Russia tests anti-satellite missile and the US Space Force is not happy By Chelsea Gohd Russia just fired an anti-satellite missile in a test of technology that the U.S. Space Force considers a threat to American orbital assets.
'Dancing' star's weird, spirograph orbit proves Einstein right (again) By Brandon Specktor Astronomers tracked the orbit of a star around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, and found its path exactly matched Einstein's theory of general relativity.
Flickers of light in a giant, underground tank of water in Japan could explain the entire universe By Rafi Letzter There's an asymmetry between the universe's matter and antimatter. This experiment might explain why.
NASA funds proposal to build a telescope on the far side of the moon By Yasemin Saplakoglu This proposed mesh telescope would let us gaze out into the dark cosmos, unhindered by our planet's atmosphere and radio interferences.
Weird star explosion is brightest supernova ever seen By Mike Wall A mammoth star explosion known as SN2016aps, which occurred in a galaxy about 3.6 billion light-years from Earth, is the brightest supernova ever seen, a new study reports.
New origin story of 'Oumuamua interstellar visitor does not involve aliens By Mike Wall The mysterious interstellar object 'Oumuamua is probably a fragment of a larger body that was torn apart by gravitational forces during a close flyby of its native star, a new study suggests.
Live Science podcast "Life's Little Mysteries" 20: Mysterious black holes By Live Science Staff In this episode of Life's Little Mysteries, we'll take a closer look at black holes, the mysterious cosmic objects that have a gravitational pull so strong that not even light can escape.
A huge cloud of invisible particles seems to be missing from the Milky Way By Rafi Letzter A key signal for a certain kind of dark matter failed to turn up in a search throughout the Milky Way. Now scientists are disagreeing about what that means.
Hubble image reveals the mighty baby stars that will probably destroy the 'Pillars of Creation' By Brandon Specktor A new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope revisits the iconic "Pillars of Creation" in infrared light.
Apollo 13 at 50: How NASA turned near disaster at the moon into a 'successful failure' in space By Chelsea Gohd Fifty years ago today (April 11), three astronauts launched to space, poised to be the next humans to walk on the moon. But things didn't exactly go according to plan.
Mercury probe snaps stunning photos of our planet during Earth flyby By Meghan Bartels A spacecraft bound for Mercury beamed home stunning views of Earth during a crucial flyby conducted early today (April 10).
How to see tonight's pink supermoon, the largest full moon of 2020 By Laura Geggel Want to see the pink moon? Here's how.
What smacked Uranus on its side? Something icy and as massive as Earth, scientists say. By Mike Wall Astronomers have worked out details of the giant impact that knocked Uranus so famously askew.
Heavy-metal alien planet may be shaped like a football By Charles Q. Choi An exoplanet may be shaped like an American football due to the mighty gravitational forces it experiences close to its star, a new study finds.
Chinese rocket sells for $5.6 million in livestreamed auction: report By Chelsea Gohd An anonymous patron purchased a real-life rocket for $5.6 million during an online, livestreamed auction on April Fools Day.
1,400-year-old mystery of strange 'red sign' in Japan's sky solved By Meghan Bartels A scarlet fan spread across the skies over Japan 1,400 years ago, and it's been puzzling astronomers ever since.
20 sci-fi movies and TV shows to binge watch on Netflix right now By Scott Snowden Sit out the coronavirus storm safely on your sofa and soak up some sci-fi at the same time .
Stratolaunch to launch hypersonic vehicles from world's biggest airplane By Mike Wall Stratolaunch has found another use for the biggest airplane ever built.
Live Science podcast "Life's Little Mysteries" 16: Mysterious Aliens By Live Science Staff In this episode of Life's Little Mysteries, we'll take a closer look a scientific mystery that's a favorite topic here at Live Science: aliens.
Coronavirus pandemic's global impact seen from space in chilling satellite images By Hanneke Weitering The global response to the novel coronavirus pandemic is so intense that it's visible from space.
