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There may not be as nearly as many small galaxies in the early universe as astronomers predict there should be, which has... Read more »

Computer simulations show the presence of Mars affects the cycles that cause Earth's ice ages. Without Mars, those cycles vanish. The post... Read more »

Astronomers can detect the molecules of distant exoplanets when they pass in front of their stars. These molecules might help reveal signatures... Read more »

SpaceX's Crew-11 astronauts will leave the International Space Station today (Jan. 14) in the first-ever medical evacuation from the orbiting lab, and... Read more »

Sun news January 14, 2026: A powerful far-side eruption grabbed attention as an active region rotates into view, raising the potential for... Read more »

Ready for some easy astronomy? How about the top 10 brightest objects in our solar system? You only need your eyes for... Read more »

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  January 13: Ganymede’s turn to transit Ganymede is transiting... Read more »

Satellite-based maps show northern wildland fires becoming more frequent and widespread as temperatures rise and lightning reaches higher latitudes.... Read more »

An increasingly flammable landscape combined with more lightning strikes is leading to larger, more frequent, and more intense fires than the landscape... Read more »

This year offers an interesting mix of celestial coverups: a total solar eclipse viewable from Spain and two deep lunar eclipses (one... Read more »

This year offers an interesting mix of celestial coverups: a total solar eclipse viewable from Spain and two deep lunar eclipses (one... Read more »

This year offers an interesting mix of celestial coverups: a total solar eclipse viewable from Spain and two deep lunar eclipses (one... Read more »

Astronomers using ALMA have detected the earliest hot galaxy cluster atmosphere ever observed, revealing a massive reservoir of superheated gas in the... Read more »

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope and ALMA have discovered one of the oldest ‘dead’ galaxies in the universe, revealing that... Read more »

Read this press release in English here. La NASA y SpaceX prevén que, si las condiciones meteorológicas lo permiten, el desacoplamiento de la... Read more »

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured stunning new image of HH 80/81, a pair of objects created when supersonic jets from a... Read more »

Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 5:05 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 14, for... Read more »

NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy have firmed up their commitment to develop a nuclear reactor for use on the surface... Read more »

The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission will leave the International Space Station on Jan. 14, in the first-ever medical evacuation from... Read more »

Two new smallsat missions, named SPARCS and BlackCAT, promise to examine stellar flares and explosions in the early universe. The post Two... Read more »

NASA’s Pandora small satellite, and NASA-sponsored Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS), and Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat, are ready to... Read more »

In this photo from early January 2026, teams prepare to encapsulate NASA’s Pandora small satellite, NASA-sponsored Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS), and... Read more »

A disparate collection of young stellar objects bejewels a cosmic panorama in the star-forming region NGC 1333 in this new image from... Read more »

NASA, along with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced Tuesday a renewed commitment to their longstanding partnership to support the research... Read more »

'It felt really warm and welcoming. It was a lovely atmosphere the whole time.'... Read more »

Betelgeuse is the star that everybody can't wait to see blow up, preferably sooner than later. That's because it's a red supergiant... Read more »

"It points to a slow starvation rather than a single dramatic death blow."... Read more »

Quito – San Cristóbal – Bartolomé – Isabela – Fernandina – Floreana – Santa CruzJanuary 19 – February 2, 2028 Embark on... Read more »

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"Microgravity pushed evolution into corners of the phage we still don't fully understand"... Read more »

NASA for the first time has announced launch windows for the first crewed spaceflight beyond Earth orbit in more than half a... Read more »

"This result shows that the Event Horizon Telescope is not only useful for producing spectacular images, but can also be used to... Read more »

The Orion Nebula is the closest large star-forming region, located within the Milky Way just 1,500 light-years from Earth.... Read more »

NASA is getting ready to send four astronauts around the Moon with Artemis II, laying the foundation for sustainable missions to the... Read more »

Space apparently changes your frame of mind in more ways than one.... Read more »

NASA is returning four astronauts to Earth early from the International Space Station due to a medical concern with one of the... Read more »

New Space is a term now commonly used around the rocketry and satellite industries to indicate a new, speed focused model of... Read more »

Test how well you know the breakthroughs, pioneers, and turning points that shaped modern rocketry.... Read more »

Think you know America's newest military branch? Take our quiz and prove you're Space Force‑savvy.... Read more »

For over two centuries, we have watched the red giant R Leonis dim and brighten with regularity, but this 'heartbeat' is beginning... Read more »

Astronauts on the International Space Station were not only treated to a sight from Earth's atmosphere recently but also caught a glimpse... Read more »

