Uranus and Neptune may not be what we thought
Scientists are rethinking Uranus and Neptune as new evidence suggests the so-called ice giants may contain far less…
Bringing space down to earth
Campers at the Cosmosphere use virtual reality headsets to interact with “ISS: Rupture,” an interactive game that simulates…
Scientists recreated the conditions on Saturn’s moon Titan and watched molecules that shouldn’t mix form stable crystals together — at around minus 179°C, polar hydrogen cyanide accepts nonpolar methane and ethane into its crystal structure, breaking one of chemistry’s most familiar rules of thumb.
“Like dissolves like” is one of chemistry’s most useful shortcuts. Polar materials tend to associate with polar materials,…
We just got a glimpse at what NASA’s Skyfall helicopters will look like in action
If you just can’t wait for NASA’s new Mars helicopters to get to work, you can now see…
R-Selecting Tiny Probes To Shotgun Into Saturn’s Rings
In ecology, there used to be a concept — now largely unfashionable — that species could be described…
U.S. Space Force and Japan complete QZSS hosted-payload launches to strengthen monitoring of geosynchronous orbit over Indo-Pacific
The U.S. Space Force and Japan have completed the second and final launch under their Quasi-Zenith Satellite System-Hosted…
NASA funds spherical ‘Aerobots’ that could explore the caves of Saturn’s moon Titan
Spherical “Aerobots” may one day swarm the caves of Titan — a moon of Saturn that NASA says…
SpaceX Sets Record With Two Falcon 9 Launches in 38 Minutes, Proving Rocket Reusability and Routine Spaceflight From Both US Coasts
Thirty-eight-and-a-half minutes. That was all SpaceX needed to move from launching commercial communications satellites from Florida to sending…
On this day in space! Aug. 16, 1963: Wingless M2-F1 completes 1st glide flight
On Aug. 16, 1963, NASA’s M2-F1 aircraft prototype made its first glide flight. This wingless aircraft kind of…
APOD: 2026 August 16 – Milky Way over Yellowstone
Explanation: The Milky Way was not created by an evaporating lake. The colorful pool of water, about 10…
Astronomers Discover the Existence of a Black Hole Star
When Soundgarden Wrote “Black Hole Sun,” they may have inadvertently been onto something. In a new paper in…
In 2016, an amateur astronomer testing a new camera captured a supernova brightening up to 70 million light-years away
First discovered in 1798 by German-English astronomer William Hershel, NGC 613 is a galaxy which lies in…