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Google doodle celebrates lunar new year as astronaut photographs Beijing from space

The Year of the Rat has officially begun and Google is celebrating the start of the Lunar New Year with an adorable doodle of a cartoon rat.

Jan 25, 2020

Doomsday Clock is now 100 seconds from midnight

A hypothetical timepiece called the Doomsday Clock measures our nearness to Armageddon — by nuclear weapons, climate change and other global threats.

Jan 25, 2020

To find intelligent alien life, humans may need to start thinking like an extraterrestrial

Anthropologist reveals a potentially big flaw in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).

Jan 25, 2020

Patrick Stewart invites Whoopi Goldberg to reprise her TNG Guinan role 'Star Trek: Picard'!

Actress Whoopi Goldberg accepted an invitation to reprise her "Star Trek" role as Guinan — while on camera, in front of a live studio audience.

Jan 25, 2020

You can watch two astronauts take a spacewalk to fix a $2 billion space experiment today. Here's how.

NASA plans to send a pair of astronauts on a spacewalk, one more time, to finish fixing a complicated science experiment today (Jan. 25). Here's how to watch it live.

Jan 25, 2020
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Space photos: The most amazing images this week!

Here are our picks for the most amazing space photos of the week.

Jan 24, 2020

Watch live! Spacewalking astronaut tackle tricky repair to space station experiment

Two astronauts are taking a spacewalk on Saturday (Jan. 25) to wrap up ongoing repairs to the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a particle detector outside the International Space Station. Watch it live!

Jan 24, 2020

The top space stories of the week!

These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.

Jan 24, 2020

Félicette has landed! Memorial for first cat in space unveiled in France.

A new memorial for Félicette, the first and only cat to go to space, has arrived at its permanent home at the International Space University in Strasbourg, France.

Jan 24, 2020

A TV satellite is about to explode following 'irreversible' battery damage

A Boeing satellite is being hastily moved into "graveyard orbit" following a devastating "anomaly" that turned its batteries into bombs.

Jan 24, 2020

How India's moon crash wasn't really a failure (op-ed)

When India's Vikram lander crashed into the moon in September, it was a significant setback for India's lunar exploration plans — but it wasn't really a failure. Here's why.

Jan 24, 2020

Four new US spaceships may start launching people into space this year

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule isn't the only vehicle in the home stretch toward crewed flight; three other private spacecraft may get up and running this year as well.

Jan 24, 2020

SpaceX will launch a 4-ton satellite for Egypt's Nilesat in 2022

Nilesat, an Egyptian satellite operator, has partnered with SpaceX to launch a new communications satellite.

Jan 24, 2020

The Borg return in 'Star Trek: Picard'! Jeri Ryan and Jonathan Del Arco talk 'Seven of Nine' and 'Hugh'

The infamous "Star Trek" alien species the Borg, which assimilate all beings they come across into their collective consciousness, will make an appearance in the new series "Star Trek: Picard."

Jan 24, 2020

Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day

A new satellite view of the Taal volcano that erupted in the Philippines on Jan. 12 reveals an island that is now completely covered in a thick blanket of ash.

Jan 24, 2020

On This Day in Space: Jan. 24, 1986: Voyager 2 flies past Uranus

On January 24, 1986, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!

Jan 24, 2020

Fancy a ride on a space plane? Maybe AstroClipper will be what you're looking for.

Startup Exodus Space Corp. plans to build a space plane to ferry cargo around Earth. Eventually, that cargo could include people, if the spacecraft is deemed safe enough.

Jan 24, 2020

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity had an attitude problem. (But it's fine now.)

An attitude problem sidelined NASA's Mars rover Curiosity recently, but the robot's handlers whipped it back into shape in short order.

Jan 24, 2020

Houston, we have a bake-off! We finally know what happens when you bake cookies in space

It turns out that, even in space, freshly baked chocolate-chip cookies smell incredible.

Jan 24, 2020

SpaceX delays launch of next 60 Starlink satellite due to bad weather

SpaceX has postponed the launch of its next Starlink satellite constellation mission by three days, with liftoff now set for Monday, Jan. 27.

Jan 24, 2020

'Star Trek: Picard' warps onto TV with an okay premiere episode

While "Star Trek" fans worldwide are rejoicing at the return of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, the actor who plays him says his younger self would have been surprised to reprise the role.

Jan 23, 2020

DARPA scraps XS-1 military space plane project after Boeing drops out

Boeing has withdrawn from Experimental Spaceplane, a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program designed to increase the nation's access to space.

Jan 23, 2020

The mystery behind a superbright supernova may just have been solved

One of the most luminous stellar explosions ever detected may now be explained. It came from the detonation of a dead star within the dense shell of matter ejected from that sun's companion star, a new study suggests.

Jan 23, 2020

SpaceX may try to catch Crew Dragon capsules with a giant net. (No, really.)

SpaceX's Crew Dragon astronaut taxis may not always cap their missions with ocean splashdowns.

Jan 23, 2020

'Terminator Tape' did its job in space-junk test — and it will be back

One technique that could help alleviate the space-junk scourge just passed a key off-Earth test.

Jan 23, 2020

Space calendar 2020: Rocket launches, sky events, missions & more!

Here's a guide to all the rocket launches and astronomical events in 2020, as well as milestones for space missions, anniversaries and conferences.

Jan 23, 2020

A complete guide to what 'Star Trek' to watch before 'Star Trek: Picard'

Ready your away team and set phasers to flashback. Here's our essential Trek viewing guide for "Star Trek: Picard!"

Jan 23, 2020

China readies its new deep-space crew capsule for 1st test flight

A Chinese next-generation spacecraft for taking astronauts to low Earth orbit and beyond has arrived at a coastal spaceport in preparation for a test flight.

Jan 23, 2020

'Star Trek: Picard': Why does Trek endure? TNG's Marina Sirtis and Brent Spiner explain

Something is keeping "Star Trek: The Next Generation" going a generation after fans first met the characters. Here's what the actors think it is.

Jan 23, 2020

Elon Musk is a genius, Trump says

Trump hailed the SpaceX and Tesla CEO in an interview with CNBC's Joe Kernen at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switerland, calling the billionaire tech pioneer a "genius" who ranks up there with Thomas Edison.

Jan 23, 2020