In 1959, NASA posthumously named the Goddard Space Flight Center in honor of Robert Goddard’s lifetime of work in rocketry, physics, and... Read more »

In new observations, astronomers detect a moving wake of gas in the outer layers of the red supergiant Betelgeuse, offering fresh evidence... Read more »

A new survey led by Sebastián Carrazco-Gaxiola, an astronomy graduate student at Georgia State University, has identified a large number of stars... Read more »

A disparate collection of young stellar objects bejewels a cosmic panorama in the star-forming region NGC 1333 in this new image from... Read more »

Mars Express has captured stunning images of wind sculpted terrain near the planet’s equator, revealing how Martian winds act as a sandblaster... Read more »

Astronomers have revealed a surprising diversity in the evolutionary paths of the universe’s most massive galaxies. Using multi-wavelength observations combining Keck Observatory... Read more »

Astronomers have spotted a beautiful shock wave around a dead star 730 light-years away. And according to all known mechanisms, this shock... Read more »

Scientists have pulled back the curtain on one of the most extreme solar regions seen in decades, tracking it almost nonstop for... Read more »

The ancient lake in Gale crater - and other icy lakes on Mars - could have been liquid below the surface for... Read more »

Homo floresiensis, a small-statured human species known as Flores’ human hobbits, became extinct 50,000 years ago due to prolonged drought and climate... Read more »

Apex of the sun shows the direction our solar system moves through space, toward the bright star Vega in the January night... Read more »

A California-based start-up wants to open a hotel on the moon by 2032 and is now accepting bookings for the out-of-this world... Read more »

At extreme pressures and temperatures, water becomes superionic — a solid that behaves partly like a liquid and conducts electricity. This unusual... Read more »

Astronomers have discovered a crucial missing link in understanding how the Galaxy’s most common planets form. By studying four young, extraordinarily puffy... Read more »

The Circinus Galaxy, a galaxy about 13 million light-years away, contains an active supermassive black hole that continues to influence its evolution.... Read more »

The Canon 12x36 IS III binoculars are a great pair of image-stabilized optics that allow for shake-free observation of stars, nebulas and... Read more »

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  January 12: Io’s post-opposition transit Point your telescope at... Read more »

Nicholas Clarke from Cohuna, Victoria, Australia NGC 1769 is an emission nebula that lies not in our home Milky Way Galaxy but... Read more »

Visible planets and night sky guide. Tomorrow morning, the waning crescent moon will be near Antares, the brightest star in the constellation... Read more »

The category 5 hurricane stirred up carbonate sediment near Jamaica in what scientists believe is the largest such event in the satellite... Read more »

Like I said at the beginning, I’m not really keen on the idea of the mathematical universe. My own personal biggest objection... Read more »

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, Jan. 12,... Read more »

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have uncovered the largest and most extended stream of super-heated gas ever... Read more »

Former NASA astronaut and current U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is fighting back, suing the Pentagon for its plan to censure him over... Read more »

Mission Highlight: NROL-105 SpaceX plans to launch the NROL-105 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Friday, Jan. 16, at 11:18... Read more »

Exploration advocates are pushing back against the planned cancellation of NASA's Mars sample return project, saying it could potentially find evidence of... Read more »

The astronauts are scheduled to leave in a matter of days.... Read more »

The oceans' check engine light is on and is starting to flash violently. For the eighth year in a row, the world’s... Read more »

"We are in constant contact with NASA."... Read more »

Supernovae play a crucial role in the formation and evolution of new stars. But where they occur is nearly as important as... Read more »

On Thursday, Jan. 8, NASA held a press conference to announce the early return of Crew-11 from the International Space Station (ISS)... Read more »

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave. Now,... Read more »

Scientists studying Jurassic rocks in China found that cyclical changes in Earth's orbit affected not only the climate, but also the development... Read more »

From the Upside Down through the Devil's Anus and beyond. Here are 6 times these theoretical wormholes turned up in sci-fi shows... Read more »

This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk. Scientists used... Read more »

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment... Read more »

"The surprise that a supposedly quiet, discless system could drive such a spectacular nebula was one of those rare 'wow' moments."... Read more »

A distant black hole shredded a companion star that got too close. The star was torn to pieces and the explosion was... Read more »

The observatory will combine tech from NASA's most powerful space telescopes.... Read more »

Astronomy needs space.... Read more »

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has discovered the fastest-spinning asteroid ever over 500 meters in size.... Read more »

