What new Mars discoveries say about the possibility of ancient life
We’re getting closer and closer to definitely answering the question: Did life ever exist on Mars? April has…
NASA’s Chandra Finds Young Stars Dim Quickly
These images, released on April 14, 2026, show two open star clusters, Trumpler 3 (left) and NGC 2353…
James Webb Space Telescope peers into a dying star surrounded by mysterious buckyballs
The spectacular birthplace of weird carbon molecules known as “buckyballs” came to light in new imagery of a…
Interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS formed in a world much colder than the solar system
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), scientists have discovered that the interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS formed in…
Eight months early and under budget, the Roman Telescope is ready to launch
Scientifically, it will be used to image exoplanets in distant orbits from their stars. But it also serves…
Forget chemical rockets: How AI is engineering the nuclear engines that will take us to Mars
Forget chemical rockets: How AI is engineering the nuclear engines that will take us to Mars – Futura-Sciences…
NASA’s TESS spacecraft discovers a weird system of exoplanets unlike anything seen before
Using NASA’s exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and Antarctic Search for Transiting ExoPlanets (ASTEP) on the…
Japan’s audacious sample-return mission to the Mars moon Phobos has made it to the launch pad
Japan’s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft has arrived at the Tanegashima spaceport ahead of launch, which will kick…
NASA Spots a Massive Pink Heart in Argentina from Space Nearly 10 Kilometers Across. Its Color Has a Much Darker Origin than Romance
An astronaut looking down from the International Space Station captured a near-perfect pink heart sprawled across the Argentine…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Spots Strange Fish-Scale Patterns on Mars
While scouring a 50-million-year-old crater on Mars, the Curiosity rover stumbled upon a polygon-shaped pattern that sort of…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Reveals Stunning New Details of Crab Nebula’s 25-Year Expansion
The Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a detailed look at the Crab Nebula, revisiting it after 25 years…
Two Worlds Where the Sun Never Moves
Imagine a world where the Sun never rises and never sets! It feels like that here in the…