Scientists Detect ‘Leopard Spots’ on Mars, and It Looks a Lot Like Life
On Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected chemical signatures in rocks similar to those created by microbial life…
Wolf supermoon snapped over Scotland
BBC Weather Watchers/Standfree333 A wintery scene in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, by BBC Weather Watcher Standfree333 The first full moon…
2026 begins a golden age of solar eclipses: How to see 3 total solar eclipses and 3 ‘ring of fire’ eclipses in 3 years
2025 saw a lull in solar eclipse excitement. Sure, there was a dramatic sunrise solar eclipse in the…
The next frontier in space is closer than you think – welcome to the world of very low Earth orbit satellites
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed…
SpaceX launches next second-generation Italian COSMO-SkyMed satellite
MILAN – A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, successfully launched…
A new rogue planet the size of Saturn has been detected about 10,000 light-years away
An artist’s illustration showing a planet in space. (Image source: TheDigitalArtist – Pixabay) Astronomers have detected a new…
For the First Time, Mars Photo Reveals the Planet’s “True Color” From Orbit With Surface Features Never Seen Before
For decades, Mars has appeared in a narrow visual range: a red planet rendered in high-contrast tones that…
Perseverance finds a metal stranger on Mars and a new clue to our own planet’s past
After nearly five years of rolling across Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has finally met something that does not…
New Spanish communications satellite suffers ‘space particle’ impact
WASHINGTON — A Spanish military communications satellite launched in October was struck by what its operator described as…
Moon phase today explained: What the moon will look like on January 4, 2025
Now that we’ve passed the Full Moon phase, the Moon will be getting smaller each night as we…
Moon phase today explained: What the moon will look like on January 3, 2025
It’s the Full Moon tonight, and the fourth consecutive supermoon. Full Moons all have their own names, and…
Russian spacecraft snaps wild moon crater photo before attempted landing
Russia has made the 239,000-mile journey through space to the moon for the first time in a half-century…