These 13 sci-fi books inspired our favorite movies and shows
Latest from Space.comby Harry Bennett19 Aug 2026
The world of science fiction started with the written word, long before it hit the silver screen.
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top 13%My 5 favorite sights to see in the night sky with binoculars
Latest from Space.comby Gemma Lavender19 Aug 2026
Top 5 things to see in the night sky with binoculars — ranked by an expert Beyond simple naked-eye observing, a pair of the best binoculars are the most accessible way to experience the night sky.
On this day in space! Aug. 19, 1997: 1st Filipino satellite launches into orbit
Latest from Space.comby Hanneke Weitering19 Aug 2026
On Aug. 19, 1997, the Philippines' first satellite launched into space. Before then, the country's only communications satellite was one that had been purchased from Indonesia after it was already...
Perseverance rover watches alien solar eclipse on Mars | Space photo of the day for Aug. 19, 2026
Latest from Space.comby Chelsea Gohd19 Aug 2026
People around the world enjoyed stellar views with last week's total solar eclipse. And the day after we looked up to see the moon obscuring out sun, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover looked up to see...
I sailed to Greenland for a total solar eclipse — what I saw left me speechless
Latest from Space.comby Daisy Dobrijevic19 Aug 2026
I woke up on the morning of Aug. 12 and looked out of the window to something I hadn't dared hope for: blue sky.
Astronomers discover a giant, rocky 'mega-Earth' 23 times more massive than our planet
Latest from Space.comby Samantha Mathewson19 Aug 2026
Astronomers have discovered an unusually massive, dense exoplanet that challenges conventional ideas about how rocky planets form.
Touchdown! Private Chinese rocket aces landing on 2nd-ever flight (video)
Latest from Space.comby Mike Wall19 Aug 2026
China just notched another big spaceflight milestone. The Beijing startup LandSpace successfully landed the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket this evening (Aug.
Forget 'Halo' — the latest 'Futurama' episode has a ring world covered in super-intelligent rats
Latest from Space.comby Jeff Spry18 Aug 2026
Ringed worlds seem to be a fertile source of science fiction material, whether it be in sci-fi master Larry Niven's circular alien constructs in his "Ringworld" novels, the spherical megastructures...
NASA astronaut and 1st female French spacewalker remove failed ISS antenna but run out of time for replacement
Latest from Space.comby Robert Z. Pearlman18 Aug 2026
Two astronauts — including the first French woman in history to perform a spacewalk — worked outside of the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday (Aug 18), becoming temporary TV...
Starship lives! SpaceX craft arrives at Christmas Island after 24-day ocean ordeal
Latest from Space.comby Josh Dinner18 Aug 2026
The seas have been kind, or at least kinder than expected, to SpaceX's Starship spacecraft, as it's been tugged through the Indian Ocean to friendlier tides.
SpaceX launches its 100th mission of the year, sends Starlink satellites to orbit (video)
Latest from Space.comby Mike Wall18 Aug 2026
SpaceX has hit the century mark for the third year in a row. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday (Aug. 19) at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT; 9:01 p.m.
Hydrogen-powered 'rocket car' tops 400 mph in record-breaking test (video)
Latest from Space.comby Chelsea Gohd18 Aug 2026
Is it a rocket car? Tearing across the Utah desert at over 400 mph (644 kph), a hydrogen-powered car has set a new land speed record.
Step-by-step — observe the night sky with a manual telescope
Latest from Space.comby Jamie Carter18 Aug 2026
The night sky is not an impenetrable “blanket of stars.” There is depth and detail that can be navigated and known, probed and plundered for rewards — and the best way to do all of that is with a...
Hubble, James Webb Space Telescope team up to capture the 'Black Eye Galaxy' | Space photo of the day for Aug. 18, 2026
Latest from Space.comby Chelsea Gohd18 Aug 2026
Sometimes, incredibly powerful space telescopes work together to accomplish amazing things. Recently, observations made by both the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble were combined in a...
On this day in space! Aug. 18, 1868: Total solar eclipse leads to discovery of helium
Latest from Space.comby Hanneke Weitering18 Aug 2026
On Aug. 18, 1868, a French astronomer named Pierre Jules César Janssen discovered helium while observing a total solar eclipse in India.
It's harder to poop in space. Scientists may finally know why
Latest from Space.comby Samantha Mathewson18 Aug 2026
Astronauts have long struggled with constipation in space. Now, scientists may finally understand why.
See gorgeous views of the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse captured from space
Latest from Space.comby Anthony Wood18 Aug 2026
The Aug. 12 total solar eclipse didn't only plunge millions of people across Greenland, Iceland and Spain into a false twilight — a fleet of spacecraft orbiting our planet managed to capture the...
Watch European astronaut make history during spacewalk today
Latest from Space.comby Mike Wall18 Aug 2026
Sophie Adenot will make spaceflight history today (Aug. 18). The European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut will become the first French woman ever to conduct a spacewalk, an activity she'll undertake...
How an ancient collision with another galaxy transformed the Milky Way
Latest from Space.comby Keith Cooper17 Aug 2026
The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered evidence that our galaxy experienced a significant collision and merger with a dwarf galaxy 11.8 billion years ago.
China bounces back from Long March rocket explosion with back-to-back launches (video)
Latest from Space.comby Josh Dinner17 Aug 2026
China just completed not one but two space missions, less than a week after a Long March 7A rocket explosion briefly grounded its fleet.