Space & Astronomy
Vampire black hole is a 'cosmic particle accelerator' that...
A distant microquasar, composed of a black hole feeding on a companion star, has jets that create shockwaves. These waves could accelerate...
Pentagon moves to declassify some secret space programs...
Some officials at the Pentagon have been calling for such a new classification policy for years.
Chinese astronauts check out newly delivered space station...
Astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station have entered the newly arrived Tianzhou 7 cargo spacecraft to begin sorting and checking...
Lost asteroid 2007 FT3 unlikely to hit Earth in 2024, NASA...
A 54-million-ton asteroid that was previously believed to be headed toward Earth will not be hitting our planet this year, according...
This record-breaking black hole could solve a galactic...
NASA imaged the oldest and most distant black hole ever seen. The void's huge mass and age may provide researchers with more insights...
NASA surprised to discover 'dinky' moon orbiting asteroid...
NASA snapped a picture of an asteroid in an outer belt near Mars, which had a tiny moon orbiting the space rock called Dinkinesh....
The NASA model of the Asteroid Bennu has carbon and water
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has returned the largest sample of carbon-rich planetary material ever sent to Earth
India to build its own space station in space by 2030
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has said that it plans to build its own space station in space by 2030.
There are two approaches for scientists to find gravitational...
From lasers in space to falling atoms on Earth, researchers are cooking up ways to sense gravitational waves that current methods...
Galaxy shapes can help identify wrinkles in space caused...
A new method to detect Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the universe could help measure cosmic distances more accurately.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission almost bit the dust — then Queen...
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will soon return to Earth. What's on board could reveal the extraterrestrial origins of life on Earth.
Russia says its Luna-25 lunar lander has crashed into the...
Luna-25, which Russia had hoped would land at the south pole of the moon, crashed into the moon on Aug. 19 after an orbital maneuver...
Russia's Luna-25 moon lander suffers 'emergency situation'...
Russia's Luna-25 moon lander suffered 'an emergency situation' during a maneuver in lunar orbit today (Aug. 19), putting the fate...
NASA's upcoming Psyche mission will test next-gen laser...
"DSOC was designed to demonstrate 10 to 100 times the data-return capacity of state-of-the-art radio systems used in space today"
China launches Fengyun-3F meteorological satellite to orbit
China has added a new satellite to its fleet of meteorological spacecraft.
SpaceX launches 15 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at...
SpaceX launched 15 more of its Starlink internet satellites Monday night (Aug. 7) and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea.
SpaceX's private control of satellite internet concerns...
Military leaders around the world have expressed concerns over the dominance of SpaceX founder Elon Musk when it comes to satellite-based...
Curious Kids: What comes after space?
To find out what is beyond space, a good place to start would be to figure out where space – our universe – ends. The problem is we...
NASA hears Voyager 2 'heartbeat' after accidentally cutting...
NASA scientists announced Tuesday afternoon that the Deep Space Network of antennae had picked up a carrier signal from the Voyager...
Hubble Space Telescope sees planet around red dwarf star...
NASA says astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have witnessed a young planet around a red dwarf star 32 light-years from Earth...
