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A new study shows space solar panels could slash Europe’s energy costs by 2050.
An ‘extremely stripped supernova’ confirms the existence of a key feature of physicists’ models of how stars produce the elements that make up the Universe.
Scientists trace an enigmatic infrared band to heated, oxygen-altered sulfates.
Comet fragments may have sparked Earth’s mysterious 1,400-year cold spell.
Bright, polarized, and unseen in any other light — Punctum challenges astrophysical norms.
Mercury is still shrinking as it cools in the aftermath of its formation; new research narrows down estimates of just how much it has contracted.
Data captured by the Emirates Mars Mission reveal that clouds are typically thicker during Martian nighttime than daytime.
In a massive galaxy, known for its unique visual effect lies an even more massive black hole.
One scientist thinks we can see what's really in a black hole.
HIP 67522 b can’t stop blasting itself in the face with stellar flares, a type of magnetic interaction that scientists have spent decades looking for.
Mysterious red dots may be a peculiar cosmic hybrid between a star and a black hole.
A new study finds that marsquakes may have doubled as grocery deliveries.
Growing a baby in space sounds like science fiction. Here’s why it might stay that way.
Uranus is heating up from the inside.
A faint partner explains the red giant's mysterious heartbeat.
If aliens have a radio telescope, they already know we exist.
JWST and ALMA peered through a natural opening in the star’s surrounding cloud to catch the action up close.
Scientists find a way to turn moon regolith into water, air, and fuel…and that could change space travel.
They're not actual spiders, of course, but rather strange geological features.
A new look at Mars makes you wonder just how wet it really was.
In 2076, Sedna will make a once-in-11,400-year close pass near the Sun.
Shorter days ahead as Earth's rotation speeds up unexpectedly.
Controversial model posits Earth and our galaxy may reside in a supervoid.
Our quest for dark matter is sending us on some wild adventures.
The visitor is simply passing through our solar system.
With lessons learned from their first attempt, Kyoto University scientists hope a second CubeSat made of magnolia will spark an age of wooden spacecraft.
An audacious new timepiece dares to outshine Omega’s legacy in space
A rare double explosion in space may rewrite supernova science.
Reusable menstrual cups pass first test in space-like flight conditions.
The spacecraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean after a parachute failure, ending a bold experiment in space biology and memorial spaceflight.
The next big space threat isn't to Earth. It's to the Moon.
Astronomers unveil the most detailed portrait yet of a nearby spiral galaxy’s complex inner life
NASA's Mars Odyssey captures a surreal new image of Arsia Mons at sunrise
It's not active now, and it hasn't been active for some time, but it's a volcano.
A new telescope camera promises a 10-year, 3.2-billion-pixel journey through the southern sky.
When the Sun turns into a Red Giant, Europa could be life's final hope in the solar system.
A deep-sea telescope may have just caught dark matter in action for the first time.
Decoding how sand grains move and accumulate on Earth can also help scientists understand dune formation on Mars.
Was the “Big Bang” a cosmic rebound? New study suggests the Universe may have started inside a giant black hole.
The rare blasts outshine supernovae and reshape how we study black holes.
Can we build an ecosystem on Mars — and should we?
A new study questions previous Milky Way - Andromeda galaxy collision assumptions.
A galactic pileup 94 million light-years away is giving astronomers a detailed look at how cosmic collisions shape the universe.
China wants to turn space satellites into a giant cloud server.
A new kind of space race unfolds on the moon's south pole.
NASA hasn’t landed humans on Mars yet. But thanks to robotic missions, scientists now know more about the planet’s surface than they did when the movie was released.
A 700-kilometer-wide object orbits farther than almost anything we've ever seen.
New models suggest Jupiter was twice its current size with a magnetic field 50 times stronger.
These aren't the first bacteria to be discovered in space but they are particularly well-adapted for space station life.
An almost flawless spherical shell has astronomers questioning what they know about stellar death.