Iceberg A23-A has been around since the Chernobyl explosion and Space Shuttle Challenger accident...but perhaps not for much longer.... Read more »

The young, nearby star may be experiencing an episode of repeated, violent collisions within its forming planetary system. The post Did Asteroids... Read more »

Combining data from different telescopes is one of the best ways to get a fuller picture of far-off objects. Because telescopes such... Read more »

From Arctic snow to desert sands, foxes survive in the wild with cunning, agility and impressive adaptability. Read more about them here.... Read more »

"This is a structure we've never seen before, so it could be a new class of dark object."... Read more »

"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect laboratory for understanding how giant... Read more »

Scientists observing the red giant star R Doradus have found that starlight isn’t strong enough to drive its stellar winds, overturning a... Read more »

Beginning in the 1980’s, another physicist, Roger Penrose, came up with what he called the Triangle of Reality, which sounds like the... Read more »

NASA has announced that it and SpaceX will return the Crew-11 mission team to Earth from the ISS (due to medical concerns... Read more »

Located south of Bend’s outdoor playland, I visited this Pacific Northwest gem for an enchanted winter evening of astronomical wonders... Read more »

Such experiments have previously only been conducted aboard the International Space Station.... Read more »

NASA's new, small observatory — launched successfully on January 11th — has a big mission: to characterize exoplanet atmospheres. The post Pandora... Read more »

'Luckily it does have a future, so I can confirm that 'Black Mirror' will return, just in time for reality to catch... Read more »

The accelerating expansion of the universe is usually explained by an invisible force known as dark energy. But a new study suggests... Read more »

India's PSLV rocket apparently failed Sunday night (Jan. 11) while trying to launch 16 payloads to space. It was the PSLV's first... Read more »

Scientists have discovered an enormous stream of super-hot gas erupting from a nearby galaxy, driven by a powerful black hole at its... Read more »

SpaceX launched NASA's Pandora exoplanet mission and about three dozen other payloads early Sunday morning (Jan. 11) on a rideshare flight called... Read more »

On Episode 192 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik looks forward to 2026, which promises to be the... Read more »

Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlines.... Read more »

The Washington Monument lit up on New Year's Eve in celebration of the Artemis 2 moon mission as well as the 250th... Read more »

Kimiya Yui released the timelapse footage to celebrate his 300th cumulative day spent orbiting Earth.... Read more »

SpaceX launched 29 Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast on Friday (Jan. 9), acing its third mission of 2026.... Read more »

The first medical evacuation in the history of the International Space Station will take place on Jan. 14, when the four astronauts... Read more »

Astronomers have uncovered the long-hidden cause behind Betelgeuse’s strange behavior: a small companion star carving a visible wake through the giant’s vast... Read more »

Hubble has revealed a strange cosmic object called Cloud-9, a dark matter–dominated cloud with no stars at all. Scientists believe it is... Read more »

NASA plans to roll out its Artemis 2 moon rocket on Jan. 17, keeping the historic mission on track to launch as... Read more »

NASA will bring four astronauts back to Earth early due to a health issue, leaving the International Space Station with just three... Read more »

"These nine objects are special."... Read more »

Images depicting NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are projected onto the Washington Monument as part of an event to kick off... Read more »

The DJI Mavic 4 Pro is a powerful drone featuring three cameras that can capture images in 100MP resolution and video in... Read more »

"It's about the themes of love and sacrifice and family. And maybe asking ourselves, 'What am I going to do that adds... Read more »

New models suggest that Europa has very little tectonic activity at its seafloor, which is potentially catastrophic news for the hopes of... Read more »

The medical evacuation of SpaceX's Crew-11 astronauts from the International Space Station shouldn't interfere with Artemis 2's launch to the moon, NASA... Read more »

A magical encounter in northern Finland blends ancient folklore, swirling auroras and an unexpectedly curious fox.... Read more »

Week in images: 05-09 January 2026 Discover our week through the lens... Read more »

Jupiter reaches opposition overnight on Jan. 10, when it appears its brightest in 2026 opposite the sun in Earth's sky.... Read more »

Jupiter is at opposition. Evenings are moonless, and the winter Milky Way arches high over the world. Betelgeuse stands over Sirius. The... Read more »

Jupiter is at opposition. Evenings are moonless, and the winter Milky Way arches high over the world. Betelgeuse stands over Sirius. The... Read more »

Jupiter is at opposition. Evenings are moonless, and the winter Milky Way arches high over the world. Betelgeuse stands over Sirius. The... Read more »

