Hubble captures photo of massive nearby galaxy that is still growing
For most of us, staring up at the night sky only lets us see the brightest nearby stars, and if you’re anywhere near a city …
Space
Ancient blue crystals tell the tale of the Sun’s volatile early years
The Sun is the oldest body in our Solar System — and since everything in our system revolves around it, that obviously makes perfect sense …
NASA says dropping a bomb on Mars is probably not going to make it a better place to live
Mars is the most Earth-like planet in our Solar System. It’s rocky, it’s not too big or too small, and its temperature isn’t that far …
NASA still hasn’t decided on a spacesuit for future missions, and it’s getting kind of silly
NASA stands at the very edge of an incredibly exciting time in space exploration. Mankind has discovered incredibly interesting things on Mars as well as …
The US missed Friday’s Blood Moon eclipse, but these images from the ISS are stunning
Friday night offered skywatchers a fantastic reason to look up, with the longest total lunar eclipse of the century. It was a fantastic event for …
NASA’s high-powered planet hunting satellite is now searching for alien worlds
Way back in April, NASA finally managed to launch TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. TESS is the latest weapon in NASA’s arsenal that is …
NASA is ready to name the astronauts who will take the very first SpaceX and Boeing flights
NASA’s plans for sending manned missions aboard spacecraft from SpaceX and Boeing might be a bit delayed — thanks to the companies, not NASA itself …
Mars looks so weird right now
NASA’s Hubble might be aging rapidly but it’s still capable of taking some really, really fantastic photos. Scientists recently pointed the telescope at both Mars …
The United States will probably be late for its date with Mars
Mankind is determined to walk on the Red Planet sooner rather than later, and when man finally sets foot on Mars it’ll truly be a …
A distant black hole just proved Albert Einstein was right
Albert Einstein dedicated his life to the pursuit of knowledge, even if he couldn’t always prove that his theories made sense. Many of the things …
Researchers spot what looks like a standing ‘lake’ of water on Mars
The hunt for evidence of past or present life on Mars has gotten a number of boosts in recent decades, including the discovery of what …
Astronomers found the mangled remains of the Milky Way’s galactic twin
Science fiction disaster movies like to imagine what life on Earth might be like in the midst of a space-borne catastrophe like an asteroid strike, …
If there’s life on Europa, we probably won’t have to dig deep to find it
Exoplanets orbiting distant stars might be our best chance of finding advanced, complex life forms, but there’s still a handful of places in our own …
Scientists claim that Earth’s Moon may have once supported life
In the never-ending search for life beyond Earth, astronomers tend to look far, far away, but it seems our closest neighbor may have once been …
NASA may have just caught a nearby star eating an entire planet
Planetary systems aren’t just born overnight. When stars form and begin pulling debris into their orbit, some of that material eventually clumps up into fledgling …
Saturn’s moon Titan looks absolutely incredible in new infrared images
NASA’s Cassini orbiter is dead. It’s been dead since late last year, having completed an extended mission and a series of daring dives through Saturn’s …
Watch the International Space Station poop out a tiny satellite that will search for matter
You might think of satellites as large, imposing spacecraft that cruise through Earth’s orbit like hulking beasts, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. …
Watch Blue Origin launch its New Shepard spacecraft live right here
This year has already been packed with rocket launches, and many of those have come from SpaceX. There’s no denying that SpaceX is leading the …
Astronomers accidentally discover a dozen new moons around Jupiter
Astronomers oftentimes have to look very, very carefully for something that they believe exists in a certain spot in space. Whether that be an exoplanet …
Venus photobombed the Moon last night, and everyone loved it
If you’re staring at the sky on a clear night it’s usually pretty easy to spot the Moon, but we often forget that it’s sometimes …
Jupiter’s moon Io is covered in volcanos, and astronomers may have just spotted another one
Jupiter might be the largest, most eye-catching planet in our Solar System, but the planet itself isn’t the only interesting thing in its neighborhood. Jupiter’s …
Astronomers just discovered something incredible about what they thought was a run-of-the-mill asteroid
Spotting asteroids has become pretty routine for astronomers working with some of the most powerful telescopes on the planet, but every once in a while …
Watch Cape Canaveral’s iconic launch towers crumble in early-morning demolition
Cape Canaveral has always been a cherished place for the US space program, having hosting some of the most important space missions stretching back decades. …
Nearby exoplanet Ross 128 b is looking more and more like Earth’s bigger cousin
Exoplanet discoveries have been coming fast and furious for several years now, thanks in large part to increasingly power telescope technology that allows us to …
New telescope camera snaps gorgeous image of distant star cluster
NASA regularly delivers outer space eye candy snapped with its various telescopes, but the European Southern Observatory has plenty of star-gazing power as well, and …
Russia just crushed the record for fastest trip to the International Space Station
Russian cargo resupply trips to the International Space Station have become such a regular, predictable thing that even NASA rarely bothers to make a big …
Former astronaut says humans could have made it to Mars decades ago, but most would probably die
You’ve heard a whole lot about humans on Mars in recent years thanks to advancements in various technologies that could allow us to get there …
The brightest object in the universe was just discovered, but is it still there?
Space is dark, which makes finding bright things like stars pretty darn easy. It also makes it possible for high-powered telescopes to spot things that …
Check out the insane heat shield NASA just installed on the Parker Solar Probe
The Parker Solar Probe is going to get close to the Sun than any spacecraft mankind has ever launched into space. It’s going to study …
An ambitious plan to bring Mars samples back to Earth has been set into motion
We’ve learned an incredible amount of information about Mars in the past two decades, and much of it is thanks to the small fleet of …
