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The race to mine the moon is on – and it urgently ...
There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such ...
Former United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno joins...
Tory Bruno, the longtime chief of the launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) has joined the co...
SpaceX shatters its rocket launch record yet again...
SpaceX just set a new annual-launch record for the sixth year in a row, and the numbers are getting ...
Three supermassive black holes have been spotted m...
Astronomers have found a system of three supermassive black holes, all actively feeding, that appear...
New Year's Eve sky: Here's what to look out for on...
Constellations, planets, a waxing moon and more grace the night sky this New Year's Eve.
The duo kite-skiing 4000 kilometres across Antarct...
An explorer and a glaciologist are kite-skiing across Antarctica with a ground-penetrating radar to ...
Space debris led to an orbital emergency in 2025. ...
"Some will not change behavior until something bad happens."
Star that seemed to vanish more than 130 years ago...
In 1892, astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard thought he saw a bright star near Venus, but then it vani...
Govee Galaxy Light Projector 2 Pro review
The new Govee Star Light Projector 2 Pro provides a dreamy bedroom celestial display that's brighter...
Artemis 2 moon astronauts rehearse for launch day ...
The four astronauts who will fly around the moon on NASA's Artemis 2 mission suited up, walked out a...
Physicists stirred up controversy with scientific ...
Cacio e pepe pasta and boiled eggs were the subjects of meticulous studies aiming to help cooks achi...
What constellation am I? A starry personality quiz...
Ever wondered which constellation mirrors your personality? Take this cosmic quiz to find out which ...
The century-long hunt for the gigantic meteorite t...
A soldier returned from the Sahara desert in 1916 with a wild story about a meteorite that dwarfed a...
Golden satellite insulation sparkles during test |...
The test is designed to prepare satellites for one of the most complex tasks in space: safely approa...
The cassette tape made a comeback in 2025 thanks t...
With a storage capacity of 36 petabytes, a DNA-based cassette tape can hold every song every recorde...
How NASA changed in 2025 — possibly forever
"The damage is real, but it doesn't have to be permanent."
A controversial experiment threatened to kill the ...
A photon was apparently detected in two places at once in a twist on the classic double-slit experim...
Our 10 favorite Space.com reader photos of 2025
From auroras at 36,000 feet to comet flybys and eclipses, these are the standout images our readers ...
Benefits of mRNA cancer vaccines could exceed $75 ...
An analysis of ongoing trials suggests that mRNA cancer vaccines have the potential to deliver healt...
Celestis books Stoke Space rocket for 2nd-ever dee...
This historic 2026 'Infinite Flight' service will blast off via a Stoke Space Nova rocket
10 most expensive Lego Marvel sets on the market r...
From Spider-Man to the Guardians of the Galaxy, here are the most expensive Lego Marvel sets you can...
Flat Earth, spirits and conspiracy theories — expe...
Why do people often adopt and develop beliefs that lack strong supporting evidence?
Iran says it launched 3 satellites to space on Rus...
Iran has launched a trio of new satellites into space with the help of a Russian rocket, the country...
Mathematicians unified key laws of physics in 2025...
It took 125 years, but in 2025 a team of mathematicians discovered the solution to a long-puzzling p...
Low on energy? A new understanding of rest could h...
There is a state of relaxation that few of us spend much time in, but which comes with profound well...
12 times rockets and spacecraft crashed and burned...
We saw quite a few milestones notched in the final frontier this year. But there were a number of fa...
ISS astronaut snaps stunning nighttime photo of Fl...
The image offers a rare look at how Earth's surface and atmosphere interact after sunset.
The best and most ridiculous robots of 2025 in pic...
Some of the world's most advanced robots showed off their skills at tech shows and sporting events, ...
Does physics say that free will doesn't exist?
At first glance, it seems like our understanding of physics forbids free will.
Inside world's ultimate X-ray machine before it be...
The Linac Coherent Light Source in California has been firing record-breaking X-ray pulses for years...
Microsoft made a splash with a controversial quant...
The Majorana 1 quantum computer was hailed as a significant breakthrough by Microsoft, but critics s...
13 must-see moon events in 2026: Eclipses, supermo...
Here are the best lunar events to see in 2026, including eclipses, supermoons and conjunctions.
Fujifilm GFX 100S II review
This lightweight medium-format powerhouse is one of the most powerful cameras you can get, but how d...
Human-plant hybrid cells reveal truth about dark D...
It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plan...
Gene-edited babies are the future – but these CRIS...
Three start-ups are aiming to create gene-edited babies. Columnist Michael Le Page has no doubt that...
The best sci-fi Blu-rays to own: Beat the streamin...
Looking to watch some of the best Sci-Fi movies and shows ever without having to rely on streaming? ...
Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are...
This low-cost mission is still only getting started, and it's taking bigger risks than typical big-t...
Event horizon hunt: A black hole word search
Hunt for key terms that define one of the universe's most mind-bending phenomena—from event horizons...
Our favorite Space.com stories of 2025
We asked our staff to choose their favorite Space.com stories of 2025. Here's what we got.
The top astronomical discoveries of 2025
Here are eight of the most spectacular astronomical discoveries of 2025.
Lego U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D review
Boldly going where no Lego set has gone before, the first-ever Star Trek Lego set you can buy and it...
Space.com headlines crossword quiz for week of Dec...
Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlin...
Space debris: will it take a catastrophe for natio...
When a piece of debris hits another object in space, it can also create more space debris, adding to...
The best sci-fi movies of 2025. ranked
Spike your eggnog and relax with our list of the finest flicks of the year about invasive AI, soarin...
The 12 biggest space stories of 2025 — according t...
It's the 12 days of Spacemas, fa la la la la la la la la (sorry).
Dark matter may be made of pieces of giant, exotic...
Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative...
Most normal matter in the universe isn't found in ...
While space is often referred to as a vacuum, it isn't completely empty.
The best streaming device out there: Which one com...
Which is the best streaming device out there? We've pitted four of the best models on the market aga...
Mathematicians spent 2025 exploring the edge of ma...
Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of ...
