Largest Oort Cloud comet ever detected shows “surprising” activity
Astronomers are reporting a detailed analysis of the largest Oort Cloud comet ever detected – “C 2014 UN271.”…
C/2025 R2 (SWAN) | Comet SWAN R2 Location | Comet 2025 R2 SWAN Size
On October 20, Comet C/2025 R2 SWAN will make its closest approach to Earth – and the timing…
NASA Guts Workforce at Lab Responsible for Mars Rovers
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images That sound you hear? It’s the…
Conditions right Thursday night for Northern Lights in 15 states
The Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) are seen over the American flags in a cemetery in Wadsworth, Ohio Friday…
Longest GRB ever seen may be a cosmic event new to science
Astronomers report the longest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, confirmed in a new paper. The signal, labeled GRB 250702B,…
Poem Praising Saladin From 1181 May Contain Evidence Of A Rare Galactic Supernova
A study looking at ancient texts may have found evidence of a galactic supernova in a poem praising…
Russian cosmonauts install semiconductor experiment, jettison old HDTV camera during spacewalk outside ISS
Two Russian cosmonauts are back inside the International Space Station after conducting a spacewalk to install a semiconductor…
Epoch of Reionization: Astronomers close in on signal from ‘one of the most unexplored periods in our universe’
Long before starlight filled the cosmos for the first time, the young universe may have been simmering, according…
HyImpulse Promises to Save European Launch, 600 kg at a Time
German rocket builder HyImpulse announced on 16 October that it had secured €45 million in new funding to…
Watch SpaceX’s Super Heavy Starship booster hover in mid-air before plunging into the sea (video)
Spectacular footage from Starship’s recent test launch shows the final seconds of the spacecraft’s booster before touching down…
Aurora Borealis Might Be Seen In These 15 States Thursday Night
Topline The northern lights have a higher than usual chance of appearing for viewers in some northern states,…
Don’t give Russia space
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during his visit to the Vostochny Cosmodrome, about 180 kilometers north…