NASA launched an emergency mission to stop the Swift Observatory from crashing to Earth
The Swift Observatory was launched in 2004, but recent solar storms have pushed its orbit lower, and it’s…
America 250: From 1776 to the moon and beyond (A Space.com series)
Happy Fourth of July, Space Fans! As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, we here at Space.com…
Scientists stunned: it’s not the Great Wall astronauts see from space
Scientists stunned: it’s not the Great Wall astronauts see from space – Futura-Sciences July 4, 2026 3 min…
30 years on, “Independence Day” still proves the versatility of the original “The War of the Worlds”
“Independence Day” definitely isn’t “The War of the Worlds”. The characters are all new, the alien invaders don’t…
Hubble has spotted ‘impossible’ light in deep space, and scientists are trying to explain where it came from
Astronomers have detected light from a tiny but powerful galaxy that existed when the universe was still emerging…
Where NASA Posts Its Best Space Photos, and How to Find Them
The recent mission to the moon by Artemis II astronauts was memorable, inspiring, and scientifically important for so…
Human flight was still 7 years away in 1776. Now, we’re headed back to the moon
Humanity has likely dreamed of flight since the very beginning, marveling at birds soaring overhead and trying to…
The footprints left by Apollo astronauts on the lunar surface will remain there, undisturbed, for at least ten million years — there is no wind, no rain, and almost nothing to erase them
The bootprints that Apollo astronauts pressed into the lunar dust between 1969 and 1972 are still there, and…
What did the night sky look like on the 1st Independence Day 250 years ago?
What did the evening sky look like for Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and their contemporaries on July 4,…
Science news this week: James Webb telescope finds a never-before-seen substance, China’s ‘Great Green Wall’ grows faster than natural trees, and a Medici murder mystery is solved
This week’s science news was all about goings on in space, with reports that the James Webb Space…
Saturn’s rings may be far younger than the planet itself — Cassini-era estimates have placed their age anywhere from about 10 million to a few hundred million years, meaning the rings we see today may not have existed for most of the age of dinosaurs.
Saturn looks like the solar system’s old monument, a pale gas giant encircled by rings that seem as…
NASA celebrates America’s 250th birthday with incredible views of space
To mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, NASA has released four spectacular images of deep space…