Jupiter is at opposition. Evenings are moonless, and the winter Milky Way arches high over the world. Betelgeuse stands over Sirius. The... Read more »

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests Earth’s continents... Read more »

A team of physicists has discovered a surprisingly simple way to build nuclear clocks using tiny amounts of rare thorium. By electroplating... Read more »

Using NASA’s IXPE, astronomers captured an unprecedented view of a white dwarf star actively feeding on material from a companion. The data... Read more »

Artemis II crewmembers (left to right) NASA astronauts Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Victor Glover, pilot; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy... Read more »

Astronomers discovered a cloud of hydrogen gas that’s devoid of stars. Held together by an invisible halo of dark matter, the starless... Read more »

Observers across America may witness a special transit and shadow event of Jupiter’s moon on opposition day. The post An extremely rare... Read more »

Observers across America may witness a special transit and shadow event of Jupiter’s moon on opposition day. The post An extremely rare... Read more »

Nearly everything in the universe is made of mysterious dark matter and dark energy, yet we can’t see either of them directly.... Read more »

Einstein’s claim that the speed of light is constant has survived more than a century of scrutiny—but scientists are still daring to... Read more »

Video: 01:30:00 Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency, briefed journalists on the main milestones for 2026, such as the... Read more »

Video: 00:06:21 As a new year begins, let’s take a look at what’s ahead for the European Space Agency in 2026. From... Read more »

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Playmobil are expanding their successful partnership with a brand-new collection of space-themed toys, bringing a distinctly... Read more »

Often called Earth’s green lungs, tropical forests pull down massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, release oxygen and help regulate... Read more »

Scientists have detected a surprisingly hot galaxy cluster dating back to the universe’s infancy. The cluster formed far earlier and burned far... Read more »

Europa’s buried ocean has made it one of the most exciting places to search for life beyond Earth. However, new calculations suggest... Read more »

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between large space rocks. One of... Read more »

Jupiter's having a special moment! Don't miss the giant planet at its best when it reaches opposition this week. The post Big... Read more »

Jupiter's having a special moment! Don't miss the giant planet at its best when it reaches opposition this week. The post Big... Read more »

Jupiter's having a special moment! Don't miss the giant planet at its best when it reaches opposition this week. The post Big... Read more »

Jupiter's having a special moment! Don't miss the giant planet at its best when it reaches opposition this week. The post Big... Read more »

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured this image of lightning while orbiting aboard the International Space Station more than 250 miles above Milan,... Read more »

Image: This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 6 January 2026, shows Amsterdam in the Netherlands blanketed in snow.... Read more »

The extent and speed of ice moving off the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica into the sea – an important dynamic... Read more »

Martian winds can have quite an impact. ESA’s Mars Express has spotted them whipping up sand grains and acting as a cosmic sandblaster,... Read more »

A distant pulsar’s radio signal flickers as it passes through space, much like stars twinkle in Earth’s atmosphere. By monitoring this effect... Read more »

NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, as seen here in this image released on Dec. 18,... Read more »

Astronomers have measured the mass of a free-floating planet for the first time. Comparable to Saturn, it’s surprisingly massive for such rogue... Read more »

Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping construction materials... Read more »

A NASA internship provides a stellar opportunity to launch your future as part of America’s aerospace workforce. NASA interns take on meaningful... Read more »

A scientific balloon starts its ascent into the air as it prepares to launch carrying NASA’s Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO)... Read more »

Tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere have been drifting to the moon for billions of years, guided by Earth’s magnetic field. Rather than... Read more »

Scientists have discovered a rogue planet roaming the Milky Way after combining observations from Earth and a space telescope. This rare dual... Read more »

Scientists have precisely measured two unstable atomic nuclei that play a crucial role in explosive X-ray bursts on neutron stars. The results... Read more »

A physicist has proposed a bold experiment that could allow gravitational waves to be manipulated using laser light. By transferring minute amounts... Read more »

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy NGC 4388, a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster.... Read more »

The bright Moon shines over Jupiter, Pollux and Castor on Friday evening the 2nd, then groups right up among them on Saturday... Read more »

The bright Moon shines over Jupiter, Pollux and Castor on Friday evening the 2nd, then groups right up among them on Saturday... Read more »

The bright Moon shines over Jupiter, Pollux and Castor on Friday evening the 2nd, then groups right up among them on Saturday... Read more »

Image: A neighbouring vista of stellar birth... Read more »

Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At... Read more »

The Quadrantids and Eta Aquariids will have Moon trouble in 2026, but the beloved Perseids and Geminids should be glorious. The post... Read more »

