The Milky Way Flipped its Disk Billions of Years Ago
The Milky Way is ancient, and its first stars formed shortly after the Big Bang. It’s been through…
The Perseid meteor shower has begun! Here’s when to watch
Keep your eyes to the sky in the nights ahead, as the Perseids intensify leading up to their…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could reveal black holes ripping up stars. It’s set to launch Aug. 30
The launch of NASA’s next super telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman), may mean there is…
Elon Musk’s Starlink enters one of Africa’s most connected countries as SpaceX expands to its 28th market
The satellite internet service became operational on July 18, according to Seychelles Vice President Sebastien Pillay, months…
NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return
NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are wrapping up their 241‑day mission…
The Oh-My-God particle still defies explanation
On the evening of October 15, 1991, the University of Utah’s Fly’s Eye detector at Dugway Proving Ground…
NASA’s Juno Takes Temperature of Jupiter’s Fiery Moon Io
NASA’s Juno mission has provided the first measurements of the temperature below the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io,…
NASA’s Juno Takes Temperature of Jupiter’s Fiery Moon Io
“The Juno Microwave Radiometer directly observed Io’s heat output by looking below the surface,” said Scott Bolton, study…
Our 1st-ever up-close look at the Martian surface photo of the day for July 22, 2026
The first-ever photo captured on the surface of Mars, snapped on July 20, 1976 by NASA’s Viking 1…
New timelapse video shows NASA’s Psyche spacecraft zooming by Mars
Swelling from a razor-thin crescent into a cratered world before fading back into the darkness, Mars gave NASA’s…
One Asteroid Collision May Have Rocked Earth, Mars, and the Moon
A Southwest Research Institute-led study has connected a specific asteroid collision in the main belt to an inner-solar-system-wide…
Astronomers warn millions of satellites could permanently brighten Earth’s night sky |
The night sky has inspired people for thousands of years, but scientists now say it could look very…