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50 years after Viking 1's historic Mars landing, NASA is looking to the Red Planet's skies

NASA's Viking 1 mission blazed a crucial trail with its Mars landing on July 20, 1976. Now, half a century later, that trail leads up into …

'Stranger Things' at 10: The Netflix streaming icon that made it cool to like science again

Stranger Things changed the face of streaming, but it also had a significant impact on piquing the younger audience's interest in science.

Twice in a row: SpaceX rocket aborts launch at last second again (video)

SpaceX suffered its second last-second abort in a row this morning (July 20), this time during an attempted Falcon 9 launch of Starlink bro…

Four astronauts, 3 spacecraft, 2 weeks in orbit: Artemis III will be NASA's most complicated mission ever

NASA's Artemis III mission is shaping up to be NASA's most complex mission in history, coordinating the launch and rendezvous of three diff…

Artemis II was an incredible reminder of our shared humanity just when we needed it most (op-ed)

The Artemis II astronauts reminded us that they considered it the honor of a lifetime to go to the moon for us - and as us - while transmit…

Get stabilized views of the cosmos with the Canon 18x50 IS binoculars, now almost 30% off

This amazing pair of binoculars is almost 30% off their retail price on Amazon and we think they are a great pair for stargazing with their…

Ancient sandstorm leaves behind wreckage on Mars | Space photo of the day for July 20, 2026

Remnants from Martian history stay scattered across the planet's surface.

Rocket launch costs have dropped 96% since 1960. How low can they go?

The costs of space launch have fallen 96% in the past six decades and have the potential to plummet by nearly as much by 2040, a new study …

Did Viking 1 find life on Mars 50 years ago? Here's why the debate continues

Did Viking 1 find evidence of life on Mars? Fifty years after the NASA lander touched down, the jury is still out.

An artificial 'Saturn's ring' of satellites could soon fill the sky, astronomers warn

A bright Saturn's ring of satellites will encircle Earth if plans to launch a million orbiting data centers and tens of thousands of space …

'Aliens' at 40: James Cameron's sequel is a sci-fi icon, but did you know he quit the movie twice?

Forty years ago, Aliens burst into our hearts, but this classic sequel nearly fell by the wayside due to some serious studio-created proble…

Should we trust AI in the search for alien life? Scientists aren't so sure

New research suggests AI can be repeatedly fooled into mistaking non-life for life.

How Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' turned general relativity into the bad guy

As Nolan embarks on "The Odyssey", we look back on the sci-fi movie where time dilation is as cruel as any Greek god.

10 places in the US and Canada to see August's partial solar eclipse and Perseid meteor shower in 1 trip

A partial solar eclipse by day and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower by night make Aug. 12, 2026, one of the best nights for skywatchin…

James Webb Space Telescope discovers how black holes feed themselves

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have gotten a glimpse at the mechanisms that supermassive black holes use to feed …

Scientists told them, 'No, it's too dangerous,' but they did it anyway: Inside Japan's super-close asteroid flyby

Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft returned spectacular images of a near-Earth asteroid following a super-close flyby on July 5, but heated debat…

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Another reusable rocket? Japan launches, lands RV-X prototype (video)

Japan has succeeded in the first-ever flight test of its RV-X experimental reusable rocket prototype.