Space

NGC 2336 was discovered over a century ago, but the big, blue spiral galaxy has never looked better, thanks to an…

An asteroid with a small chance of hitting Earth in 2068 will swing past our planet in the coming days, providing a…

The third high-altitude test of a SpaceX Starship prototype is scheduled for Wednesday. You can watch the launch…

When the NASA Mars rover Perseverance was dramatically airlifted through the Red Planet’s atmosphere and touched…

The Perseverance rover, along with several components used during the recent landing, have been imaged from space.

A recent flyby of Venus by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has resulted in an unexpectedly good image of the scorched…

The Red Planet’s two tiny moons—Phobos and Deimos—could have formed after an ancient collision, according to new…

A newly compiled 3D map has revealed more than 1 million binary star pairs located within 3,000 light years of…

NASA has released stunning footage of the Perseverance rover landing on Mars, in what is a seminal achievement for…

NASA has a new toy to play with on Mars, but the space agency has some important work to do before the Perseverance r…

NASA released a stunning photo of yesterday’s historic landing, showing the Perseverance rover being lowered to the…

While the world eagerly watched Thursday as NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully touched down on Mars, snapshots…

All six wheels of NASA’s Perseverance are firmly and safely on the Martian surface, following a successful landing…

After a seven-month journey to the Red Planet, the Perseverance rover is finally ready to touch down on Mars. We’ve…

Failure could take on many forms next week when NASA’s next-gen rover, Perseverance, reaches the surface of the Red…

About 7,800 light-years away—within our galactic neighborhood—is globular cluster NGC 6397, basically a wad of stars…

At 1.2 billion years young, the galaxy ALESS 073.1 should have the chaotic look of a youthful galaxy—a fledging,…

For the first time ever, scientists have spotted hydrogen chloride on Mars. The source of this colorless gas remains…

Few 1-year-olds are as intrepid explorers as NASA and the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter. The space probe is…

Mars is about to receive its next visitor from Earth—the Mars Hope probe. It has the makings of a historic day, as…