These 'Strange' Alien Planets May Be Made of Exotic Matter By Charles Q. Choi Astronomers have identified a half dozen exoplanets that may be made of an exotic form of matter unknown on Earth.
Something is Killing Galaxies, and Scientists Are On the Case By Toby Brown In the most extreme regions of the universe, galaxies are being killed. Their star formation is being shut down and astronomers want to know why.
Soar Over the Likely Mars Landing Site of Europe's ExoMars Rover in This 3D Animation By Elizabeth Howell Feel like going for a spin around Mars? A new video shows a 3D view of where the European-Russian ExoMars rover will land, in a region that was likely filled with water billions of years ago.
As People Around the World Strike, How Are We Studying Climate Change from Space? By Chelsea Gohd Space doesn't just allow us to appreciate Earth, it also allows scientists to better study and understand climate change.
Where Do Black Holes Lead? By David Crookes, All About Space magazine If you could journey through the cosmos' most monstrous objects, what tales — if any — would you be able to tell?
We Could Chase Down Interstellar Comet Borisov by 2045 By Mike Wall We could get an up-close look at our solar system's latest interstellar interloper a quarter century from now if we so desired, a new study suggests.
Long-Standing Problem of 'Golden Ratio' and Other Irrational Numbers Solved with 'Magical Simplicity' By Leila Sloman - Scientific American Mathematicians have finally proved a conjecture on approximating numbers with fractions.
Look Out Below! Japan's Hayabusa2 Drops Target Markers on Asteroid Ryugu By Meghan Bartels Japan's asteroid-exploring spacecraft has practiced its last task before heading home — and it made a nifty image as well.
'Alien Megastructure' Star May Not Be So Special After All By Charles Q. Choi More mysteriously dimming stars have been spotted.
China's Lunar Rover Scopes Out Weird Substance on Far Side of the Moon (Photos) By Andrew Jones China's lunar exploration program has released images that give us a glimpse of the mysterious material discovered on the far side of the moon.
Students Worldwide Mobilize for Climate Action By Mindy Weisberger On Friday (Sept. 20), students around the world will walk out of their classrooms and gather in coordinated protests to highlight the global crisis created by climate change.
Time Is Running Out for India to Save Its Silent Moon Lander By Meghan Bartels Even as its orbiter settles into work, India's hopes of resurrecting its moon lander are quickly evaporating as the country marks two weeks from its attempt to softly touch down on the lunar surface.
Asteroid Dust Triggered an Explosion of Life on Earth 466 Million Years Ago By Meghan Bartels Consider the possibility that an asteroid may have transformed the picture of life on Earth — but forget the dinosaurs and the massive crater, and rewind an extra 400 million years.
Hermes Regolith Experiment in Space Takes Aim at Moon Dirt and Asteroid Landings By Kasandra Brabaw By 2024, NASA plans to land the next two people on the moon, including the first woman who will ever walk on the lunar surface.
NASA Moon Orbiter Fails to Spot India's Lunar Lander: Report By Leonard David NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has reportedly failed to spot India’s Chandrayaan-2 lunar lander, which apparently crashed during its Sept. 6 touchdown attempt.
NASA's Airborne Observatory SOFIA Takes Flight Over Europe Today By Doris Elin Urrutia Today (Sept. 18) a unique airborne space observatory will perform its first scientific flight over Europe.
'Snow-Cannon' on Enceladus May Make Other Moons Shine By Chelsea Gohd A new study suggests that Enceladus' geysers act as a 'snow-cannon,' making nearby moons snowy and reflective.
It's Gonna Blow! Giant Volcano on Jupiter Moon Could Erupt Any Day By Mike Wall A giant volcano on the Jupiter moon Io should erupt any day now, a new study suggests.
NASA's Juno Mission Checks Out Epic Io Eclipse on Jupiter By Meghan Bartels Don't panic, this isn't a massive hole on Jupiter. All is well on our largest neighbor; NASA's Juno spacecraft just managed to spot the shadow of its moon Io passing over its marbled clouds.
