Perseverance Stuns in New Selfie
NASA’s Perseverance rover recently took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain at a location…
‘Cannibal stars,’ AI and the Rubin Observatory could shed light on the mystery of dark energy. Here’s how
Using artificial intelligence and data from the groundbreaking Vera C. Rubin Observatory, scientists are reconsidering our knowledge of…
Eruption blows hole in sun’s atmosphere, unleashing solar flare and potentially triggering northern lights
A solar eruption has blown a massive hole in the sun’s atmosphere, causing temporary radio blackouts and possibly…
Don’t miss Mars, Saturn and the moon form a cosmic triangle before dawn on May 14
Look to the eastern sky in the hour preceding dawn on May 14 to catch a rare sight,…
Hello Universe: NASA’s Next-Gen Space Processor Undergoes Testing
NASA’s High Performance Spaceflight Computing project aims to dramatically improve the computing power of spacecraft. Missions need processors…
Mesmerizing vortexes swirl near an Antarctic volcano photo of the day for May 12, 2026
The Von Kármán vortex streaks across the snowy tundra nearby Peter I Island in Antarctica on February 11, 2026.…
The Rock That Built Life
What made Earth the planet that life chose? It’s a question scientists have wrestled with for decades, and…
Once again, SpaceX has set a new record for the tallest rocket ever built
On Monday, SpaceX’s launch team loaded more than 11 million pounds (more than 5,000 metric tons) of super-cold…
SpaceX fuels up Starship V3 megarocket for 1st time ahead of crucial test flight (photos)
SpaceX has fueled up the new variant of its Starship megarocket for the first time ever, preparing for…
OHB Joins Dassault Aviation’s VORTEX Spaceplane Initiative
Credit: OHB / Dassault Aviation German space technology company OHB has agreed to develop the service module for…
The discovery of an atmosphere on a tiny Kuiper belt world
In science, no matter how confident we are in our theories, there’s no substitute for interrogating the natural…
James Webb telescope reveals the clearest map ever of the Universe’s cosmic web
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have created the most detailed map ever made of the…