NASA's InSight Mars lander hunkering down in Red Planet dust storm By Elizabeth Howell published 12 January 22 The spacecraft is riding out a dust storm, but the agency said it hopes to resume normal operations next week.
NASA may need more astronauts for space station, moon missions, report says By Meghan Bartels published 12 January 22 NASA may need more astronauts to meet its human spaceflight goals over the coming years, according to a new report from the agency's investigative office.
Giant galactic bubble is driving star formation, new study finds By Charles Q. Choi published 12 January 22 Earth is surrounded by a vast bubble about 1,000 light-years wide whose borders drive the formation of all nearby young stars, a new study finds.
New NASA chief scientist pledges a plan to renew agency's Earth satellite fleet By Elizabeth Howell published 12 January 22 Some of the agency's Earth-observing satellites have been in operation since the late 1990s or early 2000s.
China's Chang'e 5 lunar lander is first to find water on the moon up close By Elizabeth Howell published 12 January 22 Water was spotted on the moon nearly 15 years ago, but it was detected in real time on the lunar surface only by orbiters before now.
The Milky Way's supermassive black hole is leaking gas By Chelsea Gohd published 12 January 22 The supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is leaking.
'Space Adventure' exhibition to bring 300 Apollo-era artifacts to Miami By Robert Z. Pearlman published 12 January 22 Hundreds of artifacts from NASA's Apollo lunar landings are set to touch down in Miami as part of "Space Adventure: The Arrival of Man on the Moon," an immersive experience.
'Mini' monster black hole discovered hiding in a dwarf galaxy By Chelsea Gohd published 12 January 22 A newly discovered "mini" supermassive black hole could help reveal some of the secrets behind the biggest black holes in the cosmos.
Elon Musk unveils SpaceX launch and catch tower for Starship Mars rocket (video) By Elizabeth Howell published 12 January 22 SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk just gave us a great look at the "launch and catch tower" for the company's massive Starship Mars rocket.
'The Book of Boba Fett' episode 2 kicks the live-action show up a gear and then some By Scott Snowden published 11 January 22 The Book of Boba Fett episode 2, entitled "The Tribes of Tatooine," will blow your socks off. Here's what we thought.
Hunting galaxies far far away: Here's how anyone can explore the universe By Sara Webb published 11 January 22 Aladin Lite is one of the greatest online tools available to look at our universe through the eyes of many different telescopes.
Save 30% on 'Clue: Star Wars' edition on Amazon By Alexander Cox published 11 January 22 Amazon is offering 30% off the "Clue: Star Wars" edition, which is a pretty good deal.
Weird 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet is shaped like a football By Elizabeth Howell published 11 January 22 Planet WASP-103b got its unusual shape by orbiting very close to its parent star.
The sun used to have rings like Saturn By Yasemin Saplakoglu published 11 January 22 Before Earth and the other planets in our solar system existed, the sun may have been surrounded by giant rings of dust similar to Saturn's, according to a new study.
A 'rogue asteroid field' almost delays the Valoria 3 analog Mars mission — Commander's Report: sol 2 By Michaela Musilova published 11 January 22 Commander Musilova had to navigate through a 'rogue asteroid field' — aka a wildfire in Hawaii — to get her crew safely to the HI-SEAS analog space station for the start of their Martian simulation.
NASA's newly launched X-ray space telescope is ready to start observing the cosmos By Amy Thompson published 11 January 22 NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is set to begin spying on some of the universe's most dramatic objects — black holes and neutron stars.
Powerful European Earth-observation satellite suffers anomaly in orbit By Mike Wall published 11 January 22 The Sentinel-1B radar satellite, part of the European Union's Copernicus Earth observation program, hasn't beamed home any data since suffering an anomaly on Dec. 23.
Supermassive black hole gobbled up a star in the 1980s, and high schoolers helped discover it By Meghan Bartels published 11 January 22 Astronomers have found evidence of a black hole snacking on a star in data gathered back in the 1980s, according to new research.
Perseverance rover chokes on Mars pebbles while collecting 6th rock sample By Mike Wall published 11 January 22 Perseverance drilled and collected its sixth Red Planet rock sample on Dec. 29, but the car-sized rover has not yet been able to seal up the titanium tube containing the material.
China's $1 trillion 'artificial sun' fusion reactor just got five times hotter than the sun By Ben Turner published 11 January 22 China's "artificial sun" has set a new world record after reaching temperatures five times hotter than the sun.
