NASA Invites Media to Annual Lunabotics Robotics Competition
NASA will hold its 2026 Lunabotics Challenge Tuesday, May 19, to Thursday, May 21, at the Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space…
A Gigantic Atmospheric Anomaly Keeps Showing Up on Venus. Astronomers Finally Know Why
In 2016, a Japanese Venus orbiter repeatedly spotted colossal waves of acidic clouds sweeping the planet’s atmosphere. For…
Satellites spy one of Russia’s most active volcanoes melting snow from the inside out
A growing lava dome and dark flow channels are visible inside Shivelyuch volcano’s caldera in this detailed Landsat…
Before You Invest in SpaceX, Consider This Top Competitor
The upcoming SpaceX initial public offering (IPO) has caught the market’s attention, and the buzz is getting louder…
How NASA lunar scientists taught Artemis 2 astronauts to see the moon with different eyes
Not everyone looks at the moon and sees the same thing. That’s especially true for the four astronauts…
A Lost Moon Once Orbiting Saturn Might Have Given Birth to Its Icy Rings
For centuries, Saturn’s rings have been one of the most captivating features in our solar system, their stunning…
Astronomers Discovered a Brand-New Type of Planet That Reeks of Rotten Eggs and Defies Planetary Science
Astronomers have discovered a brand-new class of exoplanet unlike anything previously known. This discovery, featured in Nature, uncovers…
Sun unleashes colossal solar flare and coronal mass ejection, raising the chances of northern lights this week
CME eruption in upper left corner. The bright speck of light to the right is Mercury. (Image credit:…
Hubble Survey Sets Up Roman’s Future Look Near Milky Way’s Center
This VISTA VVV Survey image shows the galactic bulge near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the…
They really launched this tiny spacecraft (Well, sort of.) photo of the day for May 11, 2026
A tiny robot figurine takes a look at a miniature ExoMars capsule. (Image credit: ESA – A. Conigli)…
See Artemis 2’s amazing views of Earth in timelapse video taken from 12,000-photo drop
A new timelapse shows the stunning views of Earth that four astronauts got during their historic moon journey…
New Model Finds the Lower Size Limit for Habitable Exoplanets
The search for Earth 2.0 has begun in earnest. But there’s a huge variety of exoplanets out there,…