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McFall had to demonstrate that he could perform all the tasks needed for a long-duration mission — which he did with flying colors.
Have some beautiful images from space if flowers aren't quite your thing.
Researchers have created an improved traffic light system for predicting geomagnetic storms.
Sulfur dioxide might explain the planet's fiery surface.
An anthropologist recounts how a small island nation built and deployed its first satellite—and what their effort says about unequal access to the growing space economy on Earth.
Every now and then, space windows also have to be cleaned. When that happens, it's not an easy task.
Euclid’s jaw-dropping capture of the closest Einstein ring ever seen reveals the hidden forces shaping our universe — and it’s just the beginning.
This galaxy has the most rings we've ever seen.
There's no shortage of data centers being built on Earth, but this one's a little different.
A Tesla launched in space in 2018 was mistaken for an asteroid in 2025.
For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon
The fastest planetary winds ever found are tearing across a distant gas giant.
Young supernovas could have spread water out into the cosmos, causing planet formations earlier than originally thought.
Ancient ripples suggest a warmer, wetter past for the Red Planet that supported open water on its surface.
Shrouded in haze and mystery, GJ 1214b has finally begun to reveal its secrets.
When humans dream of venturing farther into the cosmos, one question looms: how do we sustain life and the journey toward the stars? Aboard China’s Tiangong space station (the name means Heavenly Palace), scientists are offering a glimpse of the future. In a recent demonstration, Chinese astronauts operated a series of experiments that produced oxygen and […]
Most picture the night sky as an endless sea of twinkling stars. But if your eyes could see the universe in X-rays, you’d spot thousands upon thousands of bright points representing giant black holes feeding on gas and dust. A new multi-organizational study published in the Astrophysical Journal suggests we may have missed nearly half […]
A groundbreaking survey in Nature Astronomy reveals a surprising consensus among scientists: the majority believe that alien life exists.
Mars is a strange place and any humans born there are bound to look radically different over thousands or even hundreds of years of separation from Earth.
Beyond this symbolic achievement, the mission aims to explore the Moon’s south pole, searching for water ice and resources essential for future human exploration.
ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo mission recently completed its last flyby of Mercury, revealing stunning details about the planet's volcanic plains and icy craters.
Researchers have long known about the formidable scale of the Dmanisis Gora fortress, but a recent study has unveiled its true magnitude. Using drone-based imagery and photogrammetry, a team of scientists has revealed that this 3,000-year-old structure in the Caucasus Mountains spans an astonishing 60 to 80 hectares. A cultural crossroads The South Caucasus is […]
The research group observed a galaxy nearly 6.5 billion light-years from Earth; when the universe was half its current age.
Until now, the thinking was that Pluto and Charon formed like Earth and our Moon. New research has flipped that script.
In 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless II made history—and defied human instinct—by stepping into the vast void of space untethered.
The ring might have acted like a giant sunshade, causing a cooling effect that might have unleashed an ice age.
The revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope and next-gen radio telescopes are probing what’s known as the epoch of reionization. It holds clues to the first stars and galaxies, and perhaps the nature of dark matter.
NASA has captured the holiday spirit in space with stunning images of NGC 602 and NGC 2264.
Noctis Mons marks a monumental volcanic discovery on Mars, reshaping our understanding of the Red Planet's geology.
Understanding how heat moves through the lunar regolith can help scientists understand how the Moon's interior formed.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a massive, dormant black hole from just 800 million years after the Big Bang.
Mars isn’t just a cold, barren rock. Anthropologists argue that the tracks of rovers and broken probes are archaeological treasures.
Now scientists won't have to travel from one place to another to observe solar eclipses. They can create their own eclipses lasting for hours.
A gamma-ray flare from a black hole 6.5 billion times the Sun’s mass leaves scientists stunned.
Astronauts aboard the ISS are brewing more than just discoveries — they’re testing how sake ferments in space.
Sun-like stars release massive quantities of radiation into space more often than previously believed.
A white dwarf/M dwarf binary could be the secret.
Two spacecraft will create artificial eclipses to study the Sun’s corona.
Warm days may ignite the Red Planet’s huge dust storms.
A new technique allowed scientists to spot the smallest asteroids ever detected in the main belt.
New data confirms a puzzling rift in the universe's expansion rate.
When Neil Armstrong first stepped onto the moon in 1969, his words, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” rippled throughout humanity. Our species had arrived on another celestial body, marking one of our most outstanding achievements in history. Yet, despite the overwhelming evidence, some conspiracy theorists still doubt that man actually […]
The existence of another watery world in the outer solar system may offer clues to how such seas form — and hope for another spot to search for life
NASA’s New Horizons mission revolutionized our view of Pluto, revealing a vibrant, geologically active world full of surprises.
A new study sheds some additional light on the hellscape that is Venus.
New research on asteroid Ryugu samples reveals an unexpected culprit: Earth microbes.
A zircon crystal from a Martian meteorite unlocks secrets of a water-rich, dynamic Mars 4.45 billion years ago.
James Webb's infrared vision sheds light on star-forming regions in the Sombrero Galaxy.
The powerful shockwave caused by the galactic collision is akin to a "sonic boom from a jet fighter."
Astronomers zoom in on a red supergiant in its final death throes 160,000 light-years away.
