The Galaxy Cluster That Grew Up Too Fast
The universe was supposed to take its time building the largest structures in existence. Galaxy clusters, containing hundreds…
ULA’s Vulcan Rocket Suffers Familiar Anomaly During Launch of US Military Satellites
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) rocket had a bumpy ride delivering its national security payload to geosynchronous orbit,…
Small hamlet recognised as England’s first dark sky community
A hamlet in Suffolk has been recognised as England’s first dark sky community by DarkSky International. Thorington Street,…
Scientists Intrigued as Prominent Star Suddenly Winks Out of Existence
Keith Miller/Caltech/IPAC – SELab The end of a star’s life can be an extremely violent event. Once it…
Sunlight Extracts Oxygen From Regolith Using Solar Chemistry
NASA’s Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) project completed an important step toward using local resources to support human exploration on the Moon. The CaRD team performed integrated prototype…
Earth from Space: Sending love from above
For Valentine’s Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission sends love from space, capturing the heart-shaped oasis of Faiyum, just…
How Wood Records the Sun’s Most Violent Outbursts
Somewhere around the year 774 CE, the Sun erupted with extraordinary violence. High energy particles slammed into Earth’s…
Twin beams blast from a hidden star in stunning Hubble Space Telescope image
A remarkable new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope highlights a striking mix of brightness and shadow inside…
Artemis 2 rocket photobombs SpaceX Crew-12 photo of the day for Feb. 13, 2026
NASA’s Artemis 2 SLS rocket lurks behind the Crew-12 Falcon 9 rocket. (Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett) Two crew-worth…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI unite to fuel his ambitious vision for humanity’s future
Is the next great data center 300 miles above your head? Musk is trying to fuse rockets with…
The Billionaire Space Race Is Really Heating Up
As the U.S. races China to the Moon, two billionaires are locked in a space race of their…
Newly visible, city-size ‘green comet’ will soon be ejected into interstellar space — just like 3I/ATLAS
A striking “green comet” about the size of a small city is lighting up the night sky as…