How Scientists Plan to Study the Total Solar Eclipse 2019 By Nola Taylor Redd The elusive solar corona will be a key point of scientific studies during the July 2, 2019 total eclipse.
No Aliens Needed: Odd Properties of the 1st Known Interstellar Visitor Can Be Natural By Nola Taylor Redd 'Oumuamua, the first known interstellar visitor, doesn't need an extraterrestrial solution to explain its oddities, according to a new study.
A BFF in Space! Bioprinter Will 3D-Print Human Tissue on the Space Station By Elizabeth Howell A new 3D printer aims to create human tissue in space after it launches to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX cargo mission in July.
NASA's TESS Mission Finds Its Tiniest Alien Planet Yet By Passant Rabie NASA discovers a tiny planet that's 80% the size of the Earth.
Dwarf Planet Ceres May Be Wrinkling As It Shrinks By Charles Q. Choi Ceres, the closest dwarf planet to Earth, may be wrinkling as it shrinks.
Solar Eclipses: When Is the Next One? By Joe Rao Solar eclipses are one of nature’s grandest events. What is a solar eclipse? Why are there different kinds of solar eclipses? How do they work? And when is the next one? We explain.
After Decades of Hunting, Physicists Claim They've Made Quantum Material from Depths of Jupiter By Rafi Letzter A team of researchers have posted a paper in which they claim to have achieved a holy grail of materials science: creating metallic hydrogen in a laboratory.
Celebrate the Promise of Planetary Defense This Asteroid Day By Elizabeth Howell The quest to protect Earth from threatening asteroids is about to get a boost, as "an absolute flood of new observations" comes from a new telescope designed to scan the sky.
In Images: Rising 'Phoenix' Aurora and Starburst Galaxies Light Up the Skies By Christine Lunsford Cosmic marvels dazzle in the U.K.'s 'Astronomy Photographer of the Year' contest.
New Look at 111-Year-Old Asteroid Hit Provides Clues to Future Impacts By Passant Rabie Scientists reexamined the century-old mysteries surrounding an asteroid impact from 1908 in order to better understand the likelihood of these events in the future.
Life on Icy Alien Worlds May Resemble Creatures Under Submerged Hawaiian Volcano By Yasemin Saplakoglu What do a deep underwater volcano in Hawaii and Saturn's moon have in common? Astrobiologists are hoping the answer to that question is life.
Spores in Space: Mold Can Withstand Radiation Doses That Would Kill a Human By Doris Elin Salazar Scientists zapped mold spores in a laboratory and concluded that two types of fungus could survive a journey to the moon or Mars.
Astronomers Spotted a Car-Size Asteroid Just Hours Before Impact By Laura Geggel Astronomers discovered a car-size asteroid hours before it slammed into Earth and burned up in the atmosphere this past weekend, news sources report.
Propelling Exploration: Drones Are Going Interplanetary By Mike Wall Drones have already conquered Earth, and now they're heading out into the solar system.
NASA Is Sending a Life-Hunting Drone to Saturn's Huge Moon Titan By Mike Wall The next mission in NASA's New Frontiers line of medium-cost missions will be Dragonfly, a rotorcraft designed to ply the skies of the huge, hazy and potentially life-hosting Saturn moon Titan.
Mysterious Extragalactic Flash Pinpointed for 2nd Time Ever By Mike Wall Astronomers are starting to get the goods on fast radio bursts, one of the most mysterious phenomena in the universe.
Marsquakes May Be Evidence of Groundwater By Mike Wall Mars and Oklahoma might share a surprising seismic bond.
This Stunning Video Shows Sun's Pulsing 'Skin' in Incredible Detail By Elizabeth Howell A new video shows a view of the sun that's so strange you'd think it came from a science fiction horror film.
You Can Help Judge the Mars 2020 Rover-Naming Contest By Mike Wall You can help name NASA's next Mars rover, even if you're not a kid.
Mysterious 'Bathtub Rings' of Titan Replicated on Earth By Rafi Letzter Something dark is spreading across the surface of Titan, and we may finally have some idea what it is.