Astronomers tracking a nearby star system thought they had spotted an exoplanet reflecting light from its star. Then it vanished. Even stranger,... Read more »

Native American tribes each had their own full Moon names — we introduce the most commonly used ones and the traditions behind... Read more »

A newly discovered exoplanet is rewriting the rules of what planets can be. Orbiting a city-sized neutron star, this Jupiter-mass world has... Read more »

In this month’s episode, start with one of the year’s best meteor showers, then spend some time with Jupiter, and check out... Read more »

In this month’s episode, start with one of the year’s best meteor showers, then spend some time with Jupiter, and check out... Read more »

The Champagne Cluster is a rare and beautiful example of two galaxy clusters smashing together. Its festive name comes from both its... Read more »

New high-resolution images show that novae are anything but simple stellar fireworks. One exploded with multiple gas streams colliding almost immediately, while... Read more »

As we age, our immune system quietly loses its edge, and scientists have uncovered a surprising reason why. A protein called platelet... Read more »

Mars once had sprawling river systems that rivaled major watersheds on Earth, and scientists have now identified the biggest ones for the... Read more »

Tour 15 of the sky's brightest stars all in one night on this New Year's Eve! This interactive Worldwide Telescope video will... Read more »

Tour 15 of the sky's brightest stars all in one night on this New Year's Eve! This interactive Worldwide Telescope video will... Read more »

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas at two times of day on Nov. 18, 2025, spanning... Read more »

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the difference, showing that... Read more »

Mars isn’t just dusty—it crackles with electricity. Scientists discovered that dust devils can generate tiny electric sparks, captured for the first time... Read more »

Data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory come together in this eye-catching photo of colliding spiral galaxies released... Read more »

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old. The event... Read more »

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less than... Read more »

New observations reveal that the relationship between ultraviolet and X-ray light in quasars has changed over billions of years. This unexpected shift... Read more »

Tiny ball bearings surround a larger central bearing during the Fluid Particles experiment, conducted inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) aboard the... Read more »

Jupiter nears opposition. The waxing Moon pairs with Saturn, then guides the way to the fine telescopic double star Gamma Arietis. Later... Read more »

Jupiter nears opposition. The waxing Moon pairs with Saturn, then guides the way to the fine telescopic double star Gamma Arietis. Later... Read more »

Jupiter nears opposition. The waxing Moon pairs with Saturn, then guides the way to the fine telescopic double star Gamma Arietis. Later... Read more »

Astronomers have decoded the hidden past of a distant red giant star by listening to tiny vibrations in its light, revealing clues... Read more »

When Earth was a molten inferno, water may have been locked safely underground rather than lost to space. Researchers discovered that bridgmanite... Read more »

Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together. The razor-thin chain... Read more »

This Christmas, astronomers are highlighting a spectacular region of space that looks remarkably like a glowing holiday tree. Known as NGC 2264,... Read more »

How to start sky exploring with that new telescope. How to set it up right, other key things to know -- and... Read more »

How to start sky exploring with that new telescope. How to set it up right, other key things to know -- and... Read more »

How to start sky exploring with that new telescope. How to set it up right, other key things to know -- and... Read more »

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space exploration—or even be... Read more »

NASA engineer Guy Naylor poses for a photograph wearing a custom Santa Claus suit on the 19th level of High Bay 4... Read more »

From left to right, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman are... Read more »

Waves of recent star formation have made Orion winter's most scintillating constellation. You can see how it all came to be. The... Read more »

Waves of recent star formation have made Orion winter's most scintillating constellation. You can see how it all came to be. The... Read more »

These two galaxies are named NGC 4490 and NGC 4485, and they’re located about 24 million light-years away in the constellation Canes... Read more »

In 2025, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, advanced work across aeronautics, Earth science, exploration technologies, and emerging aviation systems,... Read more »

Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, and now scientists can model them more accurately than ever before.... Read more »

Astronomers have uncovered a massive hidden planet and a rare “failed star” by combining ultra-precise space data with some of the sharpest... Read more »

By studying tiny distortions in the shapes of distant galaxies, scientists mapped dark matter and dark energy across one of the largest... Read more »

An instrument aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft captured rare ultraviolet observations of an interstellar comet while Earth-based telescopes were blinded by the... Read more »

For years, scientists thought Saturn’s moon Titan hid a global ocean beneath its frozen surface. A new look at Cassini data now... Read more »

We greet the winter solstice. Jupiter nears opposition. Will the two Dog Stars balance for you? And meet the House in the... Read more »

