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In “Please Stand By” (2018), Dakota Fanning plays Wendy, a young woman with autism who makes her way to Los Angeles to submit a “Star Trek” script for a contest. Warning: This review contains spoilers for “Please Stand By,” which premieres today (Jan. 26). You’re a smart young woman who holds down a job and […]

This enhanced-color view shows a swath of Jupiter’s moon Europa that’s 217 miles wide by 466 miles long (350 by 750 kilometers). New research suggests that Europa’s surface could be 95 percent porous, meaning a probe might sink if it landed there. Putting a lander down on Jupiter’s potentially life-supporting moon Europa could be even […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The successful launch of Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket Jan. 20 also tested a kick stage designed to circularize the orbits of its satellite payloads. The company said Jan. 23 that the Electron carried a kick stage for the two Lemur-2 cubesats  it launched for Spire. The kick stage separated from the […]

Kepler’s first satellite, Kipp, launched Jan. 19 on a Long March 11 as a precursor to a constellation of up to 140 cubesats. WASHINGTON — Kepler Communications, a Canadian startup designing a low-Earth-orbit constellation for satellite connectivity, says its first satellite is performing as expected following last week’s launch on China’s Long March 11 rocket . […]

ISS Transits the Moon Credit: Joel Kowsky/NASA Monday, December 4, 2017: The silhouette of the International Space Station passes in front of the moon in this photo taken by NASA photographer Joel Kowsky on Saturday (Dec. 2), just one day before the “supermoon.” — Hanneke Weitering Airplane Crosses the Supermoon Credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA Wednesday, December […]

Friday, November 17, 2017: As sunlight illuminates a small sliver of the crescent moon, the rest of the moon’s face is faintly lit by Earthshine, a subtle glow created by light reflecting off the surface of the Earth. Astrophotographer Jennifer Rose Lane captured this stunning view of the waning crescent moon from Chapmanville, West Virginia […]

Tuesday, October 10, 2017: NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hai (left) and Randy Bresnik are spotted working outside the International Space Station on Thursday (Oct. 5) during the first of three spacewalks taking place this month. The spacewalking duo replaced a degraded “hand” at the end of the Canadarm2 robotic arm. Today the astronauts are taking […]

The Lyrids will fill the sky from April 16 to April 25, with a peak on April 22. Like all meteor showers, it’s best seen after midnight, but can be seen any time after its parent system rises at around 9 p.m. local time. Skywatchers should see about 18 meteors per hour at maximum. The […]

Thursday, September 28, 2017: En route to visit an asteroid, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft flew by Earth on Friday (Sept. 22) and captured this stunning photo of our “blue marble.” The spacecraft passed 10,711 miles (17,237 kilometers) over Antarctica during the gravity-assist flyby, which gave the spacecraft a speed boost on its way to asteroid Bennu. […]

A Space Launch System rocket fires during a test on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center. Since the dawn of Space Age, the John C. Stennis Space Center has played an important position in the America’s space program. Engineers at the center tested the Saturn V rockets that would carry humans to the […]

Two commercial satellites and a NASA Earth-observation instrument managed to reach orbit despite a scare during liftoff today (Jan. 25). NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) instrument and the SES-14 and Al Yah 3 communications satellites launched atop an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket this evening from Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. […]

Update for 9:17 pm ET: Read our full story on tonight’s launch anomaly and orbital success for NASA’s GOLD instrument, SES-14 and Al Yah 3 here: Ariane 5 Rocket Delivers Satellites, NASA GOLD to Orbit Despite Launch Anomaly Update for 8:47 pm ET: Arianespace representatives have reported that the SES-14 and Al Yah 3 satellites are […]

To honor the upcoming anniversaries of three deadly disasters that claimed the lives of 17 NASA astronauts over the years, the space agency will host its annual Day of Remembrance ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia today (Jan. 25). This time of year is always somber for NASA, with the anniversaries of the Apollo […]