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The Sun Reaches Solar Maximum in 2032. A new NASA Flagship Mission Could Give Us a Perfect View

By Andy Tomaswick - June 11, 2023 11:17 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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We Might Soon Detect the Gravitational Waves from Dying Stars

By Paul Sutter - June 11, 2023 07:25 AM UTC | Stars
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Why Didn't the Big Bang Collapse in a Giant Black Hole?

By Paul Sutter - June 10, 2023 10:16 PM UTC | Cosmology
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What Role Will NASA Play In Developing ISRU On The Moon?

By Andy Tomaswick - June 10, 2023 01:49 PM UTC | Space Policy
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Parker Solar Probe Flies Close Enough to the Sun to See the Source of the Fast Solar Wind

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - June 09, 2023 11:19 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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Has JWST Finally Found the First Stars in the Universe?

By Brian Koberlein - June 09, 2023 07:10 PM UTC | Cosmology
New observations from JWST hint at pockets of new gas in the halo of more evolved galaxies, where these first-generation stars could still form.
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If We Can Master Artificial Photosynthesis, We Can Thrive in Space

By Matthew Williams - June 09, 2023 05:57 PM UTC | Astrobiology
In a recent study, a team led by the University of Warwick propose a new type of life support system that relies on artificial photosynthesis.
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Geoengineering is Shockingly Inexpensive

By Evan Gough - June 09, 2023 05:16 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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If Black Holes Evaporate, Everything Evaporates

By Brian Koberlein - June 09, 2023 02:06 PM UTC | Black Holes
Stephen Hawking predicted that black holes wouldn't last forever, eventually evaporating into a smear of particles. According to a new study, Hawking's theories don't go far enough.
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Gemini North Returns to Service Just in Time to See a New Supernova

By Nancy Atkinson - June 09, 2023 10:17 AM UTC | Observing
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New Detailed Images of the Sun from the World's Most Powerful Ground-Based Solar Telescope

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - June 08, 2023 10:55 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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Triggered Star Birth in the Nessie Nebula

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - June 08, 2023 07:18 PM UTC | Stars
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Phew, California's Largest Reservoir is Nearly Full

By Nancy Atkinson - June 08, 2023 08:08 AM UTC | Site News
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NASA's Europa Clipper Taking "Message in a Bottle" to Jupiter

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - June 07, 2023 10:01 PM UTC | Missions
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Is it Time for a New Definition of "Habitable?"

By Evan Gough - June 07, 2023 07:11 PM UTC | Astrobiology
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Missed the Mars Livestream? Here's the Video

By Nancy Atkinson - June 07, 2023 05:46 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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JWST Shows How the Early Universe Was Furiously Forming Stars

By Evan Gough - June 07, 2023 05:18 PM UTC | Cosmology
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SLS Could Launch a Sample Return Mission to Phobos and Deimos

By Andy Tomaswick - June 07, 2023 10:56 AM UTC | Space Exploration
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20 Years of Mars Express Images Helped Build This Mosaic of the Red Planet

By Matthew Williams - June 06, 2023 08:03 PM UTC | Planetary Science
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Mars Express mission, the ESA has released a stunning color mosaic image of Mars.
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There Are Hundreds of Mysterious Filaments at the Center of the Milky Way

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - June 06, 2023 06:00 PM UTC | Milky Way
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JWST Sees Organic Molecules Ludicrously Far Away

By Evan Gough - June 06, 2023 04:54 PM UTC | Extragalactic
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Airbus Developed a System To Extract Oxygen and Metal From Lunar Regolith

By Andy Tomaswick - June 06, 2023 10:29 AM UTC | Space Exploration
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Researchers are Working on a Tractor Beam System for Space

By Evan Gough - June 05, 2023 06:54 PM UTC | Physics
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New Satellite Successfully Beams Power From Space

By Matthew Williams - June 05, 2023 03:41 PM UTC | Space Exploration
Researchers at Caltech have successfully tested their space solar power demonstrator (SSPD), showing it can beam power from space to Earth.
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The Latest JWST Image Pierces Through a Shrouded Star-Forming Galaxy

By Evan Gough - June 05, 2023 02:06 PM UTC | Extragalactic
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It Might Take Space Telescopes to Finally Resolve the Crisis in Cosmology

