Hubble Telescope Spots Two Galaxies in a Doomed (but Dazzling) Dance By Elizabeth Howell Two galaxies are caught in a crazy cosmic dance, pulling at each other in a fresh image from the Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA's Investigating the Impact of Arctic Wildfires on Earth. Here's Why By Passant Rabie Arctic wildfires are becoming more frequent, and NASA is trying to find out how that will impact the surrounding population and the globe.
Top Space Stories of the Week! By Doris Elin Salazar These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.
Hubble Spots Purple 'Jellyfish' Star Glowing in Abyss of Deep Space By Elizabeth Howell The latest Hubble image appears to capture a cosmic jellyfish floating in space, but in reality this structure is no living creature.
'Stranger Things' Science: What If You Needed to Know Planck's Constant to Save the World? By Amy Thompson Season 3 of the Netflix hit series "Stranger Things" again shows the series' appreciation for science, giving a staple of quantum mechanics an important cameo.
Elon Musk Floats 'Nuke Mars' Idea Again (He Has T-Shirts) By Mike Wall Nuking Mars is still on Elon Musk's wish list, it would seem.
The Moon Is Brighter Than the Sun in These NASA Gamma-Ray Telescope Views By Meghan Bartels The sun is the brightest object in our skies — but it wouldn't be if we could see incredibly energetic gamma-rays as well as visible light.
A Doomed Comet Just Fell Into the Sun. Here's the Video. By Chelsea Gohd The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) observed a comet diving directly into the sun yesterday (Aug. 15).
Beyond TESS: How Future Exoplanet-Hunters Will Seek Out Strange New Worlds By Sarah Wells Ground and space telescope missions plan to further explore exoplanets discovered by NASA's TESS spacecraft.
There Are Thousands of Tardigrades on the Moon. Now What? By Mindy Weisberger What might it mean for the moon to have thousands of tardigrades as new inhabitants?
Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day By Hanneke Weitering In this new image from the Hubble Space Telescope, what looks like a top-down view of a jellyfish glowing in deep space is actually the planetary nebula NGC 2022.
NASA's Next Space Telescope Could Reveal Details About the TRAPPIST-1 Planets, But There's One Problem By Chelsea Gohd The James Webb Space Telescope could gather critical information about the atmospheres of planets in the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, one new study finds.
Hawaii's Mauna Kea Observatories Will Reopen After Weeks of Telescope Protests By Doris Elin Salazar Astronomers at the Mauna Kea telescopes in Hawaii are returning to work after pausing their operations in response to the gathering of thousands of activists over the past four weeks.
The Genius of Albert Einstein: His Life, Theories and Impact on Science By Elizabeth Howell Where would science be without Albert Einstein?
NASA to Seek Review of International Space Station As National Laboratory By Meghan Bartels NASA has ordered a review of the nonprofit organization that oversees the U.S. laboratory on the International Space Station to evaluate its commercial strengths and weaknesses.
Citizen Scientists Are Helping Find Alien Planets in NASA's TESS Data By Sarah Wells When it comes to finding exoplanets, more computing power isn't always the answer.
Satellite Photo Shows China's Military Buildup in Response to Hong Kong Protests By Chelsea Gohd After over 10 weeks of protests in Hong Kong, a satellite has captured an image of Chinese military vehicles gathering in Shenzhen.
Something Weird Is Happening to the Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way By Meghan Bartels Astronomers have been watching the black hole at the center of our galaxy for 20 years, and in May, they saw something they'd never seen before.
Fresh Interstellar Dust Discovered in the Snows of Antarctica By Charles Q. Choi By examining Antarctic snow, researchers have for the first time discovered interstellar dust that recently fell to Earth, a new study finds.
Glowing Aliens Could Turn Harsh UV Radiation into Beautiful Radiance By Samantha Mathewson Life on alien planets may produce a protective glow to buffer the dangerous flares of nearby stars.
