Webb discovers a distant moon has an intriguing similarity to Earth
Why scientists are thrilled by what they saw on Titan. Scientists have had a hunch that a distant moon experiences…
NASA rover captures an aurora from Mars surface for the first time
Perseverance looked up at the right moment for a light show. NASA‘s Perseverance rover has captured an aurora in the…
Watch how an old Venus spacecraft tumbled before crashing to Earth
A German radar station likely got the last look. Before a Soviet-era spacecraft intended for Venus crashed back to Earth…
Stunning video reveals Jupiter's roiling auroras. See it now.
Scientists are puzzled by its dazzling afterglow. Astronomers have zoomed in on Jupiter‘s poles to get a better look at…
Hubble spots a roaming black hole light-years from where it belongs
A space vortex plays hide-and-seek with sky surveys. A black hole skulking in the shadows 600 million light-years away in…
NASA astronauts are proud bedwetters. They even practice.
You ain't cool unless you pee your space pants. Before NASA shot astronaut Scott Kelly into orbit for the first…
Soviets were headed to Venus in 1972. The spacecraft is about to return.
The final chapter for Kosmos 482. A Cold War-era spacecraft is heading home after a half-century adrift. Back in the…
Exceptionally rare radio sources detected in a distant galaxy
Giant ripples in space? Astronomers have spotted a pair of exotic features believed to be the aftermath of a colossal…
Webb telescope just got a crystal-clear view of a hot alien world
No haze. No clouds. Just vibes. A sweltering planet circling a star much like the sun is delivering something scientists…
What cracked the Milky Way's giant cosmic bone? Scientists think they know.
That's not going to heal right. Near the center of the Milky Way are enormous filaments of radio energy that…