Mars: We May Have Solved the Mystery of How Its Landslides Form By Giulia Magnarini, Tom Mitchell Some landslides on Mars seem to defy an important law of physics.
Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day By Space.com Staff A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster makes a triumphant return to Port Canaveral, Florida on Dec. 7, 2019, two days after launching a Dragon cargo ship for NASA on the CRS-19 mission.
Weird Physics of 'Tiger Stripes' on Icy Saturn Moon Enceladus Finally Explained By Chelsea Gohd New research solves some of the mysteries of the "tiger stripes" on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Astronomers See Stars Slinging Comets at Earth for the First Time By Mara Johnson-Groh For the first time, a Polish group has identified two nearby stars that seem to have plucked up their icy partners, swinging them into orbits around our sun.
What Makes This Low-Mass White Dwarf So 'Impossible' to Behold? By Nola Taylor Redd Scientists have spotted an incredibly weird, 'impossible' white dwarf star in a discovery that suggests these objects are even more common than suspected.
Lakes May Bubble Up into 'Magic Islands' on Saturn's Weird Moon, Titan By Meghan Bartels Champagne is supposed to be bubbly. So is a foaming bath. But a mixture designed to mimic the frigid lakes on an alien moon? That's a little more surprising.
China's Huge, Alien-Hunting Radio Telescope Is Finishing Its Testing Phase By Leonard David China's giant, alien-hunting radio telescope is finishing its testing-and-commissioning phase, which has occurred over the past three years.
Top Space Stories of the Week! By Doris Elin Urrutia These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.
Lunar Eclipses: What Are They & When Is the Next One? By Robert Roy Britt Lunar eclipses occur when Earth's shadow blocks the sun. There are three types; the most dramatic is a total lunar eclipse. Find out when is the next one.
The Universe Remembers Gravitational Waves — And We Can Find Them By Paul Sutter Scientists are on the verge of being able to detect the "memory" left behind by gravitational waves.
When Did the 'Dark Ages of the Universe' End? This Rare Molecule Holds the Answer. By Brandon Specktor Long ago, millions of years before the first star sparked to life, the entire universe was a sea of darkness.
'Wow.' Astrophysicist Eugene Parker Reacts to Namesake Sun Probe's 1st Science Results (Video) By Mike Wall The first results to come down from NASA's record-setting Parker Solar Probe have impressed the pioneering astrophysicist who lent the spacecraft his name.
19 Galaxies Are Apparently Missing Dark Matter. No One Knows Why. By Rafi Letzter Nineteen newly discovered dwarf galaxies seem to be missing their dark matter, and physicists aren't sure why.
NASA's New Climate Science Recruits Are Elephant Seals with Fancy Hats By Meghan Bartels Maybe you'd like to deride this seal's fashion choices. Here's why you shouldn't: While this isn't the most ornate fascinator ever to grace a photo shoot, it sparkles with science.
Eruptions on Asteroid Bennu Hint at Causes of Space Rock Explosions By Charles Q. Choi For the first time, astronomers have gotten an up-close view of eruptions from an asteroid, shedding light on what might drive such explosions.
NASA Planet-Hunting Telescope Spots Massive Burp from a Comet By Meghan Bartels Scientists have caught their best-ever look at a comet belching out ice, dust and gas — and the observations came courtesy of a mission designed to hunt for alien worlds.
NASA's Sun-Kissing Parker Solar Probe Is Lifting the Veil on Our Closest Star By Mike Wall The first science results are in from NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which has flown faster and closer to the sun than any other human-made object in history.
Evidence of an Alien Planet Spotted Around a White Dwarf, a Cosmic First By Mike Wall For the first time ever, astronomers have spotted evidence of a planet circling a superdense stellar corpse known as a white dwarf, a new study reports.
SpaceX to Launch Beer Experiment, 'Mighty Mice' and More for NASA Today. How to Watch By Chelsea Gohd SpaceX is about to launch beer, "mighty mice" and much, much more to the International Space Station.
