Japan’s new HTV-X cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station today (March 6) after a four-month stay. The vehicle — known as HTV-X1, because it’s the first of its kind

The Jellyfish Nebula shines in the constellation Gemini. (Image credit: Ogetay Kayali) Astrophotographer Ogetay Kayali has captured a nebula resembling a jellyfish — or possibly a brain, depending on your

Our 200th Episode Listener Special! – We’re Talking to You! – YouTube Watch On On Episode 200 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik celebrate their 200th

The Marathon series has been around since 1994, when developer Bungie — now better known for Halo and Destiny — released the original FPS game for the Apple Macintosh. After

The Sigweis night vision binoculars are currently retailing at $189.99 on Amazon and they have hovered around this price for the last four years. The cheapest we’ve seen them is

This article was originally published at The Conversation. Going to space is harsh on the human body, and as a new study from our research team finds, the brain shifts

SETI might not have succeeded in finding alien life yet because space weather around other stars could be disrupting aliens’ attempts to send radio messages out, according to a new

Published in January by Random House Worlds, “Detour” is the new mystery sci-fi novel from veteran TV writer Jeff Rake (“Manifest”) and bestselling author Rob Hart (“The Warehouse”) Laced with

This article was originally published at The Conversation. Private companies are no longer peripheral participants in U.S. space activities. They provide key services, including launching and deploying satellites, transporting cargo

Hours after setting clocks forward for Daylight Savings Time, SpaceX went forward with a launch of Starlink satellites on Sunday (March 8). The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7:00