space

Something that looks like an earthquake can actually be a satellite hitting the atmosphere. Short. Loud. Unexpected.Scie...

One algorithm has turned decades of Hubble observations into a treasure map of the unexpected. In just a few days, a mac...

Microbes behave differently in orbit. New experiments on the International Space Station reveal that bacteriophages — vi...

Astronomers have discovered an unexpected and puzzling structure at the core of the Ring Nebula: a long, straight bar co...

A new time-lapse from ESA’s Proba-3 mission peels back the Sun’s glare to expose the inner corona in faint yellow and ca...

Astronomers have completed a detailed census of thousands of nearby K-type stars — the so-called orange dwarfs — and ide...

For decades astronomers have tracked Betelgeuse’s changing face: a red supergiant whose brightness and surface features ...

Long-term satellite observations reveal that a weakening patch in Earth's magnetic shield over the South Atlantic has gr...

Asteroid mining has swung between fevered hype and quiet skepticism over the past decade. New laboratory work led by Spa...

When the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS swept through the inner Solar System it offered a rare chance to listen for artific...

Astronomers have, for the first time, determined both the mass and distance of a planet that drifts freely through the g...

Astronomers have recorded the longest gamma-ray burst on record — a mysterious explosion that persisted for nearly seven...

SpaceX closed the 2025 calendar year by setting a new company record: 165 orbital launches. That staggering cadence—roug...

Once nearly invisible to backyard telescopes, the spiral galaxy NGC 4535 now bursts into view in a new Hubble image, its...

Astronomers have captured direct images showing the chaotic aftermath of two massive collisions in the young planetary s...

New Hubble observations have exposed unexpected turbulence and striking asymmetry in IRAS 23077+6707 — the largest proto...

A rare cosmic choreography has been uncovered: three galaxies, each hosting an active galactic nucleus (AGN), are intera...

NASA wrapped up a full countdown dress rehearsal for Artemis II at Kennedy Space Center as 2025 closed — a near-complete...

Private companies are pitching a radical rethink of orbital living: inflatable habitats that launch compact and expand i...

Dark matter shapes galaxies and the large-scale structure of the universe, yet its internal behavior remains one of cosm...