Space Science

Three unexpected tools could make human space colonies a reality

What would an alien Earth look like?

Betelgeuse, a supergiant star, may be about to blow 💥

How a crucial chemical element traveled to Earth and formed life

Is this how water escaped from Mars? A new study may hold answers

Did the Big Bang really happen? Scientist disputes universe's origin story

Scientists discover massive structure connecting the Milky Way's stars

Meteor showers: How to watch the 6 biggest light shows in 2020

Earth-like, potentially habitable planet found just 100 light years away

Scientists unveil video of massive stellar explosion in the early universe

Black holes caught in galaxy crash reveal secrets of star-forming gas

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In 2019, a 42-year-old NASA mission gave new insight into our solar system

Water may once have flowed beneath Mars' surface

NASA's Mars 2020 Rover is ready to take on the Red Planet

Study: The Milky Way is "a bit warped"

Scientists report on our first close encounter with the Sun

Astronomers discover a giant planet orbiting around a tiny, dying star

Scientists discover most massive black hole in the local universe

Scientists spot cosmic explosion trillion times brighter than visible light

Inverse Daily: Life on Earth could owe its existence to 'space sugar'

Life on Earth could owe its existence to 'space sugar'

This ancient comet may be behind the origin of life on Earth

Inverse Daily: The universe’s weirdest molecule

Inverse Daily: The universe in a box

Monday's rare transit of Mercury will be the last for at least 13 years

NASA captured an X-ray bursting from a crushed star, and it looks unreal

Inverse Daily: A former asteroid gets a major promotion

Baby planets get a little kick to keep them safe from their parent star

Inverse Daily: Deep space and unsolved mysteries claim Nobel Prize

Nobel Physics Prize honors exoplanet hunters and mysteries of the universe

Giant exomoon Kepler-1625b-i may have lost evolutionary race to its rival

Cosmic mismatch: Astronomers discover giant exoplanet orbiting tiny star

Black Hole Week: The 7 most metal black hole discoveries from 2019

Slow-motion video captures the exact moment a meteor collides with Jupiter

A Huge Pair of Mysterious Radio Bubbles Sits at the Center of the Milky Way

Transmission Spectroscopy Has Yielded a Breakthrough 64 Light Years Away

Inverse Daily: Tardigrade Tragedy on the Moon

Tardigrade Survival After Moon Crash Stokes Debate About Space Colonization

Bernie Sanders: SETI Weighs in on What He Can Reveal About Aliens

Inverse Daily: Travelers to Mars and Beyond Might Be Doomed

Inverse Daily: New 3D Map Shows the Milky Way Is Warped in Shape

Inverse Daily: LightSail 2 Is a Resounding Success

Man Who Found Glass Beads in Ancient Clam Shells Reveal "Incredible" Origin

Commemorate Life's Special Moments With a Custom Star Map From Strellas

Seasonal Blue Moon: This Weekend’s Blue Moon Will Be the OTHER Type

Newly Observed "Moonquakes" Reveal Something Alive About Our Lunar Future

Ancient Neutron Star Collision Explains Why There's Gold on Earth

Itokawa Study: Asteroids May Have Brought Half the Water in Earth's Oceans

NASA's Asteroid Drill Day 2: Two Ambitious Plans to Defend the Earth Emerge