Russia reignited its moon exploration program on Aug. 10, sending a lander toward Earth's nearest neighbor. The Luna-25 mission picked up where the former Soviet Union left off in 1976, when Luna-24 successfully delivered moon samples to Earth. Now, Luna-25 is headed to the moon's south pole in the hunt for water ice.
If you have dark skies, don't forget to look up this weekend.
The Perseid meteor shower will peak this overnight on Aug. 12 and 13 as Earth makes a yearly dive through debris left behind by a Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. It's set to be the best meteor shower of the year!
If you've never had the treat to see a meteor shower, astrophotographer Miguel Claro has you covered.
Take a look at an amazing video of the Perseid meteor shower as Claro captured in from a dark sky site in Portugal. Don't forget! The Perseid meteor shower of 2023 is this weekend.
Queen legend Sir Brian May and NASA's OSIRIS-REx chief scientist Dante Lauretta challenge Space.com readers to photograph objects in the solar system. The prize? A signed book plate and copy of their new book about asteroid Bennu.
It is an astrophotography contest, so do check out the rules and we can't wait to see your photos!
Russian cosmonaut Alexander Viktorenko, whose four flights into Earth orbit included the first test of a "space motorcycle" and first launch after the fall of the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 76.
Trappist-1 is an amazing star system, one teeming with exoplanets, including several in that Goldilocks area we call the habitable zone.
Now, a new computer model simulating the evolution of planetary atmospheres found that water may have survived on some planets of the fascinating planetary system.
SpaceX launched 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites early Friday and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea.
The launch was SpaceX's fourth in a string of recent flights in the last week or so, and adds nearly two dozen satellites to the thousands more already in orbit.
