Infographics

What makes the moon turn dark and red? Find out in this Space.com infographic.

Learn why famous meteor showers like the Perseids and Leonids occur every year.

See how the first human spaceflight actually occurred when the Soviet Union launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961.

Learn what makes a big full moon a true 'supermoon' in this SPACE.com infographic.

For centuries before Apollo 11 landed on the moon, the idea of going there stirred people's imaginations. See the 350-year history of moon exploration in this Space.com infographic.

Learn all about NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission, which the agency aims to launch in July 2018. The spacecraft will get seven times closer to the sun than any probe ever has before.

On Jan. 31, 1958, the United States launched its first successful satellite: Explorer 1. See how the historic mission worked here.

Alien life may be lurking right in Earth's cosmic backyard. Some of the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter are known to harbor subsurface oceans that could provide habitable environments.