Space
The 2025 Winners of the Dark Sky Photography Contest Are Here to Wow You
As light pollution threatens our view of the stars...
Classic Sci-Fi Tropes: Fact or Fiction?
Fast-than-light travel, instantaneous communication, terraforming. Science fiction relies on...
Found: The Oldest Black Hole in the Universe
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have...
Asteroid Deflection Experiment Triggered Unexpected Debris
Planetary scientists have published a detailed follow-up on the...
Astrophysicists Find “Impossible” Black Hole Merger
The international team of astrophysicists behind the world's three...
Third-Ever Interstellar Visitor May Have Just Appeared
Yesterday, the ATLAS telescope identified a potential interstellar interloper....
Astronomers Trace Strange Radio Signal to ‘Zombie’ Satellite
A team of astronomers in Australia searching for radio...
Photo Reveals Crazy Number of Satellites Now in Orbit
Last February, a remote research station in the Canadian...
‘First Light’: Stunning Early Images from the Vera Rubin Observatory
In Chile, a monumental telescope has opened its eyes....
Astronomers Spot New Planet Forming Around Young Star
Astronomers have filmed what seems to be the birth...
Starlink Satellites Are ‘Leaking’ Radio Emissions
Specialists at Australia's Square Kilometer Array (SKA) released a...
Terraforming Mars: Will It Happen? Is It Even Possible?
Last week, the Trump administration released a presidential budget...
Astronomers Discover New Dwarf Planet — And It Challenges the Planet Nine Hypothesis
A new dwarf planet named 2017 OF201 has been...
Do Wormholes and Time Travel Exist? We Explore SciFi’s Favorite Tropes
Back in the prehistoric days of theoretical astrophysics (1985),...
Astrophysicists Observe Inexplicably Energetic Particle
How do you speed up something that only interacts...
Astronaut Eric Philips on the Joy of Being in Outer Space
For three and a half days earlier this month,...
About Those ‘Possible Signs of Life’ on a Nearby Planet: Let’s Not Get Our Hopes Up
The year is 2021. On Earth, COVID-19 rages. NASA...
The Infinite Weirdness of Black Holes, and What Happens When You Fall Into One
Everything that falls into a black hole falls in...
High Schooler Uncovers 1.5 Million Hidden Objects in Space, Wins $250K
High school student Matteo Paz has stunned the scientific...
The Story Behind the Most Terrifying Space Photo Ever Taken
Imagine drifting alone in space, with no cord connecting...
