First-ever 'space hurricane' detected over the North Pole By Brandon Specktor Astronomers detected the first-known 'space hurricane' raging over the North Pole for 8 hours in 2014, a new study found.
Physicists trap ultracold plasma in a magnetic bottle for the 1st time By Ben Turner Scientists want to use it to learn more about the sun and nuclear fusion.
Spotting UFOs: Do-it-yourself sky surveillance comes online By Leonard David If you are perplexed by reports of unidentified aerial phenomena and possible visitations of alien spacecraft, you can take action with do-it-yourself sky-monitoring gear.
NASA's Perseverance rover deploys wind sensor on Mars By Mike Wall NASA's Mars rover Perseverance continues getting up to speed on the Red Planet.
SpaceX successfully landed its giant Starship, but it exploded a few minutes later By Rafi Letzter We've got good news and bad news about the latest explosive SpaceX Starship test in Boca Chica, Texas.
Watch SpaceX launch and (hopefully) land its giant 10th Starship prototype today By Rafi Letzter SpaceX looks set to launch yet another Starship prototype over Texas today. Two previous tests ended in explosions.
Fireball lights up the night sky above UK as meteor breaks apart By Harry Baker An meteor breaking apart as it entered the atmosphere above the U.K. might be the most well documented fireball meteor ever seen.
Watch this giant iceberg break off from Antarctica By Chelsea Gohd The iceberg broke off after a crack formed in November 2020.
Japanese billionaire seeks 8 crewmembers for moon-bound mission on SpaceX's Starship By Chelsea Gohd Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is looking for eight crewmembers for a mission to the moon.
Planetary defense experts use infamous asteroid Apophis to practice spotting dangerous space rocks By Meghan Bartels Eight years after an asteroid exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, scientists are taking advantage of a flyby of the infamous asteroid Apophis to practice protecting Earth from space rocks.
Lab-grown black hole analog behaves just like Stephen Hawking said it would By Tim Childers Like mad scientists, researchers are creating miniature black holes in their laboratories. Their mission? To see if a mysterious form of radiation predicted by Stephen Hawking exists.
Perseverance is a tiny pale speck on Mars in this orbiter's eerie photo By Mindy Weisberger A camera on the ExoMars orbiter recently captured a photo showing a very, very tiny Perseverance on Mars.
How to see the full 'Snow Moon' and other celestial events this weekend By Patrick Pester Here's why February's full moon is sometimes called the "Snow Moon" and how to watch it and other celestial events this weekend.
Perseverance rover snaps gorgeous HD panorama of Mars landing site By Mike Wall Perseverance has captured a high-definition, 360-degree panorama of its surroundings on the floor of Mars' Jezero Crater, which harbored a lake and a river delta billions of years ago.
Ghost particle travels 750 million light-years, ends up buried under the Antarctic ice By Adam Mann Astronomers spot two highly delayed signals from two different black holes tearing apart stars in their vicinity.
Martian dust storms may spark electric purple glow By Brandon Specktor Colliding dust particles on Mars probably produce static electricity, a new experiment reveals.
There's a secret code in the Mars rover's parachute By Brandon Specktor NASA scientists teased the code's existence on Monday. The Internet solved it within 6 hours.
FAA closes investigation of SpaceX's Starship SN9's test-flight crash By Mike Wall The path is now much clearer for the test flight of SN9's successor, SN10.
Lumpy, 30-pound meteorite that crashed in Sweden recovered in local village By Stephanie Pappas Two meteor enthusiasts have found a piece of an iron meteorite that fell over Sweden in November 2020.
Watch the astonishing video of Perseverance landing on Mars By Rafi Letzter For the first time ever, you can watch video of a rover landing on Mars. It's amazing.
