Science
Every year, roughly 27.7 million tonnes of dust li...
A dried lakebed in Chad exhales roughly 27.7 million tonnes of phosphorus-rich dust each year. Trade...
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke retires after 30 years ...
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke has retired from NASA after 30 years of public service, leaving behind a ...
Supermassive black hole spews energy 300,000 light...
That's three times longer than the Milky Way galaxy.
NASA's canceled lunar space station tech will help...
Northrop Grumman plans to take technology built into the HALO module for NASA's canceled lunar space...
'The X-Files' creator Chris Carter says new direct...
Chris Carter, creator of "The X-Files", is revisiting the 2008 film "The X-Files: I Want to Believe"...
How to image the planets with a telescope and came...
Follow our step-by-step tutorial to photographing Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and Venus
Virgin Galactic delays next commercial spaceflight...
Virgin Galactic has pushed the resumption of its commercial flights back by a few months, to Februar...
The Perseid meteor shower peak was spectacular: He...
The Perseid meteor shower never disappoints, and we've got some great photos this year to prove it.
Total solar eclipse stuns skywatchers | Space phot...
This photo, snapped just as the Aug. 12 solar eclipse was about to enter its totality phase, really ...
'Strange New Worlds' latest lookalike episode is p...
Haven't we seen your face before? On the final frontier, your identical face twin is never far away…...
When is the next solar eclipse? Mark your calendar...
You thought 2026 was a good year for solar eclipses? Just wait until 2027…
New private 'Perceptor' probes will keep an eye on...
Astranis' newly announced Perceptor spacecraft will monitor satellite activity in geostationary orbi...
This year's 'Masters of the Universe' movie wasn't...
How bad timing, a studio in financial turmoil, and a movie that looked nothing like the cartoon cons...
Total solar eclipse 2026 thrills millions with a s...
A total solar eclipse wowed skywatchers on Aug. 12, 2026 as it arced across Greenland, Iceland and S...
Total solar eclipse 2026 has begun. Here are the f...
The first breathtaking photos of totality for the total solar eclipse 2026 are pouring in, revealing...
Radiation-shielding vest aced Artemis I lunar test...
A radiation-shielding vest aced its Artemis I lunar test in 2022, suggesting that it could protect a...
Farthest 'black hole star' ever found could help s...
A distant black hole star is providing strong evidence that these objects lie at the hearts of the m...
On this day in space! Aug. 12, 2005: Mars Reconnai...
On Aug. 12, 2005, NASA launched its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission.
Green comet caught soaring over Namibia | Space ph...
A shot so spectacular it will leave other astrophotographers green with envy.
Some of the loneliest people in their sixties are ...
A quiet pattern in later-life loneliness: the people described for decades as easy and low-maintenan...
Perseid meteor shower peaks under perfect skies to...
Don't miss the peak of the Perseid meteor shower tonight. Here's when, where and how to see it.
SpaceX wraps Starlink double header day with the l...
SpaceX launched 24 more of its Starlink global internet satellite constellation to orbit from Califo...
A total solar eclipse will darken the sky for mill...
The wait is over. Today's total solar eclipse will sweep across Greenland, Iceland and Spain. Here's...
SpaceX could make $500 billion in 2027, Elon Musk ...
SpaceX started out as a launch company, but it has been transitioning into an artificial intelligenc...
Scientists create largest 2D map of the universe w...
"It's part of the fabric of astronomy research now."
Scientists find 2 million active black holes, expl...
Astronomers have nearly doubled the number of known cosmic X-ray sources.
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' cast on taking 'bi...
"I think the producers had more time to prepare for season 4 and every episode felt incredible on th...
1-billion-year-old Mars meteorite found in Algeria...
Scientists found a Martian meteorite on Earth that is finally filling in a nearly 2-billion-year-old...
SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites to orbit fr...
SpaceX launched 29 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast toda...
NASA will chase the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse wi...
"Scientists can study the sun's corona in a way we can't from anywhere else in the solar system."
What history can teach us about the future of prop...
Without property rights in space, one of the most important economic incentives for the commercial d...
Behold the majestic mane of the Lion Nebula | Spac...
The Lion Nebula glows gloriously in this new snapshot from the James Webb Space Telescope.
On this day in space! Aug. 11, 1960: 1st object su...
President Eisenhower inspects the Discoverer 13 capsule after its return to Earth.
SpaceX wants to put 1 million AI satellites in orb...
Operating a million or more data centers in space would mean a massive increase in air pollution fro...
Will Perseid shooting stars be visible during the ...
"If anyone does see one, they had better go play the lottery asap!"
Watch the total solar eclipse online Aug. 12 with ...
Here's how to watch the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse live online for free.
Psychology says adults who cannot nap without sett...
Some adults need three alarms and a closed door before they can rest. Research on early-life stress ...
Psychology suggests adults who prefer eating alone...
Solo dining reservations have climbed sharply since 2021. Read alongside the research on emotional l...
'Launching anywhere, anytime and without compromis...
Rocket Lab plans to start launching even more frequently and flexibly, thanks to a new portable spac...
The Andromeda galaxy may be getting bullied by a s...
Andromeda has slowed its star-forming rate over the last 40 million years. Scientists think they fin...
Lego Project Hail Mary review: Amaze, amaze, amaze...
Is the new Lego Project Hail Mary set worth the space on your shelf? We built the movie-inspired set...
Chinese rocket explodes less than 90 seconds after...
China's latest rocket launch ended in failure this morning (Aug. 10), lighting up the skies with som...
This ZWO astronomy camera is perfect for solar and...
Easy to use and with an excellent build quality, the ZWO ASI174MM is a fast, monochrome USB 3.0 came...
On this day in space! Aug. 10, 1972: A 'Great Dayl...
On Aug. 10, 1972, an Earth-grazing fireball burst through the sky over North America. Here's what ha...
Sharpest image of the sun ever captured! | Space p...
An international team of researchers using the U.S. National Science Foundation's Inouye Solar Teles...
Watch Japanese H3 rocket launch 10,800-pound navig...
Japan's H3 rocket will launch the Michibiki 7 navigation satellite to orbit this afternoon (Aug. 10)...
Psychologists say the adults who seem to age most ...
The people who seem to age most gracefully in their seventies aren't always the busiest. Often they ...
Pluto's atmosphere is collapsing as it drifts away...
As Pluto edges further away from the sun, the chilly temperatures are causing its atmosphere to cond...
Much of the gold on Earth, in wedding rings and de...
Almost all of Earth's gold was forged in the collision of two neutron stars long before the solar sy...
