Britain-sized Doomsday Glacier is melting faster than feared
The high cliffs of Thwaites Glacier taken from the British Antarctic Survey Twin Otter aircraft (Rob Larter/British Antarctic…
NASA’s latest satellite imagery reveals Australia’s giant spider; the striking landscape created by an ancient impact is a huge crater
Spider Crater in Western Australia may be 600–900 million years old, preserving evidence of an ancient meteorite impact.…
NASA’s Perseverance rover breaks the record for longest road trip on Mars
To celebrate this out-of-this-world achievement, we’re going to take a quick look at the history of this record…
Record-Breaking Fast Radio Burst from Early Universe Traced to Tiny, Star-Forming Galaxy
This fast radio burst, designated FRB 20240304B, is the most distant ever detected, having traveled more than 10…
Cluster of galaxies in the universe form a smiley face
NASA’s Hubble Telescope captures stunning images of the Trifid Nebula in deep space, nearly 5,000 light-years away from…
NASA plans radar and seismic tests for a hidden lunar cave that could shelter future astronauts
NASA selected GIMLI to investigate whether the Marius Hills Pit opens into an underground lunar lava tube.Radar, seismic…
A new space race asks the question: Can anyone own the Moon?
The 20th century ignited a space race between the US and USSR. But in this century, a new…
NASA Hubble Cold Case: A Dead Star May Have Given Birth to a New Planet
This artist’s concept depicts a possible explanation for the unusual chemical abundances NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope detected in…
Did Claude Help an Amateur Astronomer Discover a New Planet?
Last month, Pavel Rabtsevich—a 28-year-old product manager living in Spain—was hunting for planets. He didn’t have any formal…
Newly selected NASA mission will hunt for caves on the Moon
The Marius Hills Pit is a large hole, approximately 213 by 295 feet (65 by 90 meters), located…
NASA Just Made Nearly 1 TB of Artemis II Data Available to the Public
NASA has just released about 800 gigabytes of scientific data generated by the Artemis II mission. The archive…
Astronomers Spot Possible Second-Generation Planet around Young White Dwarf
Planets are supposed to form alongside their stars, but new research suggests that planets may also be born…