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China's lunar sampling robot beams back its first full-color moon shots
Yesterday, China’s Chang’e-5 robotic lunar lander successfully set down on the lunar surface marking, for the first time in four decades, that humans have travelled to the moon to collect soil samples. Today, the Chang’e-5 reported back to Earth, transmitting a full-color recording of its descent.
The Arecibo Observatory's telescope has collapsed
The world-famous Arecibo Observatory has collapsed.
The ExoMy is a programmable $600 Mars rover you can build yourself
From Sojourner to the much bigger Curiosity, robotic rovers tend to come in all shapes and sizes, but few will go down as adorable as the European Space Agency’s new ExoMy rover.
Scientists might know why astronauts develop health problems in space
Researchers have found that a key component of cells likely explains why astronauts develop health problems in space.
Scientists find neutrinos from star fusion for the first time
Scientists have detected neutrinos traced to star fusion for the first time, confirming physics theories dating back to the 1930s.
China's Chang'e-5 mission is off to collect samples from the Moon
By the end of the week, China's Chang'e-5 craft will be orbiting the Moon, ready to collect samples from the lunar surface for the first time in decades. 
US, Europe and SpaceX launch a satellite to track rising global sea levels
NASA, ESA, and SpaceX have launched the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite to track rising sea levels around the world and help study climate change.
Without the Arecibo telescope, our search for intelligent life is hamstrung
Structural engineers and repair crews have done all that they can but the end result is as we feared: the Arecibo radio telescope has to come down. The venerable space observatory has been out of commission since August when a cable atop Tower 4, which supports the platform, snapped and gutted a 100-foot long section from the telescope’s reflecting dish. At the time, the University of Florida, which runs the facility on behalf of the National Science Foundation, deployed three different engineering teams to investigate the problem.
Arecibo Observatory will be torn down because repairs are too dangerous
After 57 years of helping to expand human knowledge and understanding of the cosmos, the story of Puerto Rico’s world-famous Arecibo Observatory is coming to an unfortunate end.
Virgin Galactic delays next spaceflight due to tougher COVID-19 rules
Virgin Galactic has delayed its next spaceflight indefinitely after stricter New Mexico rules on COVID-19 cut short its plans.
Watch SpaceX's first operational Crew Dragon mission at 7:27PM ET
SpaceX is streaming the launch of its first operational Crew Dragon mission at 7:27PM ET, and you can watch it here.
Netflix orders 'Space Force' season 2 at an awkward moment
Netflix has renewed 'Space Force' for season 2, just as questions are emerging about the real Space Force's future.
Astronomers observe fast radio bursts in our galaxy for the first time
Toward the end of April, astronomers recorded a series of FRBs they suspect originated from SGR 1935+2154, a magnetar located about 30,000 lightyears from Earth.
NASA contacts Voyager 2 probe for the first time since March
NASA has made contact with Voyager 2 for the first time since March thanks to an upgraded Deep Space Station 43 dish in Australia.
'Pristine' meteorite may provide clues to the origins of our solar system
A meteorite that lit up the night sky in Michigan in 2018 contains ‘pristine’ organic compounds that offer clues to how life formed on Earth, according to researchers.
Scientists found an Earth-sized ‘rogue’ planet in the Milky Way
Scientists have discovered what they say could be the smallest free-floating planet ever detected.
Newly signed law aims to limit the damage from space weather
A newly signed law, the PROSWIFT Act, will help predict and limit the damage from solar flares and other space weather.
NASA shares first images from OSIRIS-REx's touchdown on Bennu
Watch NASA's historic Bennu touch-and-go from the perspective of the craft that completed the maneuver.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx successfully collected bits of an orbiting asteroid
NASA made history on Tuesday afternoon as its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully “tagged” the asteroid, 101955 Bennu, and in doing so collected a small sample of regolith from the passing celestial body’s surface.
Watch NASA's OSIRIS-REx try to collect an asteroid sample at 5PM ET
Tune in to watch NASA's OSIRIS-REx craft's Bennu mission.

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