“Very Old, Undisturbed Structure” May Have Been Discovered Beyond Neptune, Over 6 Billion Kilometers From The Sun
A team looking at the dynamics of objects in the Kuiper belt, the ring-shaped region of icy bodies…
Could We Actually Launch a Supervillain Into the Sun?
Editor’s note: This article is a lighthearted and educational exploration of orbital mechanics; no one is seriously proposing…
Moss in space: spores survive nine-month ride on outside of ISS | Biology
Matt Damon grew potatoes for survival in The Martian, but researchers say mosses could one day help turn…
Moss survived in space for nine months, study finds
Mosses are thought to have descended from ancestral plants that started moving out of water to colonize dry…
‘3I/ATLAS is a comet’: NASA finally releases new 3I/ATLAS images and addresses alien rumors
NASA has finally released a cache of previously unseen images of comet 3I/ATLAS, as the space agency stresses…
Attack, defend, pursue—the Space Force’s new naming scheme foretells new era
A little more than a century ago, the US Army Air Service came up with a scheme for…
Is the universe’s expansion slowing down? Astronomers cast doubt on Nobel-winning theory
The universe’s expansion might not be accelerating but slowing down, a new study suggests. If confirmed, the finding…
Rocket Lab to Launch Second Mission in 48 Hours
Rocket Lab Corporation LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket…
NASA astronaut’s estranged wife pleads guilty to making up alleged space crime
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The estranged wife of a NASA astronaut pleaded guilty to…
Isolated dwarf galaxy is somehow making stars with no fuel source
Astronomers have taken a fresh look at NGC 6789, an isolated dwarf galaxy located about 12 million light-years…
Man shares unbelievable photo following SpaceX explosion: ‘Can people sue?’
Space junk — human-made debris floating in orbit — is already a risk to the environment and public…
Were Concorde and Apollo good for the future of aerospace?
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