How to Follow the Trajectory of Comet 3I/Atlas
On December 19, it will pass about 270 million kilometers from Earth, almost 700 times the average distance…
NASA spots large asteroid on collision course with the Moon
For once, Earth isn’t the one in the crosshairs. NASA scientists have confirmed that a fast-moving asteroid first…
What is asteroid mining and how close are we to making it a reality?
The solar system is far more richly endowed by resources than everyday experience might suggest. You must have…
The last probe orbiting Venus has just shut down, and that’s not good news
Venus is often considered to be the twin of Earth, notably due to certain similarities. But for the…
Aging Stars May Be Destroying Close-In Giant Exoplanets, Astronomers Say
At the end of their main-sequence life span, stars similar in mass to our Sun will undergo a…
Elon Musk ‘loves’ Donald Trump’s NASA announcement; shares string of emojis
FILE – Jared Isaacman (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems thrilled with President Donald Trump’s…
International Space Station nears its end. Inside NASA’s plan
Plans are underway to determine how best in the years ahead to retire and deorbit the aging International…
Earth Now Has “Two Moons” Until 2083, NASA Confirms
Photo: Stephen Rahn via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) NASA has confirmed that a little asteroid named 2025 PN7…
China and the US race to the Moon – but first, Musk vs. Bezos
The United States and China are locked in a contest to be the first country to send humans…
A New Image of the Red Spider Nebula Captures the Radiance of a Dying Star — Colossal
When viewed through early telescopes, some nebula appeared round, so astronomers in the 18th and 19th centuries likened…
NASA’s James Webb Telescope maps 400-light-year-distant planet in 3D, revealing heat so extreme it breaks water apart
An artistic depiction of the WASP-18b exoplanet (Image source: NASA) NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has mapped the…
Hubble Space Telescope Snaps New Image of NGC 4102
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a luminous galactic center and majestic spiral arms in this new view…