AI has validated over 100 more exoplanets using NASA’s data
Seven years into its mission, NASA’s TESS satellite has already confirmed roughly 700 exoplanets. That sounds like a…
NASA Invites Media to Annual Lunabotics Robotics Competition
NASA will hold its 2026 Lunabotics Challenge Tuesday, May 19, to Thursday, May 21, at the Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space…
Satellites spy one of Russia’s most active volcanoes melting snow from the inside out
A growing lava dome and dark flow channels are visible inside Shivelyuch volcano’s caldera in this detailed Landsat…
A Gigantic Atmospheric Anomaly Keeps Showing Up on Venus. Astronomers Finally Know Why
In 2016, a Japanese Venus orbiter repeatedly spotted colossal waves of acidic clouds sweeping the planet’s atmosphere. For…
They really launched this tiny spacecraft (Well, sort of.) photo of the day for May 11, 2026
A tiny robot figurine takes a look at a miniature ExoMars capsule. (Image credit: ESA – A. Conigli)…
Astronomers Discovered a Brand-New Type of Planet That Reeks of Rotten Eggs and Defies Planetary Science
Astronomers have discovered a brand-new class of exoplanet unlike anything previously known. This discovery, featured in Nature, uncovers…
Hubble Survey Sets Up Roman’s Future Look Near Milky Way’s Center
This VISTA VVV Survey image shows the galactic bulge near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the…
Sun unleashes colossal solar flare and coronal mass ejection, raising the chances of northern lights this week
CME eruption in upper left corner. The bright speck of light to the right is Mercury. (Image credit:…
New Model Finds the Lower Size Limit for Habitable Exoplanets
The search for Earth 2.0 has begun in earnest. But there’s a huge variety of exoplanets out there,…
The mangled remains of probes sent to Venus may still be there
When international space agencies send probes out into the solar system, many are abandoned to expire and deteriorate…
NASA’s Curiosity rover accidentally pulled a rock out of Mars
A newly released series of images captures an unusual moment for NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars after a…
The Night Sky This Week
Topline This is the darkest and most rewarding week of May for stargazing. With the moon fading from…