What did NASA find on Bennu? ‘Space gum,’ sugars needed for life
Samples from the asteroid Bennu are providing scientists with clues about how life may have started in our…
The cold supermoon will appear in the night sky tonight. Here’s how to spot it
The final supermoon of the year will appear tonight and will cast some extremely bright light. The cold…
NASA heads to Death Valley to test new Mars drone tech
After reaching Mars with the Perseverance rover in early 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter proved a huge success as…
How Underwater Eddies Threaten Antarctic Glaciers
Chile Studies Avian Influenza Virus in Antarctica
Heiner Kubny In a globally unprecedented event for polar science…
Satellites keep photobombing the Hubble telescope, and it’s getting worse
It’s getting harder and harder for the Hubble and other telescopes orbiting Earth to capture pristine images thanks…
Russia replaces cosmonaut after alleged security breach at SpaceX facility
Moscow has replaced a cosmonaut assigned to an upcoming SpaceX mission after he allegedly took photos of restricted…
Antares raises $96 million for nuclear reactors on Earth and in space
WASHINGTON — Nuclear power startup Antares announced a $96 million Series B round Dec. 2 to fund work…
The 7 Most Groundbreaking NASA Discoveries of 2025
In 2025, NASA faced unprecedented uncertainty as it grappled with sweeping layoffs, looming budget cuts, and leadership switch-ups.…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS heads toward Earth. How close will it get?
Here’s everything to know about 3I/ATLAS’s impending rendezvous with Earth and how you might be able to witness…
After nearly a century of looking, researchers may have finally detected dark matter
For nearly a century, something unseen has tugged at the cosmos. In the 1930s, Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky…
Asteroid 433 Eros will pass close to Earth, and you can watch it live
Many events occur in space, allowing scientists and astronomers to observe them in different ways. But tonight, an…
How one image taken from 3.7 billion miles away proved Earth is a speck in space
Voyager 1’s photographs included Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus. According to NASA’s website, ‘Mars was obscured by…