Space Science

Watch: Stunning visualizations reveal the Moon's violent birth

Look! DART's asteroid target has a debris tail six thousand miles long

65 years ago, “simple satellite” Sputnik redefined space science — and sent a sinister message

Space beaches may be more common than once thought, new study reveals

Is the universe going to rip itself apart? This spiral galaxy could hold a clue

Bizarre simulation shows that extreme orbits could still make habitable exoplanets

Hunter's Moon: You need to see the bright Full Moon in the sky this week

Draconids: You need to see the most unpredictable meteor shower peak this week

Wow! Webb Telescope finds a failed star with clouds made of sand

Study: Analysis of asteroid reveals unexpected evidence of mini-ocean — and carbonation

Extreme heat is messing with astronomy — here’s how scientists are adapting

October 2022 sky guide: 5 astronomical events you can't miss

NASA Crew-5 launch: Timeline, how to watch this historic ISS mission

Behold! NASA spacecraft takes a stunning closeup of Jupiter's moon Europa

Hubble finds a wall of hot plasma acting like a shield for two nearby galaxies

SpaceX and NASA just unveiled an ambitious plan to save the Hubble

Look: Hubble and Webb Telescopes joined forces to image NASA's asteroid hit

DART: NASA's first asteroid defense mission isn't over — one critical step remains

Astronomers discover oldest known star clusters in Webb's first image

Astronomers just found the remains of one of the universe's first stars

WHAM! 10 jaw-dropping images capture NASA DART slamming into an asteroid

Artemis I: A fire at NASA Kennedy gives the long-delayed Moon mission its latest twist

NASA is set to make the nearest flyby Jupiter's most habitable moon in 22 years

New Webb Telescope image reveals an eerie portrait of a familiar galaxy

Baby Neptune-like exoplanet found via a strange new astronomical technique

China’s Mars rover finds new evidence of an ancient waterway on the Red Planet

NASA's DART spacecraft successfully crashed itself into an asteroid

Behold! 9 glorious Neptune images reveal our changing view of the planet

Mysterious new deep-space radio burst may have extreme origins — study

We’ve dumped over 15,000 pounds of trash on Mars

Mars’ ancient lakes could help discover life on the Red Planet

Super-Earths may be the best places to look for alien life

Mars once had glaciers — but low gravity made them weirder than anything we know

20 years ago, astronomers rediscovered the first exoplanet ever found

One NASA asset will be critical to Moon and asteroid missions' success

Astronomers may have discovered a way to tell if Betelgeuse is about to blow up

Artemis I Moon launch may be delayed again — and NASA can't do anything about it

NASA will smash a spacecraft into an asteroid Monday — what you need to know

Look! Astronomers find a hot ball of plasma circling the Milky Way’s massive black hole

NASA's mega Moon rocket passes critical hydrogen fuel test — but there's a catch

Wow! Webb just gave us the best look at Neptune in 33 years

NASA discovers a problem with one of the Webb Telescope’s most important instruments

New study shows one of Saturn’s icy moons may be extremely habitable

Saturn's rings were once a moon ripped apart by bizarre forces

SpaceX Starship orbital flight: Elon Musk's giant rocket just passed another critical test

Mars lander uses seismic data to locate meteorite impact craters for the first time ever

Behold! Webb Telescope's first Mars image reveals a troubled planet

Astronomers discover how naughty baby stars steal each others’ planets

The Solar System could be littered with alien artifacts — even on Earth

Why artificial gravity may be the best way to help astronauts withstand space