NASA will buy moon dirt from these 4 companies By Mike Wall NASA just bought the rights to four batches of future moon samples for the low, low price of $25,001.
Terrifying footage shows collapse of Arecibo Observatory's massive radio telescope By Meghan Bartels It took 17 seconds for Arecibo's massive radio telescope to crumble. It will take much longer for the dust to settle.
A 'tsunami' for astrophysics: New Gaia data reveals the best map of our galaxy yet By Megan Gannon With new data from the European Gaia spacecraft, astronomers can now explore 1.8 billion cosmic objects in unparalleled detail.
Black holes may not exist, but fuzzballs might, wild theory suggests By Paul Sutter What if black holes aren't black holes at all, but rather the cosmic equivalent of fuzzy, vibrating balls of string?
The Milky Way and beyond: Scientists publish new data on nearly 2 billion stars By Meghan Bartels As of today (Dec. 3), scientists have 1.8 billion local stars at their fingertips.
On Mars, internal heat may have powered habitable hotspots long ago By Mike Wall The Martian underground may have been habitable billions of years ago even if the planet's surface was a dry, frigid wasteland.
Sun, spotted: Our speckled star shines over New York City (photo) By Mike Wall A photo captured by amateur astronomer Alexander Krivenyshev shows two big sunspots on Earth's star.
Amazing panorama shows China's Chang'e 5 landing site on the moon (photos) By Andrew Jones China's Chang'e 5 lander has returned its first panorama from its landing site on the moon.
After Arecibo, NASA isn't sure what comes next for planetary radar By Meghan Bartels Arecibo Observatory's massive radio telescope has collapsed; with it has gone a crucial tool in understanding asteroid risks to Earth — and it would take a serious government initiative to replace.
Mars colonists could get fuel and oxygen from water on the Red Planet By Charles Q. Choi Colonists on Mars could one day generate fuel and oxygen from saltwater on the Red Planet, a new study finds.
These photos of the Arecibo Observatory telescope collapse are just heartbreaking By Elizabeth Howell Gut-wrenching pictures and video documented the beginning of the end for the Arecibo Observatory, one of the world's most iconic telescopes.
China's Chang'e 5 lands on the moon to collect the 1st fresh lunar samples in decades By Mike Wall China has landed on the moon again — and this time the country plans to bring home some souvenirs.
The Arecibo Observatory radio telescope in Puerto Rico has collapsed By Meghan Bartels After two cable failures in the span of four months, Puerto Rico's most venerable astronomy facility has collapsed in an uncontrolled structural failure.
Dangerous 'naked' black holes could be hiding in the universe By Paul Sutter Black holes shorn of event horizons could lurk throughout the universe.
India to launch Shukrayaan Venus mission in 2024 after pandemic delays: reports By Elizabeth Howell India plans to launch a new orbiter to Venus a year later than planned in 2024, according to media reports, although the country's space agency hasn't published an update to its website yet.
The sun fires off its biggest solar flare in more than 3 years By Chelsea Gohd The sun unleashed its most powerful solar eruption in more than three years on Sunday (Nov. 29).
China's Chang'e 5 poised for historic moon landing to collect lunar samples By Meghan Bartels The Chang'e 5 moon lander and orbiter have parted ways in lunar orbit … for now.
Losing Arecibo's giant dish leaves humans more vulnerable to space rocks, scientists say By Meghan Bartels Ignorance may feel like bliss, but preparedness offers better odds of surviving what is to come. And when it comes to planetary defense, ignorance just became a bit more inevitable.
Newfound 'Kraken merger' may have been the biggest collision in Milky Way's history By Brandon Specktor Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown galactic collision between the Milky Way and the mysterious 'Kraken galaxy.'
