Space

A speckled pattern at high resolution.

A Telescope’s Last Gasp Gives Us the Earliest Photos of the Universe

Before it shut down in 2022, a telescope in...
March 19, 2025
An image of Saturn and a number of moons

Saturn Has 128 More Moons Than We Thought

A team using the telescope atop Mauna Kea in...
March 12, 2025
overview of Chile from the International Space Station

Explore NASA’s Astronaut Photography Archive

Have you ever wanted to see Earth through the...
March 11, 2025
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Space Mystery of the Week: Why Does Our Solar System Like Spirals?

Space is full of surprises, and the most recent...
March 9, 2025
A photo of the comet behind a telescope.

Say Goodbye to the Brightest Comet of 2025

It came from the Oort Cloud, a giant web...
March 4, 2025
noctilucent clouds on Mars

Skygazing Mars Rover Captures Wispy ‘Mother-of-Pearl’ Clouds of Dry Ice

For the fourth year in a row, NASA's Curiosity...
March 1, 2025
A trail of smoke cuts through the early morning sky. A tree stands on the horizon.

So What Happened to That ‘Killer’ Asteroid?

Last week, the world was obsessed with an asteroid...
February 26, 2025
A lunar lander on the moon surface

High-Speed Wifi Comes to The Moon

Intuitive Machines, which became the first private company to...
February 21, 2025
A cone with galaxies in it shows the expanding universe.

Great Mysteries of Outer Space: Dark Energy and the Hubble Tension

Around 13.7 billion years ago, something collapsed. It fell...
February 19, 2025
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The Odds of City-Killer Asteroid Hitting Earth Just Doubled

At the end of January, scientists gave Asteroid 2024...
February 13, 2025
A zoomed in photo of a gravitational lens.

New Telescope Catches General Relativity on Display in Stunning Photo

Albert Einstein predicted in 1912 that massive objects should...
February 12, 2025
illustration of the top 1/4 of planet earth.

How Easy Would it Be for Aliens to Find Life on Earth?

If an alien civilization exists and has technology similar...
February 11, 2025
asteroid over earth

Newly Discovered Asteroid Could Hit Earth in 2032

Space agencies have spotted an asteroid that could collide...
February 4, 2025
NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover.

Liquid Water Once Flowed on the Surface of Mars

NASA's Curiosity Rover has discovered that the Martian surface...
February 3, 2025
An image of a very bright blue star.

Great Mysteries of Outer Space: Fast Radio Bursts

We know more about the universe than many people...
February 2, 2025
asteroid surrounded by the blackness of space

The Asteroid Bennu Has All the Building Blocks of Life

New research backs up the old hypothesis that the...
January 31, 2025
a starlink satellite

Starlink Now Beta Testing Direct-to-Cell Coverage

Cell phone dead zones in the U.S. took another...
January 30, 2025
the northern lights from above

Check Out This Rare Glimpse of the Northern Lights As Seen From the ISS

Few of us are lucky enough to catch a...
January 28, 2025

Gaia’s Mission Nears Its End

Gaia has completed the mapping phase of its mission....
January 18, 2025
a brick walkway with a meteorite strike visible

Watch and Hear This Meteorite Land in Canadian Man’s Yard

"It landed right between my legs, where I [had...
January 15, 2025
Mercury

See: Incredible New Photos Of Mercury

The BepiColombo spacecraft has captured stunning new photos of...
January 12, 2025
photo with black space below and the Earth above

Exploration Mysteries: Black Knight Satellite

My grandfather and I had a daily ritual when...
January 6, 2025
A block of white ice falls across dark red rock.

Avalanches and Katabatic Winds Ring in the Martian New Year

The Mars weather report is in, and we're seeing...
December 31, 2024
starry universe

How the Universe Will End

In 1929, Edwin Hubble discovered from observations of distant...
December 27, 2024

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