Tropical storms and billowing wildfire smoke rage in the same NASA satellite photo By Chelsea Gohd A satellite spotted several tropical storms and dozens of wildfires ravaging the United States together in one image.
Pastel-colored Jupiter dazzles in gorgeous Hubble telescope photo By Mike Wall A photo by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the solar system's largest planet in surprising pastel hues.
Smoke from US wildfires spreads across country and into Europe By Elizabeth Howell Smoke from the devastating U.S. wildfires is spreading across the country, moving north into Canada and across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe.
Stars paint stunning nebulas with stellar winds thanks to cosmic companions By Meghan Bartels Each star system is a unique paintbrush in the cosmos, and astronomers are finally beginning to understand why.
Big find! Scientists spot giant alien planet orbiting close to dead star's corpse By Mike Wall Astronomers have spotted signs of an intact giant planet circling a superdense stellar corpse known as a white dwarf, a new study reports.
Giant Magellan Telescope snags $17.5 million grant to test advanced optics By Mike Wall The Giant Magellan Telescope just got a nice chunk of change to help develop and test the advanced technologies that will give the future observatory such sharp vision.
2 asteroids safely buzzed close by Earth this week By Elizabeth Howell Two asteroids made close flybys of Earth on Monday (Sept. 14), in both cases showing a common occurrence that didn't put our home planet at any risk.
Rocket Lab's plan to search for life on Venus in 2023 just got more exciting By Mike Wall Rocket Lab's life-hunting Venus mission in 2023 will be just the beginning, if all goes according to the company's plan.
Venus, once billed as Earth's twin, is a hothouse (and a tantalizing target in the search for life) By Nola Taylor Redd As Earth's twin, Venus offers much in the search for life and habitable worlds.
The sun has begun a new solar weather cycle. It should be pretty quiet, scientists say. By Meghan Bartels We're officially nine months into solar cycle 25, scientists have confirmed, and it will likely look much like its predecessor, which ran from 2008 to 2019.
Carbon-rich alien planets could be made of diamonds By Chelsea Gohd Some far-off alien planets could be made of diamonds, scientists say in a new study.
Satellites track Hurricane Sally ahead of US landfall (and 5 other big storms on Earth) By Chelsea Gohd Hurricane Sally is barreling towards land as five other storms swirl on Earth's surface, satellites have spotted from space.
Life on Venus? Breakthrough Initiatives funds study of possible biosignature detection By Mike Wall The main goals involve investigating the case for life on Venus and figuring out the best ways to hunt it down, if it is indeed there.
Earth barreling toward 'Hothouse' state not seen in 50 million years, epic new climate record shows By Brandon Specktor Scientists used marine fossils and orbital data to recreate 66 million years of climate history. Its shows that climate change is anything but 'normal.'
Dark matter hunter who found unexpected, giant 'Fermi bubbles' wins $100,000 physics prize By Rafi Letzter Tracy Slatyer, known for hunting dark matter in our galaxy and discovering evidence of an ancient Milky Way explosion, has won a $100,000 prize funded by tech billionaires.
The 10 weirdest facts about Venus By Space.com Staff From having a day longer than its year to its wind speeds faster than tornadoes, Venus is odd.
The phosphine discovered in Venus' clouds may be a big deal. Here's what you need to know. By Meghan Bartels A chemical you've likely never heard of has burst into the news thanks to scientists' announcement that they have detected phosphine, which they say may be a sign of life, in the clouds of Venus.
Strange chemical in clouds of Venus defies explanation. Could it be a sign of life? By Meghan Bartels Discovering life beyond Earth may well start with a sniff, a whiff of some chemical that scientists struggle to explain without invoking a strange, shadowy microbe.
The clouds of Venus join the shortlist for potential signs of life in our solar system By Mike Wall Venus isn't the only world beyond Earth where scientists have gotten a possible whiff of life.
Alien-hunting telescope suffered 'no damage to electronics' during mysterious midnight disaster By Brandon Specktor Mysterious midnight disaster spared critical electronics in iconic alien-hunting telescope called the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
