Blue Origin is pausing its space tourist flights to work on lunar landers for NASA
Blue Origin plans to put a focus on the development of its human lunar capabilities, so it won’t…
Artemis 2 moon suits ready to make history photo of the day for Jan. 30, 2026
NASA’s Artemis program is working to achieve something the U.S. hasn’t done in more than 50 years: send…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Observes Something Unexpected at the Edge of Cosmic Dawn
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the earliest galaxy ever recorded, originating from only 280 million years…
Boron Could Be Astrobiology’s Unsung Hero
The light, rare element boron, better known as the primary component of borax, a longtime household cleaner, was…
Chinese space tourism startup eyes 2028 for 1st crewed mission, signs celebrity for future flight
A Chinese space firm is booking passengers for its suborbital tourism flights and has now signed up a…
See the moon glow next to mighty Jupiter in the winter sky tonight
Look east at sunset on Jan. 30 to spot the near-full moon shining close to the gas giant…
Is a surprisingly massive exomoon orbiting this big exoplanet?
View larger. | Artist’s concept of a massive exomoon orbiting a gas giant exoplanet. A team of astronomers…
Scientists Just Watched These Entities Rapidly Evolve In Space. They Could Save Your Life.
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: As bacteria become increasingly (and worryingly) resistant to antibiotics,…
Resurrecting Ancient Enzymes in NASA’s Search for Life Beyond Earth
NASA-supported scientists have resurrected an enzyme first used by organisms on Earth 3.2-billion years ago and, in the…
AI Discovers Hundreds of Anomalies in Archive of Hubble Images
The universe is unfathomably vast, and for the astronomers trying to understand it, that means having to gather…
Our Entire Galaxy Appears to Be Embedded in a Colossal Sheet of Dark Matter
The Milky Way — and in fact our entire galactic neighborhood known as the Local Group — appear…
It Took 400,000 MPH to Get There, Here’s What NASA’s Probe Found Near the Sun
In a groundbreaking effort to study the Sun up close, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has captured unprecedented data…