Earth’s satellites at risk if asteroid smashes into moon: Study If a huge asteroid smashes into the moon in 2032,…
Tabletop exercises can help us understand and avoid potential conflicts over the moon As different nations begin conducting operations on…
NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company’s lunar lander A NASA spacecraft around the…
Macron says Europe must become ‘space power’ again President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that Europe must again become a global…
Do ocean worlds have smaller habitable zones? Hycean worlds are also called ocean worlds. They’re planets covered in oceans that…
Stellar flybys have not altered Earth’s climate in the past 56 million years, study finds If our solar system seems…
Engineers simulate lunar lighting for Artemis III moon landing Better understanding the lunar lighting environment will help NASA prepare astronauts…
How bubble muscles could help astronauts get their space legs When astronauts finally reach Mars, they’ll face a unique challenge:…
1000 hours with the Square Kilometer Array may be our best hope to finally see Cosmic Dawn Scientists have created…
Global resolution: Radio telescope network captures image of distant black hole jet The sharpest images of the universe are created…
Planet-forming disks lose gas faster than dust, new survey finds An international team of astronomers including researchers at the University…
Astronomers map unusual inner workings of a jellyfish galaxy with ‘bunny ears’ Astronomers have discovered a “jellyfish” galaxy whose unusual…
Why the moon shimmers with shiny glass beads The Apollo astronauts didn’t know what they’d find when they explored the…
Dark energy camera captures sparse pockets of light among dark clouds of Chamaeleon I The origin of our sun, and…
Where did cosmic rays come from? Astrophysicists are closer to finding out New research published by Michigan State University astrophysicists…
Milky Way’s chance of colliding with galaxy billions of years from now? New study puts odds at 50-50 It turns…
Astronomers thought the Milky Way was doomed to crash into Andromeda. Now they’re not so sure For years, astronomers have…
Mars Odyssey orbiter captures volcano peeking above morning cloud tops A new panorama from NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter shows…
Private lunar lander from Japan falls silent while attempting a moon touchdown A private lunar lander from Japan fell silent…
Harvesting the data in the stars If you’re lucky, when you look up at the night sky, you’ll see thousands…
Future telescopes could detect life managing their planet atmospheres The challenge in the search for habitable worlds is clear. We…
Northern lights could be visible again in some US states after weekend solar storms Northern lights may be visible in…
Trump says withdrawing Musk ally as nominee to head NASA US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was withdrawing his…
Elon Musk promises more risky launches after sixth Starship failure What goes up must come down, and earlier this week…
Satellite megaconstellations threaten radio astronomy observations, expert warns For years, the commercial space sector has been abuzz about the prospect…
Scientists make first direct detection of atmospheric sputtering on Mars A small team of planetary scientists, astrophysicists and space flight…
China launches space probe seeking asteroid samples China on Thursday launched a space probe on the country’s first mission to…
What is Manhattanhenge and when can you see it? Twice a year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated to a…
Is Venus hiding dangerous asteroids? Twenty years ago, the U.S. Congress instructed NASA to find 90% of near-Earth asteroids threatening…
After two setbacks, SpaceX could try to launch massive Starship next week SpaceX said Friday it will make another launch…
Hopes for alien life dim as doubts emerge over exoplanet K2-18b chemical signals When astronomers announced last month they might…
Numerical simulations reveal the origin of barred olivine crystals in early solar system Researchers from Nagoya City University, Tohoku University,…
The formation of a new exoplanet can cause chemical discrepancies in paired stars Co-paired stars, or stars that travel together,…
Building a giant catcher’s mitt on the moon Members of the space exploration community are always coming up with novel…
Image: Sunset at Mars’s Gusev Crater in 2005 On May 19th, 2005, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning…
The deepening mystery around the JWST’s early galaxies When the JWST came to life and began observations, one of its…
Indian space agency’s satellite mission fails due to technical issue in launch vehicle The Indian space agency’s mission to launch…
Twin spacecraft mission reveals there might be a ‘hot’ side of the moon The moon’s nearside (that is, the side…
Tracking down ‘annihilation photons’ could lead to unique binary systems Tracking the sources of photons is a hobby of many…
First ultraviolet data collected from NASA’s Europa Clipper mission The Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper…
Perseverance Mars rover captures first visible-light auroras during intense solar storm On March 15, 2024, near the peak of the…
Artemis III core stage receives thermal protection coating NASA completed another step to ready its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket…
Space weather can dramatically alter a planet’s fate We tend to think of habitability in terms of individual planets and…
Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more…
Stormy waves traversing the Earth’s core provide new hints into future planetary exploration The detection of energy signals from strong…
Early galaxies may contribute to the ‘afterglow’ of the universe The “afterglow” of the universe is an important piece of…
NASA telescopes tune into a black hole prelude and fugue NASA has released three new pieces of cosmic sound that…
Key portion of Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope clears thermal vacuum test A major part of NASA’s nearly complete Nancy…
NASA’s IXPE reveals X-ray-generating particles in black hole jets The blazar BL Lacertae, a supermassive black hole surrounded by a…
Webb lifts veil on common but mysterious type of exoplanet Though they don’t orbit around our sun, sub-Neptunes are the…
Easy vote turns Musk’s dreams for Starbase city in Texas into reality Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s dream of gaining city…
How to catch the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley’s comet Halley’s comet swings near Earth every 75 years….
