NASA astronaut captures breathtaking time-lapse of Earth from space
Here on Earth, we see the Sun rise and set once in any given 24-hour period. If you want to see the sunrise or sunset …
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Watch dozens of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites speeding through the night sky
Last week, SpaceX successfully launched its very first satellite-packed Starlink mission, with dozens of the tiny communications devices traveling to Earth orbit on top of …
Very good boy crashes high school graduation, ‘waters’ the plants in the middle of class photo
Graduation is a big day in the life of a high school student. It’s the final step in a journey that takes years and regardless …
Watching a tornado from a drone is both terrifying and mesmerizing
People who live across the Midwestern U.S. know that tornadoes are just something you have to deal with. They can be utterly devastating, of course, …
This incredible zoom-out reminds us just how powerful Hubble really is
The Hubble Space Telescope is one of those things that seems like it’s always been around. Its mission, which just recently passed the 29 year …
Watch a massive fireball light up the sky over the East Coast
Not all meteor sightings are create equal. Seeing any space rock streaking across the night sky is pretty darn cool, but some of them put …
SpaceX pulled off an incredible feat in its second Falcon Heavy launch
After several days of delays and multiple false starts, SpaceX finally launched its Falcon Heavy rocket for just the second time ever. The launch, which …
Another fireball exploded over Russia, and plenty of people caught it on video
If you want to see space rocks exploding in Earth’s atmosphere apparently you’d be best served by moving to Russia. At least that seems to …
Watch the International Space Station receive its massive shipment of new supplies
The International Space Station is like its own little self-contained hostel for astronauts. It’s a weird combination of laboratory, recreational area, and gathering space for …
Watch a meteor light up the night sky over Florida
If you happened to be in certain part of Florida or Georgia on Saturday — and also happened to be outside after dark and looking …
Red Bull scared a bunch of people in Los Angeles with a fake meteor
A meteor streaking across the skies of Los Angeles is something we’ve all seen at least once in a big-budget Hollywood flick, but L.A. residents …
Watch SpaceX test its Starship heat shields in this wild new video
SpaceX has already had a fairly busy month, with the recent launch and docking of the Crew Dragon at the International Space Station giving the …
Watch the crew of 2018’s failed Soyuz launch blast off again live right here
When Astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin were last strapped into a Russian-made Soyuz spacecraft in late 2018, things didn’t exactly go as planned. …
This laser-firing, firework-shooting plane is the craziest thing you’ll see all week
If you’ve ever been to an airshow you know just how cool it can be to see pilots perform fast flybys and stunts that seem …
Watch Japan’s asteroid probe fire a bullet into a space rock
It was just a couple of weeks ago that the Japan space program, JAXA, announced that its Hayabusa2 probe had successfully completed a maneuver never …
Horrifying video shows a giant spider so big, it was able to eat an opossum
Spiders have gotten a bad rap over the years for being creepy-crawlies that strike fear in lots and lots of people. Most spiders are completely …
NASA shows off the inside of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft
We’re rapidly approaching the launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, and NASA seems to be just as excited as the rest of us. The test …
A rapper trying to stomp out a fire on his momma’s lawn is the funniest video you’ll see this week
Fireworks and dry foliage are a bad combination, and that’s something that rapper Thouxanbanfauni and his friends found out the hard way in a live …
Baseball game interrupted by eagle and osprey fighting over a fish
Humans like to follow schedules like, for example, when a college baseball game is going to take place, but Mother Nature couldn’t possibly care less …
Pretend you’re on Mars with this 360-degree video of the Vera Rubin Ridge
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for quite some time now, vastly exceeding expectations and already nearly tripling its expected mission length. With the …
SpaceX just can’t catch its rocket nosecones, no matter how hard it tries
While you’re watching SpaceX send rockets into space over and over again, it can be easy to forget that the company is really still just …
Tourists post video holding octopus that could kill them in an instant
When you’re vacationing in a place like Australia it’s normal to want to show folks back home all the neat things you come across. However, …
Enjoy a billion years of Moon impacts in just one minute
Earth’s Moon might seem a bit boring when viewing it with the naked eye, with its monochrome surface and blurry patches revealing little from afar, …
Here’s what NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sees as it orbits Bennu asteroid
It’s only been about a week since NASA successfully inserted its OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe into orbit around the large space rock known as Bennu, after …
Strapping a high-speed camera to a lawnmower blade is the best idea anyone has ever had
People (including myself) love slow-motion videos and we also tend to love watching things being destroyed. Lawnmowers are really, really good at destroying things, but …
Glitter bomb creator admits parts of his viral video were fake
Christmas came early for a lot of YouTube fans when a popular creator by the name of Mark Rober dropped a karma-filled video showing off …
Cash truck crashes in New Jersey, spilling money across highway
Christmas came a bit early for commuters cruising along Route 3 in New Jersey on Thursday morning. Skies were cloudy, but instead of snow tumbling …
Cop catches falling meteor on his dash cam as it lights up the night sky
If you’re hoping to spot a falling meteor, there are times of the year that are better than others. At the moment the Geminid meteor shower …
Here’s what wind sounds like on Mars
One of the coolest things about NASA’s new InSight lander that recently arrived on Mars is that it’ll be able to listen closely to sounds …
This is what a SpaceX Falcon 9 looks like after it comes back down to Earth
A SpaceX launch is a pretty big deal these days despite the fact that they happen with startling regularity. The company has a packed schedule …
