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NASA shuts off another Voyager 1 instrument ahead of risky 'Big Bang' maneuver to save powerAfter nearly 50 years in space, the two Voyager spacecraft are very low on nuclear power. Voyager 1 just shut off another instrument to save the mission.
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The moon is green and brown? Why scientists are already excited about Artemis II's historic lunar photosAs Earth reels at the beauty of Artemis II's historic lunar flyby photos, geologists working on the mission are excited for big insights about the moon.
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A 'mass migration' of stars from the Milky Way's center could explain why there's life in our solar systemThe Gaia telescope spotted more than 6,000 sunlike stars, all of which appear to have migrated from the galaxy's center more than 4 billion years ago.
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Rubin Observatory alerts scientists to 800,000 changes in the sky in one nightThe Vera C. Rubin Observatory sent scientists nearly 1 million astronomy alerts in one night, showing off changes in the sky. Eventually, the telescope is expected to reach 7 million alerts per night.
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Fresh look at Apollo moon rocks solves decades-old lunar mysteryThe lunar rocks collected by Apollo astronauts suggested the moon had a strong magnetic field. A new analysis shows the opposite.
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James Webb telescope spots giant auroras rolling through Uranus' atmosphereJWST observed Uranus for nearly a full rotation, charting the planet's upper atmosphere and magnetic environment for the first time.
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Radio signal discovered at the center of our galaxy could put Einstein's relativity to the testScientists hope to probe the nature of general relativity through a possible pulsar found in the center of the Milky Way, near a supermassive black hole.
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Star-killing black hole is one of the most energetic objects in the universeScientists say a jet from a previously studied supermassive black hole has grown brighter, becoming one of the most energetic events in the universe.
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Life-friendly molecules are leaking out of Jupiter's giant moon EuropaA new finding of ammonia on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa could have important implications for the search for extraterrestrial life.
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AI spots 'jellyfish,' 'hamburgers' and other unexplainable objects in Hubble telescope dataAI helped researchers probe the Hubble Space Telescope's archive to find strange celestial objects, including some indescribable by science.
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An ocean the size of the Arctic once covered half of Mars, new images hintMars may have been a "blue planet" with an ocean the size of today's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests.
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Strange, 'starved' galaxy died 'a death of 1,000 cuts' in the ancient universe, JWST revealsA supermassive black hole embedded in an early galaxy likely starved the galaxy of gas needed to form young stars, new observations revealed.
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Oddball 'platypus galaxies' spotted by James Webb telescope may challenge our understanding of galaxy formationAstronomers spotted nine galaxies with characteristics that have never been seen as a collection before. It's possible this is a newly found type of star-forming galaxy.
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James Webb telescope confirms a supermassive black hole running away from its host galaxy at 2 million mph, researchers sayJWST peered at the glowing trail of stars left behind by a candidate runaway supermassive black hole deep in space, revealing new insights after other telescopes looked at the event.
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Vera C. Rubin Observatory discovers enormous, record-breaking asteroid in first 7 nights of observationsIn its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has discovered an enormous, fast-spinning asteroid that sets a new record.
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'What the heck is this?' James Webb telescope spots inexplicable planet with diamonds and soot in its atmosphereScientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging all explanations.
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Saturn's largest moon may be riddled with 'slushy tunnels' that contain alien life, new study hintsDecades ago, a spacecraft suggested Saturn's largest moon, Titan, had an ocean. New observations suggest that the liquid may look more like slush.
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The UN's International Asteroid Warning Network is closely watching comet 3I/ATLAS. Here's why.Tracking comets accurately is hard. A new effort with the U.N. and NASA aims to better chart these visitors using 3I/ATLAS.
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Rarrr! James Webb telescope spots 'monster stars' leaking nitrogen in the early universeResearchers using the James Webb Space Telescope spotted huge stars leaking nitrogen in an early galaxy, hinting that such 'monster stars' might have been the source of ancient supermassive black holes.
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Historic search for 'huge missing piece' of the universe reveals new secrets of particle physicsScientists hunted dark matter and solar neutrinos with one of the largest experiments yet. While the neutrinos likely appeared, dark matter results couldn't be confirmed.
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JWST spots a planet chasing its own atmosphere through spaceNew James Webb telescope observations of the 'super-puff' planet WASP-107b show that the exoplanet's runaway atmosphere is frantically escaping into space.
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Did a NASA telescope really 'see' dark matter? Strange gamma-rays spark bold claims, but scientists urge cautionA new study says observations from the NASA Fermi space telescope suggest a halo of dark matter around the center of our galaxy, but more information is needed to confirm the result.
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Blue Origin New Glenn rocket: New launch window for historic Mars mission after solar storm delayTwin Mars spacecraft were due to launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket on Nov. 12, but an active sun prompted NASA to delay its mission until Thursday (Nov. 13).
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Scientists detect monster blast from nearby star that could rip the atmosphere off a planetIn a small blow to the search for extraterrestrial life, a nearby star shot out a strong enough coronal mass ejection to strip away the atmosphere of any rocky planets that could have been in the way.