By Andy Tomaswick - June 05, 2023 10:18 AM UTC | Cosmology
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NASA Has a Plan to Power the Moon

By Andy Tomaswick - June 05, 2023 09:45 AM UTC | Space Policy
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Starliner Faces New Delays for Crewed Flights to ISS

By Nancy Atkinson - June 05, 2023 08:20 AM UTC | Space Exploration
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Jupiter's "Stripes" Change Color. Now We Might Know Why

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - June 03, 2023 02:42 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Astronomers are Searching for a Galaxy-Wide Transmitter Beacon at the Center of the Milky Way

By Matthew Williams - June 02, 2023 11:05 PM UTC | Milky Way
Researchers with the SETI Institute have monitored the center of the Milky Way for possible transmissions from a galactic beacon.
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Betelgeuse is Almost 50% Brighter Than Normal. What's Going On?

By Evan Gough - June 02, 2023 03:48 PM UTC | Stars
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Three New Astronauts Arrive at the Chinese Space Station, Including the Country's First Civilian

By Matthew Williams - June 02, 2023 03:33 PM UTC | Space Exploration
China's Shenzou-16 mission just delivered three taikonauts to the Tiangong space station, performing the most complicated docking maneuver ever attempted
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These New Computer Simulations of the Sun are Hypnotic

By Evan Gough - June 01, 2023 06:15 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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JWST Scans an Ultra-Hot Jupiter's Atmosphere

By Evan Gough - June 01, 2023 03:01 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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You Can Detect Tsunamis as They Push the Atmosphere Around

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - June 01, 2023 02:38 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Exactly How Massive is the Milky Way?

By Brian Koberlein - June 01, 2023 10:15 AM UTC | Milky Way
What is the mass of the Milky Way? What do you get if you add up all the stars, gas, dust, black holes, planets, and dark matter? It's a tricky problem since we're embedded inside the Milky Way.
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If You're Going to Visit Venus, Why Not Include an Asteroid Flyby Too?

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 31, 2023 11:28 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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ESA is Testing How Iron Burns in Weightlessness

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 31, 2023 09:32 PM UTC | Physics
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Here's How You Could Get Impossibly Large Galaxies in the Early Universe

By Matthew Williams - May 31, 2023 08:58 PM UTC | Extragalactic
A study by an Israeli team of astronomers offers a solution to the "impossibly massive" galaxies Webb observed.
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UFO Panelists Say NASA Needs Better Data — and Help From AI

By Alan Boyle - May 31, 2023 05:05 PM UTC | Space Policy
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A New Launch Complex Opens Up in the Ocean

By Matthew Williams - May 31, 2023 04:37 PM UTC | Space Exploration
The Spaceport Company successfully tested its prototype mobile sea platform, launching multiple rockets from the Gulf of Mexico
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The Kepler Mission's Final Three Planets?

By Evan Gough - May 31, 2023 04:29 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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There's a New Supernova in a Familiar Galaxy. You Can See it in a Small Telescope

By Brian Koberlein - May 31, 2023 01:38 PM UTC | Observing
Astronomers discover dozens of supernovae yearly, but seeing one bright and close is rare. If you have a small telescope and camera, you can take pictures of a supernova flaring in the famous Pinwheel Galaxy (M101).
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Robots in orbit are becoming even more popular. There are still many technical challenges ahead.

By Andy Tomaswick - May 31, 2023 10:27 AM UTC | Missions
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Went Silent for Six Agonizing Days

By Nancy Atkinson - May 31, 2023 10:09 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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A Third of Planets Orbiting Red Dwarf Stars Could be in the Habitable Zone

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 31, 2023 09:42 AM UTC | Exoplanets
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This is How NASA Wanted to Rescue Space Shuttle Astronauts

By Evan Gough - May 30, 2023 07:42 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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A Sign from Space Simulates What it Would be Like to Get a Message from Aliens!

By Matthew Williams - May 30, 2023 07:02 PM UTC | Astrobiology
A Sign in Space project has simulated a message from an extraterrestrial intelligence and has involved the global community in decoding it.
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Stratolaunch Buys Virgin Orbit's Rocket-Launching 747

By Nancy Atkinson - May 30, 2023 04:00 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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HAKUTO-R's Software Got Confused at the Last Minute, Causing it to Crash into the Moon

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 30, 2023 03:32 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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