After 3.5 million-year hiatus, the largest comet ever discovered is headed our way By Brandon Specktor Scientists have analyzed the enormous Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet, and predict it will come within 11 AU of Earth in the next 10 years.
Mercury looks stunning in this 1st flyby photo from Europe and Japan's BepiColombo mission By Tariq Malik The BepiColombo mission captured its first up-close look at the planet Mercury in a flyby, revealing a rocky world covered with craters.
'Bright skies' named color of the year — here's why there's so much more to the heavens than blue By Daniel Brown The color of 2022 will be "bright skies," according to paint manufacturer Dulux.
Bold new 'Star Trek' book marks 55th anniversary of the original series By Jeff Spry Ben Robinson and Ian Spelling discuss how a loving salute to the original "Star Trek" series came together.
Air Force's X-37B robotic space plane wings past 500 days in Earth orbit By Leonard David That enigmatic U.S. military X-37B robotic space drone has now chalked up more than 500 days circling the Earth.
Unstoppable lava from La Palma volcano eruption reaches ocean in stunning space photos By Tereza Pultarova New images of the volcanic eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma taken from space show the unstoppable river of lava flowing into the Atlantic Ocean.
Skywatchers see SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship streak across the night sky as it returned to Earth By Rahul Rao Late Thursday night (Sept. 30) in the southeastern United States, anybody looking up could have glimpsed a brilliant streak, trailing down into the Atlantic Ocean off Florida's east coast.
Exceptionally rare planet with three suns may lurk in Orion's nose By Brandon Specktor In the star system GW Ori, three stars orbit one another. New research suggests there's probably a planet in the mix, too.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin faces scathing criticism of safety and culture By Meghan Bartels With Blue Origin's second crewed flight less than two weeks away, the company is facing scathing allegations about its culture and the safety of its suborbital launch system, New Shepard.
Mercury flyby tonight: Europe's BepiColombo spacecraft to attempt its 1st swing past the planet By Tereza Pultarova The Mercury-bound probe BepiColombo will take its first look at its target planet tonight from an incredibly close distance of only 124 miles (200 kilometers).
Superbright aurora lights up Earth's night side in incredible image from space By Yasemin Saplakoglu An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) captured a stunning new photo of the luminous green and red lights of an aurora hugging clouds swirling around Earth's night side.
Climate change is making Earth dimmer By Meghan Bartels Earth is reflecting less light as its climate continues to change, new research suggests.
Stinky 'mushball' hailstones on Uranus may explain an atmospheric anomaly there (and on Neptune, too) By Tereza Pultarova A recent discovery of giant ammonia-rich hailstones, dubbed mushballs, on Jupiter might explain why Uranus and Neptune seem to have no ammonia in their atmospheres.
The best sci-fi movies and TV shows to stream on Netflix in October By Scott Snowden A veritable treasure trove of sci-fi is available at your fingertips.
The best sci-fi movies and TV shows to stream on Amazon Prime in October By Scott Snowden Time to catch up on some long overdue sci-fi, so here's our handy guide to what's on.
Despite complaints, NASA won't rename James Webb Space Telescope: report By Mike Wall NASA won't rename its highly anticipated James Webb Space Telescope, despite complaints that the moniker honors a man complicit in anti-gay discrimination.
Skittles is giving away a zero gravity flight to test out limited 'Zero-G' candies By Robert Z. Pearlman Three months after certifying that their candies are "guaranteed to actually float while in space," Skittles is offering one fan the chance to test it out for themselves.
Our climate projections for 2500 show an Earth that is alien to humans By Christopher Lyon, Alex Dunhill, Andrew P. Beckerman, Ariane Burke, Bethany Allen, Chris Smith, Daniel J. Hill, Erin Saupe, James McKay, Julien Riel-Salvatore, Lindsay C. Stringer, Rob Merchant, Tracy Aze
SpaceX Dragon cargo ship returns to Earth with gravity-sensitive experiments By Tereza Pultarova SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft returned to Earth tonight (Sept. 30), packed full of science experiments after one month at the International Space Station.
Cubesats to study Earth's magnetosphere and exoplanets launch with Landsat 9 By Elizabeth Howell Two cubesats designed to study the Earth's magnetic field and to look for exoplanets around nearby stars rode to space Monday (Sept. 27) with NASA's new Landsat 9 Earth observation mission.
