April’s pink full moon will shine bright tonight – here’s how to see it
April’s pink full moon will grace our skies this week, giving way to a bright and beautiful spectacle throughout the evening of Wednesday, April 5. …
Space
SpaceX could launch iconic Starship rocket next week
The highly anticipated inaugural launch of SpaceX’s Starship rocket could be much closer than previously expected. We’ve known that Elon Musk’s space-based company hoped to …
Old survey data could be hiding undiscovered rogue planets
A group of scientists has discovered what they believe to be rogue planets hidden in data captured between 2006 and 2014. The new planets are …
Artemis II astronauts revealed — meet the crew of NASA’s historic Moon flyby
The Artemis II mission is set to liftoff next year, taking four astronauts around the Moon in a historic flyby of our lunar satellite. While …
Artemis II: Everything we know about NASA’s crewed trip around the Moon
NASA’s Artemis I mission is well behind us, with the Orion space capsule showcasing its abilities as a long-distance spacecraft. The next step of the …
Astronomers discovered a black hole so big it’s almost unbelievable
2.7 billion light years away, in a galaxy cluster known as Abell 1201, an ultramassive black hole lurks, measuring upwards of 32.7 billion times the …
Hubble spotted a bizarre space object that defies classification
Meet Z 229-15, a celestial object that depending on how you feel, could be one of three different things – all at once. Shared as …
Here’s how NASA will replace the ISS after it deorbits in 2030
Sometime within the next decade, the International Space Station will fall from orbit and plummet into the Pacific Ocean. At least, that’s the plan that …
Brightest gamma-ray burst ever captured continues to baffle scientists
In October 2022, spacecraft and sensors worldwide picked up what scientists are now calling the brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected. It was so bright and …
A powerful solar flare caused a radio blackout on Earth
Earth was hit by a massive X-class solar flare, creating an hour-long radio blackout in parts of southeast Asia, New Zealand, and Australia. The flare …
NASA delays the first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner once more
Boeing has just not had good luck when it comes to spacecraft. The well-known company behind some of the biggest aircraft in the world has …
Where is the James Webb space telescope located?
The James Webb space telescope is the most impressive space telescope that humanity has created so far. But, to be able to capture the telescope’s …
Dazzling photos show auroras lighting up the night sky as far south as New Mexico
An intense electromagnetic storm last week left skywatchers gazing at beautiful auroras as far south as Arizona and New Mexico. Other photographers in the southern …
Nokia plans to launch 4G internet on the Moon later this year
NASA’s Artemis missions aren’t expected to put human boots back on the Moon until 2025 at the earliest, but Nokia is already gearing up to …
4 times James Webb left us absolutely dumbfounded
We always knew that the James Webb Space Telescope would revolutionize how we looked at our universe. But I don’t think many of us realized …
James Webb did the unthinkable and measured the temperature of a rocky exoplanet
Astronomers have used James Webb to measure the temperature of a rocky exoplanet known as Trappist-1 b, a new posting from the European Space Agency …
This video of a 111,000-mile-tall plasma tornado on the sun just blew my mind
Earlier this month, astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy pointed his solar telescope at the Sun and captured a mesmerizing and terrifying sight. The result of those three …
These tiny glass Moon beads could be hiding a new source of water
Tiny glass Moon beads could be hiding a reservoir of water that astronauts can tap into when we send them back to the Moon. According …
New Hubble photo shows Uranus looking paler than ever
Since Hubble’s launch in 1990, NASA’s Earth-orbiting telescope has been a keen observer of any matter of things. From spotting comets and asteroids to watching …
Scientists invented potato-based concrete to build structures on Mars
Scientists at the University of Manchester in the UK have developed a new potato-based concrete called StarCrete, which they say could be used to build …
Remains of a Chinese rocket filled the Florida sky with fireballs
Fireballs were spotted in the sky around 4 a.m. Thursday morning, leaving Southwest Florida residents confused and concerned. Many were unsure what had created the …
ESA scientist says human hibernation tests for long spaceflights may begin within a decade
A manned mission to Mars would take roughly six months one way for astronauts to travel to the Red Planet. When you start looking at …
Hubble spotted a runaway supermassive black hole for the first time ever
You might think of supermassive black holes as the center point of a galaxy that holds everything together. After all, these cosmic forces of nature …
Large asteroid impacts to Earth more likely than previously thought, study suggests
Earth may be more prone to large asteroid impacts than humanity previously believed. At least, that’s the suggestion made by a new NASA-funded study presented …
‘Oumuamua wasn’t an alien spaceship, new study concludes
In 2017, our solar system received its first interstellar visitor, an unknown object named ‘Oumuamua. The massive visitor was believed to be over 300 feet …
Two of Uranus’ moons may be hiding active oceans
Two of Uranus’ moons may be home to active oceans hidden beneath their surfaces. The new finding was uncovered when astronomers looked back at radiation …
Puzzling radio signal unveils a galaxy cluster’s core
Astronomers observing a mysterious radio halo from the galaxy cluster Abell 1213 have uncovered something unexpected. While the radio signals themselves remain puzzling, they have …
Earth’s satellite problem isn’t unfixable, experts say
The average distance between the Moon and Earth is 382,500 kilometers (about 237674.48 miles). As such, there’s plenty of space around our planet to warrant …
NASA’s ‘Return to Venus’ may have just hit a major roadblock
Earth’s evil twin, Venus, has been the center of speculation for decades, despite a few missions to explore the earth-like planet. However, NASA’s planned “Return …
Remarkable circular dunes on Mars leave scientists mystified
Sand dunes are not uncommon on the surface of Mars. However, during observations to see how the frost from winter melts on the planet, the …