Space junk falling to Earth needs to be tracked—meteoroid sounds can help Space junk and meteoroids are falling to Earth…
New telescope images uncover ‘Green Monster’ in Cassiopeia A Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers uncovered a mysterious feature…
Ancient metabolic process recreated: Iron and sulfur reactions in simulated black smokers shed light on early life The very first…
Juno mission gets under Jupiter’s and Io’s surface New data from the agency’s Jovian orbiter sheds light on the fierce…
Quality of 3D printing with lunar regolith varies based on feedstock Lately, there’s been plenty of progress in 3D printing…
Webb helps scientists better understand solar system’s origins University of Central Florida (UCF) scientists and their collaborators discovered new insights…
Circinus West: A dark nebula harboring a nest of newly formed stars A celestial shadow known as the Circinus West…
Multi-spacecraft radio observations trace the heliospheric magnetic field Solar flares accelerate energetic electrons that escape into interplanetary space, guided by…
Super-Earths are common outside the solar system, new study shows An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics…
The sun’s natural gravitational lensing is more powerful than you thought Let’s turn the sun into a telescope. In fact,…
Planetary alignment provides NASA rare opportunity to study Uranus When a planet’s orbit brings it between Earth and a distant…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft beams back pictures of an asteroid shaped like a lumpy bowling pin NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has beamed…
NASA’s oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how…
Study unveils volcanic history and clues to ancient life on Mars In a study co-authored by a Texas A&M University…
NASA’s Glenn to test lunar air quality monitors aboard space station As NASA prepares to return to the moon, studying…
ELVIS to enter orbit: Pioneering imaging system to enhance space biology and life detection beyond Earth Onboard the International Space…
Why some meteor showers are so unpredictable Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth’s…
Scientists find evidence that challenges theories of the origin of water on Earth A team of researchers at the University…
A slowly spinning universe could solve the Hubble tension A new study in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society…
Massive black hole ‘waking up’ in Virgo constellation A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the…
Soil from the moon’s far side suggests drier conditions than the side facing Earth Soil and rocks returned from the…
High school student uses AI to reveal 1.5 million previously unknown objects in space Through his research at Caltech, a…
Q&A: How to (theoretically) spot an alien Are we alone in the universe? The answer to one of humanity’s biggest…
Advanced visual localization and topographic mapping enhance Zhurong rover’s Mars exploration A collaborative research team has improved visual localization and…
A year after the solar eclipse, Dallas area scientists are still uncovering cosmic clues For some Dallas-area scientists, the total…
Want to know how to survive in space? Ask a tardigrade The 2025 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, which took…
Blue Origin plans an all-female space flight—but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional For the first time since…
Image: A chance alignment in Lupus The subject of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is the…
Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles Four space tourists who orbited the north…
Perseverance rover witnesses one Martian dust devil eating another The six-wheeled explorer recently captured several red planet mini-twisters spinning on…
Ultralight dark matter could explain early black hole formation A black hole is a region of space where gravity is…
KiDS dataset doesn’t shake up cold dark matter model after all, say researchers Data from 41 million galaxies does not…
NASA’s newly returned astronauts say they would fly on Boeing’s Starliner capsule again NASA’s celebrity astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni…
Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end The European Space Agency (ESA) has powered down its Gaia spacecraft after…
When glaciers roamed Mars The surface of Mars is known for being an extremely cold, desiccated, and irradiated place. But…
How NASA’s Perseverance is helping prepare astronauts for Mars NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021 to search for…
NEO surveyor instrument enclosure tested inside historic chamber for Apollo spacecraft testing The instrument enclosure of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor…
Webb telescope sees galaxy in mysteriously clearing fog of early universe Astronomers have identified a bright hydrogen emission from a…
Image: Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space: Time to get ready ESA’s Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) has arrived at…
We’re one step closer to a giant interferometer on the moon What’s on and in a star? What happens in…
Bridging the gap between the cosmic microwave background and the first galaxies One of the Holy Grails in cosmology is…
Euclid opens data treasure trove, offers glimpse of deep fields On 19 March 2025, the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission…
Chang’e-6 samples suggest 4.25-billion-year-old impact formed moon’s South Pole–Aitken basin Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the…
A Dyson swarm made of solar panels would make Earth uninhabitable, suggests study As civilizations become more and more advanced,…
Latest dark energy survey data suggest possible variations in dark energy over time A new study using the Dark Energy…
Wolf-Rayet 104 ‘pinwheel’ star reveals a surprise (and some relief) A recent study reveals that the famous Wolf-Rayet 104 “pinwheel…
Four small planets discovered around one of the closest stars to Earth—an expert explains what we know Barnard’s Star is…
NASA’s stuck astronauts welcome their newly arrived replacements to the space station Just over a day after blasting off, a…
