
SpaceX Racks Up Another Sea Landing [Video]
The second successful landing of a Falcon 9 booster on a floating barge is a milestone for the aerospace company
The second successful landing of a Falcon 9 booster on a floating barge is a milestone for the aerospace company
Astronomers speculate that the three planets orbiting the small, cool star TRAPPIST-1 could support life
The company is said to be demonstrating technology to land large payloads
Orbiting object could hold lessons about the remote world Makemake
An extended mission for the space probe would take it to a small Kuiper Belt object in 2019
A search for low-frequency “hums” from supermassive black holes comes up empty
European Space Agency astronaut used an International Space Station treadmill to march 26.2 miles (42.2 kilometers) to the “finish line”
On Earth Day Space.com and ThinkGeek.com consider where else in the solar system life might thrive
Scientists are "cautiously saying" the light may be associated with the black hole merger detected via gravitational waves
The planet-hunting telescope has resumed communication with Earth and may be able to start science research again soon
Following a smooth cargo launch, a reusable Falcon 9 rocket booster touches down successfully on a drone ship
Scientists blast comet-like ice with radiation like that in space, creating a key building block for life
The discovery of an object 17 billion times the sun's mass may mean many more such monsters are out there
In Abandoned in Place photographer Roland Miller takes readers on a tour of the right stuff turned to relics
Jeff Bezos's private spaceflight company sticks another vertical landing in unmanned test
Images reveal what may be an Earth-like world forming around the nearby star TW Hydrae
KELT-4Ab is only the fourth known system to contain three stars
Amateur astronomer captures stunning time-lapse video of the impact
Ice deposits that formed in craters on opposite sides of the moon suggest it once rotated on a different axis
Ground-based telescopes bolster the case for hazes emanating from Ceres's mysterious bright spots
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