This super-bright star could be the next naked-eye
An incredibly luminous star system that has long baffled astronomers could soon light up the sky with the nuclear brilliance
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS’ journey through our solar system,
Late last month, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope tracked 3I/ATLAS when it was approximately 178 million miles away from Earth. Hubble’s
Sonic boom advisory issued ahead of Falcon 9
People in Central Florida could hear a distant boom Tuesday afternoon. SpaceX crews are preparing to launch a Falcon 9
How to watch one of the year’s best
NEW YORK — It’s time for one of the strongest meteor showers of the year. The Geminids peak this weekend
Chinese astronauts inspect damaged Shenzhou 20 spacecraft during
Chinese astronauts just got an up-close look at the damage that space junk can cause. Two astronauts of the three-person
Tiny Robot Lost Under Antarctic Ice for 8
A tiny robot explorer traversed the vast, frigid waters of Antarctica—even diving under the ice at one point. After miraculously
The Sun Survived a Close Call With 2
In the early 1990s, the Hubble Space Telescope picked up something odd in the local clouds that surround our solar
Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth
Voyager 1, NASA’s deep-space probe, could soon become the first spacecraft to reach a historic milestone. In November 2026, the
In a major new report, scientists build rationale
Sending astronauts to the red planet will be a decades-long activity and cost many billions of dollars. So why should
Frozen Creature Comes Back to Life After 46,000
Deep beneath the Siberian permafrost, scientists revived a microscopic worm frozen in suspended animation for nearly 46,000 years. The tiny