We greet the winter solstice. Jupiter nears opposition. Will the two Dog Stars balance for you? And meet the House in the... Read more »

NASA astronaut Don Pettit demonstrates electrostatic forces using charged water droplets and a knitting needle made of Teflon.... Read more »

Cosmic “touchdown airbursts” — explosions of comets or asteroids above Earth’s surface — may be far more common and destructive than previously... Read more »

Gravitational waves from black holes may soon reveal where dark matter is hiding. A new model shows how dark matter surrounding massive... Read more »

NASA Space Apps announced Thursday 10 winners of the 2025 NASA Space Apps Challenge. During this two-day hackathon, participants gathered at 551... Read more »

Justin Hall, left, controls a subscale aircraft as Justin Link holds the aircraft in place during preliminary engine tests on Friday, Sept.... Read more »

NASA Science encourages all people to actively participate in science through activities and resources developed by a collaborative network of project teams drawing... Read more »

Astronomers have detected spacetime itself being dragged and twisted by a spinning black hole for the first time. The discovery, seen during... Read more »

The 5th Annual Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Exploration Community Event hosted by the Coastal Virginia STEM Hub and the NASA... Read more »

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the blue dwarf galaxy Markarian 178 (Mrk 178) against a backdrop of distant galaxies in... Read more »

Researchers have shown that quantum signals can be sent from Earth up to satellites, not just down from space as previously believed.... Read more »

As we head towards the end of 2025, it barely seems like five minutes ago that it was June and I was... Read more »

A mysterious cloud of ultra-hot dust around Kappa Tucanae A may finally have an explanation: a hidden companion star. The star’s extreme... Read more »

NASA is now accepting concepts for a new research challenge. The Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology (ORBIT) challenge is a... Read more »

Clockwise from left, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui and NASA astronauts Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman, and Mike Fincke pose... Read more »

Ramanujan’s elegant formulas for calculating pi, developed more than a century ago, have unexpectedly resurfaced at the heart of modern physics. Researchers... Read more »

Physicists have found a clever way to detect the elusive Unruh effect without extreme accelerations. By using atoms that emit light cooperatively... Read more »

The Bassac River surrounds Cù Lao Dung, a river islet district in southern Vietnam, before emptying into the South China Sea.... Read more »

A new theory proposes that the universe’s fundamental forces and particle properties may arise from the geometry of hidden extra dimensions. These... Read more »

Hot Jupiters were once cosmic oddities, but unraveling how they moved so close to their stars has remained a stubborn mystery. Scientists... Read more »

Astronomers tracked a decade of dramatic changes in P13, a neutron star undergoing supercritical accretion. Its X-ray luminosity rose and fell by... Read more »

Webb’s latest observations reveal a hellish world cloaked in an unexpected atmosphere: TOI-561 b, an ultra-hot rocky planet racing around its star... Read more »

Big Jupiter now rises in the east-southeast less than an hour after dark. It's high in sharp telescopic viewing by about 10... Read more »

Big Jupiter now rises in the east-southeast less than an hour after dark. It's high in sharp telescopic viewing by about 10... Read more »

The Calabash Nebula, pictured here — which has the technical name OH 231.8+04.2 — is a spectacular example of the death of... Read more »

Great news! We'll have dark skies for the year's richest meteor shower. The post Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks December 13-14 appeared first... Read more »

Scientists have managed to observe solar neutrinos carrying out a rare atomic transformation deep underground, converting carbon-13 into nitrogen-13 inside the SNO+... Read more »

TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for signs of an atmosphere—and potentially... Read more »

Webb’s image of the enormous stellar jet in Sh2-284 provides evidence that protostellar jets scale with the mass of their parent stars—the... Read more »

The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 73... Read more »

Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy worlds we’ve long imagined. A new Swiss-led study uses innovative hybrid modeling to reveal... Read more »

New research reveals that Earth’s solid inner core is actually in a superionic state, where carbon atoms flow freely through a solid... Read more »

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured dramatic helium streams pouring off the super-puff exoplanet WASP-107b, revealing a world with... Read more »

A flash of lightning, and then—something else. High above a storm, a crimson figure blinks in and out of existence. If you... Read more »

New simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies reveal that the strange split between two chemically distinct groups of stars may arise from several... Read more »

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The NASA Science Activation project Eclipse Soundscapes (ES), led by ARISA Lab in Medford, Massachusetts, helps learners of all ages explore NASA... Read more »

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4535.... Read more »

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