NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on track for Dec. 22 launch By Elizabeth Howell 30 November 2021 The generational observatory is nearly ready for space after years of delays.
This pair of merging black holes is the closest to Earth we've ever found By Tereza Pultarova 30 November 2021 A pair of supermassive black holes that will soon become one has been discovered hiding in a nearby galaxy.
This hot 'stream' of star gas will collide with our galaxy sooner than we thought By Brandon Specktor 30 November 2021 Researchers rewound the history of the Magellanic Stream, and found it is 5 times closer to Earth that previously thought
Hubble telescope restores 3rd instrument in slow return to operations By Meghan Bartels 30 November 2021 NASA's most beloved space telescope is nearly back to normal.
Giant comet was active way farther from the sun than expected, scientists confirm By Samantha Mathewson 30 November 2021 One of the largest comets ever discovered was active long before scientists had expected, according to NASA's industrious planet-hunting telescope.
National Space Council meeting for 1st time under VP Kamala Harris Wednesday By Mike Wall 30 November 2021 The first meeting of the National Space Council under Vice President Kamala Harris will take place on Wednesday (Dec. 1). We'll presumably be able to watch it live.
Pictures from space! Our image of the day By Space.com Staff 30 November 2021 The volcanic eruption on the La Palma island continues spewing lava more than two months after it started, causing changes to the island's coast that are visible from space.
This doomed alien planet has a year that lasts just 16 hours — it's only getting faster By Meghan Bartels 29 November 2021 This bizarre world appears to be the second-hottest known exoplanet as well.
You can save 20% on an Augmented Reality Mars Globe in this Cyber Monday deal By Kasandra Brabaw 29 November 2021 Deals Orboot's educational augmented reality Mars globe lets kids explore the Red Planet with a smart device.
Rare Einstein manuscript sells for record-smashing $13 million at auction By Brandon Specktor 29 November 2021 A 54-page document co-written with engineer Michele Besso sold for a record-breaking $13 million at auction on Tuesday, Nov 23.
Never-before-seen rocks found in these exoplanet graveyards By Harry Baker 29 November 2021 Researchers studying the atmospheres of white dwarfs have discovered previously unknown rock types which made up the exoplanets that once surrounded the stellar remnants.
Earth's earliest water may have come from solar wind and space rocks By Tereza Pultarova 29 November 2021 Samples from asteroid Itokawa collected by a Japanese space probe suggest that Earth's water may have come from the sun.
Did astronomers see the light from two black holes colliding for the first time? By Chelsea Gohd 29 November 2021 Astronomers may have seen the light from two black holes smashing into one another for the first time ever.
Strange 'eggshell' exoplanets may have ultra-smooth surfaces By Charles Q. Choi 29 November 2021 Strange, newly theorized "eggshell planets" may possess super-thin outer layers with ultra-smooth surfaces unlike those seen on any world to date, a new study reports.
Elusive neutrino candidates detected in breakthrough physics experiment By Chelsea Gohd 29 November 2021 For the first time ever, researchers have detected neutrino candidates produced by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN facility near Geneva, Switzerland.
AI discovers over 300 unknown exoplanets in Kepler telescope data By Tereza Pultarova 28 November 2021 A new artificial-intelligence algorithm has discovered more than 300 previously unknown exoplanets in data gathered by the now defunct exoplanet-hunting telescope Kepler.
Alien organisms could hitch a ride on our spacecraft and contaminate Earth, scientists warn By Patrick Pester 28 November 2021 Scientists warn that increased space exploration raises the risk that alien organisms will invade Earth and that Earth organisms will invade other planets.
The top space stories of the week! By Doris Elin Urrutia 27 November 2021 These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.
Curious Kids: What is the coldest planet in the solar system? By Brad Gibson 27 November 2021 The heat inside planets is left over from when they were formed.
Space rock alert: Should you worry about an asteroid impact? By Jesse Emspak 27 November 2021 NASA is testing one technique it might use should a large asteroid threaten to collide with Earth. But just how high are the odds of such a dangerous space rock after all? You don't need to panic.
