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Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have gotten huge buried ocean from ringed planet's powerful pull

The discovery of vast subsurface seas on Saturn's tiny moon Mimas has redefined our view of what an ocean world can be. We may now know how this burie...

Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have gotten huge buried ocean from ringed planet's powerful pull

Mysterious dark matter may leave clues in 'strings of pearls' trailing our galaxy

Starting in late 2025, the Vera C. Rubin observatory will image the outskirts of our galaxy in search of dark matter clues.

Mysterious dark matter may leave clues in 'strings of pearls' trailing our galaxy

James Webb Space Telescope's 'shocking' discovery may hint at hidden exomoon around 'failed star'

JWST's surprise discovery of methane emissions and likely aurorae over a distant brown dwarf could indicate this "failed star" is orbited by an active...

James Webb Space Telescope's 'shocking' discovery may hint at hidden exomoon around 'failed star'

'I really like these suits.' Boeing's snazzy (and flexible) Starliner spacesuits have astronauts buzzing (exclusive)

Starliner will make its first trip to space with astronauts no earlier than May 6. The historic flight also marks the crewed debut of a new generation...

'I really like these suits.' Boeing's snazzy (and flexible) Starliner spacesuits have astronauts buzzing (exclusive)

Eyes hurt after the eclipse? Signs of retinal damage, explained

The total solar eclipse on April 8 plunged Syracuse, New York's Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology into darkness for 90 seconds, ...

Eyes hurt after the eclipse? Signs of retinal damage, explained

SETI chief says US has no evidence for alien technology. 'And we never have'

For the chief leader of the SETI Institute, established to search for and understand life beyond Earth, there's a need to step back and cuddle up to a...

SETI chief says US has no evidence for alien technology. 'And we never have'

What's left of the 2024 solar eclipse lives in our hearts

The 2024 solar eclipse, as seen from Indianapolis, connected strangers across a famous racetrack.

What's left of the 2024 solar eclipse lives in our hearts

Uranus and Neptune aren't made of what we thought, new study hints

A study suggests the ice giants Uranus and Neptune aren't quite as watery as previously thought. They may also contain huge amounts of frozen methane,...

Uranus and Neptune aren't made of what we thought, new study hints

Exotic 'Einstein ring' suggests that mysterious dark matter interacts with itself

The unexplained mass of a remarkably massive galaxy suggests that dark matter interacts with itself, according to new observations by the James Webb S...

Exotic 'Einstein ring' suggests that mysterious dark matter interacts with itself

Boeing Starliner spacecraft rolls out to Atlas V rocket ahead of 1st astronaut launch (photos)

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft moved between buildings at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to get ready for launch. Its first astronaut mission i...

Boeing Starliner spacecraft rolls out to Atlas V rocket ahead of 1st astronaut launch (photos)

'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 4 blasts onto Blu-ray and DVD on April 16

A preview of the "Star Trek: Lower Decks" Season 4 Blu-ray and DVD, which was released today (April 16).

'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 4 blasts onto Blu-ray and DVD on April 16

Monster black hole seen feeding on nearby matter just 1 billion years after Big Bang (photos)

The robotic telescopes of the Virtual Telescope Project have observed a quasar powered by a supermassive black hole 3 billion times as massive as the ...

Monster black hole seen feeding on nearby matter just 1 billion years after Big Bang (photos)

Will the constellations ever change?

BepiColombo spotted an outpour of carbon and oxygen atoms in Venus' fragile magnetic environment

Will the constellations ever change?

Switzerland signs Artemis Accords to join NASA in moon exploration

Switzerland became the 37th country to sign the Artemis Accords for peaceful moon exploration with NASA on April 15, following the inclusion of Greece...

Switzerland signs Artemis Accords to join NASA in moon exploration

James Webb Space Telescope full-size model to be displayed by Space Foundation

To see the premier astronomical observatory in its full-size glory, you need to go to Lagrange Point 2, a location farther away than anyone has travel...

James Webb Space Telescope full-size model to be displayed by Space Foundation

Dark energy could be getting weaker, suggesting the universe will end in a 'Big Crunch'

The first year of Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) data seems to show that dark energy is weakening over time, possibly the biggest cosmolo...

Dark energy could be getting weaker, suggesting the universe will end in a 'Big Crunch'

Record breaker! Milky Way's most monstrous stellar-mass black hole is sleeping giant lurking close to Earth

Astronomers have discovered the most massive stellar-born black hole ever seen in the Milky Way, and it lies relatively close to Earth.

Record breaker! Milky Way's most monstrous stellar-mass black hole is sleeping giant lurking close to Earth

I flew Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in 4 different simulators. Here's what I learned (video, photos)

Boeing Starliner astronauts spent hundreds of hours in simulators preparing for Crew Test Flight, which lifts off May 6. I got a brief taste of what t...

I flew Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in 4 different simulators. Here's what I learned (video, photos)

NASA's Mars sample return plan is getting a major overhaul: 'The bottom line is $11 billion is too expensive'

NASA is asking its various research centers as well as private industry for new ideas about how to get Mars samples back to Earth relatively quickly a...

NASA's Mars sample return plan is getting a major overhaul: 'The bottom line is $11 billion is too expensive'

NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara missed the total solar eclipse, but saw Earth 'moving' below her during spacewalk (photos)

NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara missed watching an eclipse from the ISS by days. But she did participate in the 4th all-woman spacewalk, and has a unique ...

NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara missed the total solar eclipse, but saw Earth 'moving' below her during spacewalk (photos)