From a close encounter between Mars and Jupiter to dazzling Venus and elusive Mercury, November offers plenty of planetary highlights. Here's when and where to look.
On Episode 234 of This Week In Space, Tariq Malik and Mike Wall are joined by Than Putzig of the Planetary Science Institute about a NASA-backed payload bound for the Marius Hills Pit on the moon.
From Saturn's spectacular rings to Halloween fireballs and a space station flyover, there are plenty of celestial treats in store this Halloween. Here's when and where to look.
After five days of living underwater, Analog Astronaut Commander Dr. Musilova and her crew return to terra firma, affected by higher pressures and the team's disconnection from home.
India launched the NVS-03 navigation satellite to orbit today (Oct. 30) atop a GSLV rocket. It was the fourth orbital launch from Indian soil so far this year.
In space, no one can hear you scream, a bit like the empty theater screens that some horror franchise's final installments limp. But there are still some real gems among the space-based frightfests.
Rocketry pioneer Jack Parsons engaged in an elaborate series of occult ceremonies intended to summon an otherworldly feminine goddess into physical existence.
The Taurids produce only a handful of meteors an hour. That sounds disappointing, but I've learned that expecting almost nothing can make this one of the most enjoyable meteor showers of the year.
Virgin Galactic's first "Delta-class" space plane, the newly named Apeiron, lifted off for the first time on Thursday (Oct. 29) —beneath the wings of its carrier aircraft.