China to carry out asteroid defense system test in near future: chief scientist
Wu Weiren, chief designer of China’s lunar exploration program and newly elected president of the International Deep Space…
Four Telescopes Confirm There’s Something Deeply Strange About the Mysterious Object Headed Into the Solar System
By definition, scientists don’t know what to expect as they inspect the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, since it’s only the…
Blood Moon captivates sky-gazers around the world
2 hours agoShareSaveShareSave Timelapse footage shows Blood Moon rising around the world Sky-watchers around the world have been…
The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as astronomers thought
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed…
James Webb telescope finds a warped ‘Butterfly Star’ shedding its chrysalis — Space photo of the week
QUICK FACTS What it is: A planet-forming disk around a star Where it is: 525 light-years away, in…
Is There a Blood Moon Tonight? Where to See September’s Total Lunar Eclipse
September’s full moon is approaching, and avid stargazers won’t want to miss a chance to see the blood…
Blood Moon lunar eclipse: Blood Moon captivates sky-watchers during lunar eclipse
Total lunar eclipse to create stunning ‘Blood Moon’published at 16:06 British Summer Time 16:06 BST Image source, ReutersImage…
Galactic monster detected — Black hole 600,000 times bigger than the Sun is spitting stars
Space never ceases to amaze us. Yes, even with advanced telescopes and space missions capable of seeing the…
Earth is spinning slower — and that could explain why life exists
Imagine a time when a day on Earth lasted just 18 hours, spinning so fast that nights followed…
Quantitative Mapping of the Loeb Scale | by Avi Loeb | Sep, 2025
Press enter or click to view image in full size(Credit: PUNCHAN/ISTOCKPHOTO) A new paper (accessible here) that I…
‘It shouldn’t survive’: Astronomers discover dust on an epic journey far beyond its galaxy
A team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope has found tiny dust particles traveling far from…
Mars: Helicopters on Mars, a bold mission that could change planetary exploration
NASA has its sights set on a daring new mission to the Red Planet—sending helicopters to scout Mars…