James Webb Space Telescope wins 'race against time' to directly observe young exoplanet
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope had to race against time to image a young exoplanet before it disappeared for a decade.
By Robert Lea published
'If we can understand how these materials came to be on Earth, it might give us clues to how life originated here, and how it might emerge elsewhere.'
By Nola Taylor Tillman published
Is there life beyond Earth? The SETI Institute and other seekers are looking.
By Keith Cooper published
Cool to moderately warm hydrothermal vents circulating water through the seabed could sustain habitable conditions on moons such as Jupiter's Europa and Saturn's Enceladus for billions of years.
By Jamie Carter last updated
Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.
By Tom Metcalfe published
Nabta Playa in Egypt is an ancient stone circle that researchers suspect was used to determine the summer solstice, which signaled rain was on the way.
By Robert Lea published
A powerful geomagnetic storm illuminated auroras that lit the skies over Earth on Thursday (Oct. 9) after X 2 solar flare that erupted from the sunspot AR 3848 on Tuesday (Oct. 8) evening.
By Space.com Staff published
On Episode 132 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Lynn Rothschild on how mushroom mycelia might be utilized as a Mars habitat-building resource.
By Nola Taylor Tillman published
Is there life beyond Earth? The SETI Institute and other seekers are looking.
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
Reference The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is famous for Canadarm, a series of robotic arms used on the space shuttle and the International Space Station. CSA's Jeremy Hansen will fly to the moon on Artemis 2.