Space

In a post on Facebook this past weekend, NASA's Meteor Watch group shared information about a fireball that lit up parts of Alabama...

When people hear the phrase "water world," their first thought is often a long-repressed memory of that Kevin Costner...

China is attempting the world's first-ever mission to the dark side of the Moon. We've known about China's newest lunar mission for a...

It's easy to look at Jupiter's 63 moons and feel a little left out: Earth has only one moon and – although it's pretty nice –...

The exoplanet KELT-9b is hot. Extremely hot. Almost star-level hot. For comparison, the hottest planet in our solar system, Venus,...

They say big things come in small packages, right? Astronomers didn't think that sentiment would apply to a small package like Fornax...

Right now, there's a life-or-death drama going on in one of NASA's control rooms as scientists and technicians desperately wait for a...

The Space Force doesn't officially exist yet, but they may already have their hands full dealing with Russia. Reuters reports that...

Every year around this time, at least since 36CE, a light show has commanded the attention of skywatchers around the world. Named...

Most people imagine space as a giant, empty void, but it turns out there's a lot more "stuff" floating around than we expected...

If you think losing a $20 bill to a washing machine is painful, try putting yourself in NASA's shoes. The space agency lost contact...

Jupiter has long held stargazers in thrall with swirling tiger stripes punctuated by a carnelian storm. Now scientists from the United...

Two of Jupiter’s moons are generating electromagnetic waves up to one million times stronger than their host planet.Scientists are...

We're still waiting for NASA's TESS satellite to significantly grow the list of known exoplanets, but that doesn't mean that...

When Icarus ignored Daedalus' warning not to fly to close to the sun, things didn't end well for the hapless flyer. This weekend, NASA...

You need to see this.NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched the official start of its mission to scan the skies...

A megaplanet thirteen times the size of Jupiter has emerged from the darkness wrapped in a glowing aurora. This behemoth does not...

When you think of comets – those glorious snowballs blazing through the night sky – you probably picture a fiery, star-white...

Something outside our galaxy is signaling us. An unnaturally-deep fast radio burst came booming out of the skies and astronomers are...

A new mineral has been discovered in a meteorite in Eastern Russia, and scientists are sure that it is never been found on our planet...