Venus may get a huge meteor shower this July, thanks to a long-ago asteroid breakup
Venus could experience a dramatic meteor shower this summer, the result of the breaking apart of a nearby…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Just Found Something On Mars That Looks Exactly Like Coral
NASA’s Curiosity rover has photographed a bizarre, coral-shaped rock on Mars, believed to have formed billions of years…
Ambitious Survey Hints at Tantalizing New Theories on Dark Energy : ScienceAlert
Astrophysicists are closer than ever to solving the mystery of what makes up almost 70 percent of the…
Glowing Nebula Turns Out to Be Stellar Cradle
The Vela Junior supernova, also known as RX J0852.0-4622 or G266.2-1.2, exploded a few thousand years ago, leaving…
EU now has its own ‘secure and encrypted’ satellite communication system, Kubilius says
European Union member states now have access to European-made “secure and encrypted” satellite communication, the bloc’s Commissioner for…
This galaxy cluster provides a lens on distant space
This new James Webb Space Telescope image shows the galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223, or MACS J1149 for short.…
Yes, one image from space can change humanity’s perspective
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
Voyager 2’s close encounter with Uranus wasn’t in the plan • The Register
It is 40 years since Voyager 2 performed the first and, so far, only flyby of the planet…
Floods Inundate Southern Mozambique – NASA Science
Residents of southern Mozambique who live or farm near rivers are accustomed to heading to higher ground during…
Crawling, gripping and floating above ESA’s flat floor
Enabling & Support 26/01/2026 340 views 14 likes Last autumn, the European Space Agency’s Orbital Robotics Laboratory hosted…
How the telescope confirmed ‘Cloud-9’
Image: NASA, ESA, VLA When astronomers talk about the “dark universe,” they’re usually referring to things that can’t…
How can the Sun contain so many elements without its heat destroying them?
Back to Article List From the January 2026 issue Our star’s gravity counteracts the pressure of its radiation,…