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'World of Tanks Blitz' just transformed the moon into a tank battleground
If you love space and also tanks, you're in luck. "World of Tanks Blitz" wants to fly you to the moon this week.
Tidal fragmentation explains formation, ejection of 'Oumuamua
New simulations suggest the formation and ejection of 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object discovered by astronomers, can be explained by tidal fragmentation.
Mars Helicopter Attached to NASA's Perseverance Rover
The team also fueled the rover's sky crane to get ready for this summer's history-making launch.
NASA Marks Earth Day's 50th Anniversary with #EarthDayAtHome
From podcasts to live Q&A sessions to image galleries, the agency offers an entire world of ways to celebrate and learn more about our home planet.
'Oumuamua origin story: How our mysterious interstellar visitor may have been born
The mysterious interstellar object 'Oumuamua is probably a fragment of a larger body that was torn apart by gravitational forces during a close flyby of its native star, a new...
Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise on their moon mission 50 years later
It was not a scenario for which they had trained. Astronauts James Lovell and Fred Haise were prepared to carry out every aspect of the Apollo 13 mission — including...
Boom! Distant star explosion is brightest ever seen
A mammoth star explosion known as SN2016aps, which occurred in a galaxy about 3.6 billion light-years from Earth, is the brightest supernova ever seen, a new study reports.
Technique offers path for biomanufacturing medicines during space flights
Research published today in Nature Microgravity used an Earth-bound simulator of the space station instrument to grow E. coli, demonstrating that it can be nurtured with methods that promise to...
‘Oumuamua might be a shard of a broken planet
The solar system’s first recorded interstellar visitor has a new proposed origin story. The enigmatic celestial object known as ‘Oumuamua might be a shard of a planet ripped apart by its star’s gravity,...
New formation theory explains the mysterious interstellar object 'Oumuamua
Since its discovery in 2017, an air of mystery has surrounded the first known interstellar object to visit our solar system, an elongated, cigar-shaped body named 'Oumuamua (Hawaiian for "a...
Scientists discover supernova that outshines all others
A supernova at least twice as bright and energetic, and likely much more massive than any yet recorded has been identified by an international team of astronomers, led by the...
Seeing the light: Study finds new way novae light up the sky
A nova, or stella nova, the Latin word for "new star," is an explosion on the surface of a star that can produce enough energy to increase the star's brightness...
Image: Hubble spots spirals within a spiral
At first glance, the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image looks to be a simple spiral galaxy, with two pinwheeling arms emerging from a central bar of stars and material that...
Flare detected from the galaxy NGC 3516
Astronomers have conducted photometric and spectroscopic observation of a changing-look Seyfert galaxy known as NGC 3516. During this monitoring campaign, the researchers detected a flare from this galaxy that may...
For a better future, use this time to establish green habits at home
Social distancing during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is challenging but also presents families with a unique opportunity to develop new habits and start new projects at home.
Research identifies detection constraints for dark photons
Past cosmological and astrophysical observations suggest that over one quarter of the universe's energy density is made up of a non-conventional type of matter known as dark matter. This type...
Watch: Zach LaVine shuts out Paul Pierce in H-O-R-S-E, Trae Young gives phone number
Chicago Bulls star Zach LaVine shut out Paul Pierce in a televised H-O-R-S-E competition, reaching the semifinals in the tournament being played amid the league's hiatus due to the coronavirus...
Weird alien planet may be core of stripped-down gas giant
A distant world about 40 times more massive than Earth may be the remnant core of a giant planet, or a giant planet in the making whose growth stalled, a...
1 year ago, the world saw a black hole for the first time. Here's how it got a Hawaiian name.
A year ago, scientists captured the unphotographable when the Event Horizon Telescope published a fiery orange ring on a black background that became instantly recognizable.
VLASS: A survey of the radio sky
Technological advances in recent years have increased the sensitivity of radio interferometers like the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) to the radio emission from astronomical sources in their...
Apollo 13 at 50 Years: Looking Back at the Mission's Lost Lunar Science
Its commander Jim Lovell and pilot Fred Haise reflect on their fateful, flawed voyage to the moon -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
On This Day, April 13: 'Houston, we've had a problem'
On April 13, 1970, an oxygen tank exploded aboard Apollo 13 en route to a planned moon landing.
Apollo 13: Enhanced images reveal life on stricken spacecraft
Enhanced images reveal life aboard Nasa's stricken Apollo 13 spacecraft in unprecedented detail.
'Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload' challenge seeks tiny designs for the moon
Do you love adorable, tiny things? Have you ever dreamed of having something you designed land on the moon? If you answered yes to both these questions, you should probably...
Here's what to see in the night sky while you're stuck at home
While everyone is staying safe and doing what they can to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, we at Space.com have a list of astronomy activities you can do from your...
Trailblazing Mars helicopter attached to Perseverance rover for July launch
Technicians attached the first-of-its-kind Mars Helicopter to Perseverance's belly on Monday (April 6) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the rover is being prepped for its planned July...
'Killing Eve' star Fiona Shaw predicts social distancing will produce ‘enormous creativity’
"Killing Eve" star Fiona Shaw says she hopes social distancing practices brought on by the coronavirus pandemic ultimately will result in an explosion of art, introspection and self-improvement.
Can artists find a silver lining in the cloud of COVID-19? Peter Sellars is looking
Peter Sellars — opera director, spiritual thinker, optimist — reflects on changes triggered by coronavirus. Amid tragedy, what new life might come forth?