The ISS is set to retire by 2030, but uncertainty over its replacement is raising concerns about a potential gap in space ...

In an incredibly lucky cosmic accident, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a comet breaking apart in real time—something astronomers have long tried and failed to observe. The comet, C/2025 K1 ...

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As the US sets its sights on establishing a permanent base on the moon, its foothold in an area of space much closer to home is growing more uncertain.

Sunspots AR3664 and AR3663 have been erupting with X- and M-class solar flares. Both sunspots are Earth-facing and could ...

In 2028, NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft will launch into the black and break Earth’s orbit with enough speed to cross the United ...

In a happy twist of fate, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope just witnessed a comet in the act of breaking apart. The chance of that happening while Hubble watched is extraordinarily minuscule. The ...

Ahead of the first launch from Florida, SpaceX's Gigabay is rising at Kennedy Space Center. The sight is visible to the public.

The much-anticipated sci-fi film Project Hail Mary is out in theaters today. In it, light-eating alien microbes sap the sun’s ...

NASA's moon rocket is back at the launch pad following hangar repairs. The 322-foot rocket made the slow four-mile trek ...

Physics departments chairs around the country have expressed feelings of demoralization, decreased productivity, and a reduced capacity for graduate students as a result of policy changes. These ...

A multidisciplinary team led by Andrew Ryan has published new work that pins Bennu’s unexpectedly low thermal inertia on ...