […]

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will host a three-hour discussion on “The Search for Life in the Universe” in Asbury Park, New Jersey on Friday (Dec. 15) at 8 p.m. EST, and Space.com is giving away two free tickets! To enter the contest, visit Space.com’s Facebook page , find our post about the giveaway and post […]

After being washed out by the 2016 December supermoon, the Geminids will come roaring back in 2017. The famous and bright meteor shower will peak on overnight tonight (Dec. 13 and morning of Dec. 14). You can watch the Geminids live on Space.com here , beginning at 6 p.m. EST (2300 GMT), courtesy of NASA’s Marshall […]

Ready for Testing Credit: Ken Ulbrich/NASA The spacecraft was moved from inside the facility by a transport to prepare for the test. Up and Away Credit: Ken Ulbrich/NASA The full scale Dream Chaser craft, shown here lifted by a Columbia Helicopters Model 234-UT Chinook helicopter, flew a pre-planned flight path after its release. Big Plans […]