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Could a powerful solar storm wipe out the internet?Space weather has been known to cause power outages and disrupt satellite function. Is the internet safe?
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See Saturn disappear in eerie, unfinished James Webb telescope imagesThe James Webb Space Telescope's new images of Saturn aren't finished, but they're still mind-blowingly cool.
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A 'captured' alien planet may be hiding at the edge of our solar system — and it's not 'Planet X'The cold and mysterious Oort cloud at the edge of our solar system may be hiding a rogue exoplanet, new research suggests.
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Bizarre object hotter than the sun is orbiting a distant star at breakneck speedScientists have discovered a weird celestial object that's blurring the line between planet and star.
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Scientists have finally discovered how photosynthesis starts — by setting it off with a single photonFor the first time, researchers have observed how just one particle of light can trigger photosynthesis in bacteria — finally revealing the first step of the crucial process.
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The Apollo moon landing was real, but NASA's quarantine procedure was notNASA officials overestimated their ability to contain alien microbes after the first moon landing, a new analysis suggests.
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Enormous structure discovered near doomed galaxy group is the longest galactic 'tail' ever seenThe 1.5-million-light-year-long gas trail was caused by a group of galaxies moving 3 million miles per hour
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers oldest organic molecules in the known universe, 12 billion light-years from EarthAstronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered evidence of complex organic molecules in a galaxy 12.3 billion light-years away — the furthest and oldest ever detected.
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NASA uncovers shattered remains of Japanese lunar lander that mysteriously disappeared on April 25Japan's private Hakuto-R spacecraft broke into at least four large pieces of debris, according to new images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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China's mysterious space plane released an unidentified 'object' in orbit, US intelligence revealsHere's what we know (and don't know) about China's mysterious space plane, which just landed after nine months in orbit on a secret mission.
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James Webb telescope spots ancient water frozen in a near-Earth comet — and scientists want to collect itA new analysis of a comet in the asteroid belt reveals frozen water from the early solar system, hinting at the origins of water on Earth.
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'Runaway black hole,' or sneaky galaxy in disguise? Experts are conflicted.A rogue black hole may not be to blame for a mysterious streak of stars coursing through space, a new study suggests.
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Astronomers find remnants of the oldest stars in the universeA gas cloud 13 billion light-years away may be the resting place of some of the earliest stars in the universe.
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For the 1st time, scientists confirm the moon has a solid iron 'heart' just like EarthAfter more than 50 years, scientists finally confirmed that the moon has a solid inner core, just like Earth.
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China's malfunctioning Mars rover may have found evidence of recent water on the Red PlanetData from China's unresponsive Zhurong rover suggests that Mars had snow and frost as recently as 400,000 years ago.
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Days before dying, Japan's lunar lander snaps glorious photo of Earth during a total solar eclipseJapan's Hakuto-R lander may have crashed on the moon, but the spacecraft still sent back valuable images.
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Dinosaur-killing asteroid did not trigger a long 'nuclear winter' after allGlobal temperatures did not plummet in the aftermath of the asteroid impact that caused the demise of the dinosaurs, a new study suggests.
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NASA discovers ultra-rare 'double quasar' about to collide into an unbelievably massive black holeA rare double quasar system 10 billion light-years away could help astronomers uncover the secrets of the early universe.
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Students set to land first US rover on the moon — before NASAStudents at Carnegie Mellon University are sending America's first lunar rover to the moon this May, beating NASA to the punch by about a year.
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New type of black hole found lurking in Earth's 'cosmic backyard' is closest ever discoveredThe two closest black holes to Earth, named Gaia BH1 and BH2, may be part of a rare class of black holes never seen before, new research suggests.
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Rare red asteroids around Neptune could reveal the secrets of the early solar systemScientists have observed that some of Neptune's Trojan asteroids are deep red, possibly revealing what asteroids may have been like in the early days of the solar system.
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How do you decontaminate objects exposed to radioactivity?Can a person or object exposed to high radioactivity just take a shower with soap and water, or is more needed for decontamination?
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Why is it so hard to walk on sand?Sand is difficult to walk or run across. But why?
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Ancient platypus-like fossil could rewrite the history of egg-laying mammalsFossils of a 70 million-year-old platypus relative called Patagorhynchus pascuali found in South America show that egg-laying mammals evolved on more than one continent.
