Space

asteroid passing earth

Gigantic, Deadly Asteroid Will Zip Past Earth Soon: Watch Live

If 2011 UL21, a mountain-sized object hurtling through space...
a group of four women astronauts

Women Hold Up Better to Space Travel: Study

In news that's no surprise to fans of all-time...
icy planetary surface ejecting bright screen of blue vapor

Space Mission Seeks Alien Life on Tiny Moon of Saturn by 2050

The European Space Agency (ESA) is determined to land...
jupiter's moon io

Spectacular New Photos of Io, Jupiter’s Mysterious Moon

Researchers have released jaw-dropping new photos of Jupiter’s moon,...
rendering of mars with electric blue light halo

Solar Flares Drench Mars With Radiation

NASA’s advice to future astronauts caught in a solar...
chinese spacecraft

China’s Moon Probe Is On Its Way Back From The Far Side, With First Samples

Earlier this week, China’s Chang’e 6 probe landed on...
a yellow planet with green bodies of liquid

Homeless Mr. Spock: Real-Life Planet Vulcan Doesn’t Exist After All

Planet Vulcan was the famous homeworld of the humanoid...
Milky Way

Students Find Oldest Stars in the Universe

Undergrads from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have...
Artist’s depiction of the FLOAT lunar railway system

NASA is Building Floating Train Tracks to Use on the Moon

It sounds like sci-fi, but NASA hopes to build...
curving bright rings in space with a galactic band in the background

Plunge Into a Black Hole in NASA’s State-of-the-Art Simulation

Ever since we’ve known they exist, humans have wondered...
Running horizontally in the wheel of death.

‘Wheel of Death’ Would Let Astronauts Stay Healthy

The low gravity and increased radiation of space can...
microscope image of bacteria

Super-Bacteria Found on the International Space Station

The International Space Station seems like the least likely...
colorful geologic map

China Announces Groundbreaking Moon Atlas

Chinese scientists took a big step forward for worldwide...
A view of Pluto's 'heart'. Taken on July 13, 2015 when the spacecraft was 476,000 miles (768,000 kilometers) from the surface.

How Pluto Got Its Heart

Pluto’s most recognizable feature is the giant, heart-shaped area...
aerial view of what look like spiders on Mars.

The Mystery of Those ‘Spiders’ On Mars, Explained

Every spring, an unusual phenomenon occurs on Mars: What...
Shooting stars in a time lapse photo with a tree in the foreground

New Theory Gets Us One Step Closer to Understanding the Origins of Life

We know a lot about the origins of the...
The giordano bruno crater

Scientists Identify Near-Earth Asteroid’s Birthplace

When scientists discovered the asteroid Kamo'oalewa in 2016, they...
Lunar cruiser

Van Life on the Moon!

There's a long tradition of science fiction gizmos pre-dating...
Illustration of the system that revealed the existence of Gaia-BH3.

Milky Way’s Biggest Black Hole 33 Times Bigger Than Our Sun

In the career of an astronomer, it’s hard to...
Earth viewed from the moon. The earth is visible over the horizon.

How the Moon Once Turned Inside Out

There are a lot of fairytales about the Moon,...
The moon

Attempting to Preserve Radio Silence on the Far Side of the Moon

At a symposium last week, several astronomers called to...
rendering of an enclosed balloon capsule far above earth

Dine Well, Save Earth From Near-Space For $500K a Plate

Eager to get off this rock, but not in...
UFO, alien and viewfinder on a camera display to record a flying saucer in the sky over area 51.

Scientists Discover the Best Places In the U.S. to Spot a UFO

After trawling through 19 years data on reported UFO...
The Vela Supernova Remnant.

Amazingly Detailed Image of an Exploded Supernova

In the southern constellation of Vela is the remains...

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