Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 3 scientists for their black hole discoveries By Jeanna Bryner The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to three scientists for their work involving one of the cosmos's most mysterious, darkest, secrets — black holes.
Tiny moonbound spacecraft have very big goals By Leonard David Four small spacecraft are being readied for moonbound treks to help quench a thirst for new data about lunar water ice.
Strange alien planet has weird orbit and scorching temperatures By Meghan Bartels Europe's new telescope studying alien planets has created its first detailed portrait of a world, and it's a weird one: hot and tilted around a warped star.
Scientists nail down the total amount of matter in the universe By Mike Wall Scientists have conducted a new cosmos-wide matter census, finding that the stuff makes up 31% of our universe.
Hubble Space Telescope watches stunning supernova fade over a full year By Meghan Bartels Tens of millions of years ago, the corpse of a star stole away too much gas from a neighbor and exploded, becoming a beacon in the cosmos — one that took a full year to fade away.
Surprise! Asteroid Bennu sports pieces of another space rock By Elizabeth Howell Pieces of the asteroid Vesta made their way somehow to a much smaller world, the space rock Bennu, which is currently hosting a NASA spacecraft.
Volunteers wanted: NASA's Planet Patrol wants your help to find alien worlds By Mike Wall NASA just launched a citizen-science project called Planet Patrol, which asks volunteers around the world to sort through images collected by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
Japan's asteroid sample-return spacecraft Hayabusa2 gets extended mission By Doris Elin Urrutia The spacecraft will drop off its precious parcels and then swing back out into space towards another rocky destination.
What is a Satellite? By Elizabeth Howell Artificial satellites from Earth have only populated space since 1957, but there are now hundreds of thousands of objects from our planet in orbit.
A better way to search for traces of life on Mars — and beyond! (op-ed) By Patrick Gasda Meet OrganiCam, an instrument that could detect biological molecules on other worlds.
Zombie storms are rising from the dead thanks to climate change By Yasemin Saplakoglu Wildfires are burning the West Coast, hurricanes are flooding the Southeast — and some of those storms are rising from the dead.
Black holes so big we don't know how they form could be hiding in the universe By Paul Sutter Black holes can get big … really big. But just how big? It's possible they could top out at over a trillion times more massive than the sun.
We now know exactly how much radiation astronauts will face on the moon By Mike Wall We finally know what kind of radiation environment future moonwalkers will be stepping into.
Harvest Moon 2020: When and how to see October's full moon By Jesse Emspak The full moon of October 2020 also carries the title of the Harvest Moon for those living in the Northern Hemisphere.
On Mars, 4 supersalty lakes may be hiding under the south pole ice cap By Charles Q. Choi Remnants of water once found on the surface of Mars may be hidden in a handful of small lakes below the Red Planet's south pole, and more could exist, according to new research.
Climate scientists uncover new record-low temperature in Greenland By Brandon Specktor Climate archivists have found the coldest day ever in the Northern Hemisphere, set by Greenland in 1991
Stunning images from Hubble, Chandra, and more reveal value of space telescope teamwork By Elizabeth Howell NASA recently highlighted some collaborations between the Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes.
Climate fires and hurricanes collide in this shocking NASA satellite image By Brandon Specktor An epic series of satellite images shows smokes from the California wildfires clashing with hurricanes in the Eastern United States and Gulf Coast.
Gold miners discover 100 million-year-old meteorite crater Down Under By Laura Geggel About 100 million years ago, a gigantic meteorite collided with Australia, creating a 3-mile-wide impact crater.
Did a migrating Jupiter turn Venus into hell? By Paul Sutter The giant planet's long-ago migration likely had big impacts.
