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A groundbreaking survey in Nature Astronomy reveals a surprising consensus among scientists: the majority believe that alien life exists.
Mars is a strange place and any humans born there are bound to look radically different over thousands or even hundreds of years of separation from Earth.
Beyond this symbolic achievement, the mission aims to explore the Moon’s south pole, searching for water ice and resources essential for future human exploration.
ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo mission recently completed its last flyby of Mercury, revealing stunning details about the planet's volcanic plains and icy craters.
Researchers have long known about the formidable scale of the Dmanisis Gora fortress, but a recent study has unveiled its true magnitude. Using drone-based imagery and photogrammetry, a team of scientists has revealed that this 3,000-year-old structure in the Caucasus Mountains spans an astonishing 60 to 80 hectares. A cultural crossroads The South Caucasus is […]
The research group observed a galaxy nearly 6.5 billion light-years from Earth; when the universe was half its current age.
Until now, the thinking was that Pluto and Charon formed like Earth and our Moon. New research has flipped that script.
In 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless II made history—and defied human instinct—by stepping into the vast void of space untethered.
The ring might have acted like a giant sunshade, causing a cooling effect that might have unleashed an ice age.
The revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope and next-gen radio telescopes are probing what’s known as the epoch of reionization. It holds clues to the first stars and galaxies, and perhaps the nature of dark matter.
NASA has captured the holiday spirit in space with stunning images of NGC 602 and NGC 2264.
Noctis Mons marks a monumental volcanic discovery on Mars, reshaping our understanding of the Red Planet's geology.
Understanding how heat moves through the lunar regolith can help scientists understand how the Moon's interior formed.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a massive, dormant black hole from just 800 million years after the Big Bang.
Mars isn’t just a cold, barren rock. Anthropologists argue that the tracks of rovers and broken probes are archaeological treasures.
Now scientists won't have to travel from one place to another to observe solar eclipses. They can create their own eclipses lasting for hours.
A gamma-ray flare from a black hole 6.5 billion times the Sun’s mass leaves scientists stunned.
Astronauts aboard the ISS are brewing more than just discoveries — they’re testing how sake ferments in space.
Sun-like stars release massive quantities of radiation into space more often than previously believed.
A white dwarf/M dwarf binary could be the secret.
Two spacecraft will create artificial eclipses to study the Sun’s corona.
Warm days may ignite the Red Planet’s huge dust storms.
A new technique allowed scientists to spot the smallest asteroids ever detected in the main belt.
New data confirms a puzzling rift in the universe's expansion rate.
When Neil Armstrong first stepped onto the moon in 1969, his words, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” rippled throughout humanity. Our species had arrived on another celestial body, marking one of our most outstanding achievements in history. Yet, despite the overwhelming evidence, some conspiracy theorists still doubt that man actually […]
The existence of another watery world in the outer solar system may offer clues to how such seas form — and hope for another spot to search for life
NASA’s New Horizons mission revolutionized our view of Pluto, revealing a vibrant, geologically active world full of surprises.
A new study sheds some additional light on the hellscape that is Venus.
New research on asteroid Ryugu samples reveals an unexpected culprit: Earth microbes.
A zircon crystal from a Martian meteorite unlocks secrets of a water-rich, dynamic Mars 4.45 billion years ago.
James Webb's infrared vision sheds light on star-forming regions in the Sombrero Galaxy.
The powerful shockwave caused by the galactic collision is akin to a "sonic boom from a jet fighter."
Astronomers zoom in on a red supergiant in its final death throes 160,000 light-years away.
NASA's research could provide useful information as humans venture farther out into space.
That Einstein guy really was smart.
Like the Sun, black holes also have a corona.
New observations suggest that the universe’s oldest galaxies are brighter than expected. Here's why this may be a big deal.
NASA’s new laser technology brings deep space communication closer to broadband speeds.
China's redesigned Long March 9 rocket signals a shift toward reusable, Starship-like spacecraft.
Everyone can express their vote, even if they're not on the planet.
The fall of the radio telescope was the result of many overlooked warning signs.
Back-up plans can be timeless.
Japanese scientists argue that the Milky Way's black hole is shaped like an elongated oval rather than like a "doughnut."
Now that's what I call a return on investment.
Could elusive axions be gathering in dense clouds around neutron stars? Some scientists certainly think so.
A new study calculates where photosynthetic microbes might survive under Martian ice.
The Intelsat 33e satellite's breakup raises serious concerns about space debris.
Scientists can find new things even in the most well-studied black holes.
A secret star orbiting Betelgeuse could solve the mystery of its pulsating brightness.
An asteroid's orbit may reveal an invisible fifth force that could rewrite the rules of physics.
