Physicists get close to taming the chaos of the 'three-body problem' By Charlie Wood The intractable "three-body problem" gets closer to being solved with breakthrough study.
8 extremely rare 'millisecond pulsars' discovered inside globular clusters By Harry Baker Scientists using South Africa's MeerKAT radio telescope have detected 8 new millisecond pulsars in the hearts of globular clusters.
The top space stories of the week! By Doris Elin Urrutia These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.
Space junk removal is not going smoothly By Leonard David Despite promising technology demonstrations, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for the growing problem of taking out the orbital trash
Astronomers chart invisible ocean of dark matter swirling outside the Milky Way By Ben Turner Astronomers are hoping to use the wake of stars to test the existing theories of dark matter.
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity lands at new airfield after 5th flight By Mike Wall Ingenuity made its fifth Martian flight today (May 7), cruising to a new patch of ground on its first one-way trip on the Red Planet.
Perseverance rover captures sounds of Mars helicopter Ingenuity's flight in awesome first (video) By Mike Wall NASA's Perseverance rover captured the whirring of Ingenuity's fast-spinning rotors during the little chopper's fourth Red Planet flight, which took place on April 30.
This week on the forums: Going to Mars, SpaceX giveaway and an alternate Earth! By Mohamed Mohammed It’s been another week of enthusiastic space chatter and we've got some highlights for you. Be sure to sign up for the Space.com forums and join the discussions today!
'Spaghettified' star wrapped around a black hole spotted for the first time By Tereza Pultarova Astronomers observe as a giant black hole sucks in a spaghettified star.
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity will head to new airfield today on 5th flight By Mike Wall Ingenuity is scheduled to make its fifth Martian flight today (May 7), a jaunt that will be unlike anything the 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) chopper has attempted so far.
Mystery of strange new 'dune' auroras solved, scientists say By Elizabeth Howell A Finnish-led team has new insights into auroral "dunes" first reported in scientific literature a year ago.
How long is a day on Venus? It's always changing, new study reveals By Meghan Bartels Astronomers have long struggled to pin down how long a day lasts on Venus, but new research suggests the difficulty stems not from flawed measurements but from real variations in the planet's spin.
Is there a pattern to the universe? By Paul Sutter For decades, cosmologists have wondered if the large-scale structure of the universe is a fractal — that is, if it looks the same no matter how large the scale.
UAE Hope Mars orbiter: The Arab world's first interplanetary mission By Jeremy Rehm, Meghan Bartels The Hope Mars mission is the United Arab Emirates' first interplanetary spacecraft and will study the Red Planet's atmosphere.
Pictures from space! Our image of the day By Space.com Staff The ground test model of the European Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover is about to leave the clean rooms of Thales Alenia Space to commence a test campaign at a nearby Mars Terrain Simulator.
Dark matter could be destroying itself inside the bellies of exoplanets By Adam Mann Researchers propose learning more about dark matter by looking for its effects inside exoplanets.
Space junk is blocking our view of the stars, scientists say By Ben Turner The increasing number of satellites and space debris orbiting Earth could prevent astronomers from making crucial discoveries.
The youngest exoplanet found by the Hubble telescope is the size of Jupiter (and still growing) By Chelsea Gohd The Hubble Space Telescope peered out into the cosmos, 379 light-years from Earth, and spotted a giant planet forming, the youngest planet ever spotted by the space telescope.
Is there anything beyond the universe? By Paul Sutter What's beyond the known limits? What lies outside the boundary of the universe? The answer is … well, it's complicated.
Earth's crust is way, way older than we thought By Brandon Specktor Earth's continents have been leaking nutrients into the ocean for at least 3.7 billion years, new research suggests.
