Latest Space Stories
Clouds of ancient space water might have filled Earth’s oceans
NASA’s Curiosity rover captures a moody Martian sunset for the first time
Sorry, Star Trek fans, the real planet Vulcan doesn’t exist
SETI thinks AI could help rovers search for life on Mars
5 ways we know DART crushed that asteroid (but not literally)
Lunar dust is notoriously hard to clean, but a new spray might do the trick
Black hole collisions could possibly send waves cresting through space-time
Seismologists might have identified the deepest layer of Earth’s core
March skies will bring a lunar illusion and planetary reunion
Why the Space Force is testing out tech for small, high-flying satellites
Hold onto your satellites: The sun is about to get a lot stormier
Light pollution is erasing the stars in the sky—here’s why we should care
Uranus’s quirks and hidden features have astronomers jazzed about a direct mission
These 6 galaxies are so huge, they’ve been nicknamed ‘universe breakers’
Want to travel to Mars? Here’s how long the trip could take.
Why is space cold if the sun is hot?
Private space missions will bring more countries to the ISS
NASA is using AI to help design lighter parts
JWST’s latest new galaxy discoveries mirror the Milky Way
Volunteer astronomers bring wonders of the universe into prisons
Hubble telescope spies Saturn’s rings in ‘spoke season’
IBM’s AI has a new job: sorting through NASA’s giant stream of Earth and weather images
Distant dwarf planet Quaoar shouldn’t have a ring, but it does
Moondust could chill out our overheated Earth, some scientists predict
The ISS is the best place for an astronaut to get stuck in space
Would Earth laws apply to Mars colonists?
Astronomers find 12 more moons orbiting Jupiter
Say hello to the Commerce Department’s new space traffic-cop program
Where does Earth end and space begin? The Karman line is only one answer.
Cosmic cartographers release a more accurate map of the universe’s matter
DARPA wants to push the boundaries of where satellites can fly
A college student built an AI to help look for alien radio signals
Here’s what to look for in the night sky this February
A green comet is visiting us from the edge of the solar system, and astronomers are thrilled
NASA aims to fly its experimental electric plane this year
Pluto is not a planet because of one small technicality
The Earth’s inner core could be slowing its spin—but don’t panic
Astronomers want to wield a tiny laser to look for life on neighboring worlds
How old is Earth? It’s a surprisingly tough question to answer.
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launches have been a slow burn—for an interesting reason
Meteorite hunters lug a 16.7-pound space rock from Antarctic ice
‘Skyglow’ is rapidly diminishing our nightly views of the stars
This ‘airliner of the future’ has a radical new wing design
Small ‘sparks’ on the sun could be key to forecasting dramatic solar weather
Our universe mastered the art of making galaxies while it was still young
Physicists figured out a recipe to make titanium stardust on Earth
The James Webb Space Telescope just identified its first exoplanet
Russia will send a replacement ride for stranded ISS astronauts
A historic first satellite launch in the UK has failed
Wiggly space waves show neutron stars on the edge of becoming black holes
Dark matter, Jupiter’s moons, and more: What to expect from space exploration in 2023
A potentially revolutionary solar harvester just left the planet
ISS astronauts are building objects that couldn’t exist on Earth
The spy agency origins of NASA’s next powerful planet-hunting observatory
Rocket fuel might be polluting the Earth’s upper atmosphere
Time doesn’t have to be exact—here’s why
Kick off 2023 with unique moonscapes, a meteor shower, and a bright comet
JWST has changed the speed of discovery, for better or for worse
Perseverance rover makes its first package delivery: a unique kind of Mars rock
This map-making AI could be the first step towards GPS on the moon
A mysterious magma ocean could fuel our solar system’s most volcanic world
InSight says goodbye with what may be its last wistful image of Mars
The wind on Mars may be a viable power source after all
JWST’s new image unveils a field of glittery galaxies
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