NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity takes off on historic 1st powered flight on another world By Mike Wall NASA's Ingenuity helicopter lifted off on the Red Planet early this morning (April 19), performing the first-ever powered flight on a world beyond Earth.
Watch two black holes bend the daylights out of space-time in this trippy NASA visualization By Mindy Weisberger A simulated binary system animation shows how extreme gravity warps two black holes locked in a mesmerizing "dance."
Scientists paint best portrait yet of closest known fast radio burst By Meghan Bartels Scientists have uncovered more details about perhaps the most famous repeating fast radio burst, a mysterious phenomenon astronomers cannot yet explain.
Dying white dwarf stars may explode like a nuclear bomb By Charles Q. Choi When a white dwarf star explodes as a supernova, it may be detonating like a nuclear weapon on Earth, a new study finds.
Russia is going back to the moon this year By Meghan Bartels Russia is revisiting its Soviet space heritage for a new series of missions that will take the nation back to the moon.
How to watch the Lyrid meteor shower By Stephanie Pappas The Lyrid meteor shows will light up the skies from April 16 to April 30. Here's how to watch.
How are asteroids, space weather and space debris detected before they hit Earth? By Andrew May, How It Works magazine The European Space Agency’s Space Situational Awareness program is tackling the problem on three fronts.
Will we ever know exactly how the universe ballooned into existence? By Paul Sutter Physicists have long been unable to describe what happened just after the Big Bang when a teensy blip ballooned into the universe, a process called inflation. We may know why.
Telescope lasers could give humanity an edge in war against space junk By Rafi Letzter Space junk is a growing problem. Scientists want to fight it with lasers that can de-twinkle the stars.
After 48-year search, physicists discover ultra-rare 'triple glueball' particle By Rafi Letzter A never-before-seen particle known as the odderon has revealed itself in the hot guts of two particle colliders, confirming a 48-year-old theory.
Fireball meteor burns up over South Florida By Nicoletta Lanese The meteor was spotted at about 10 p.m. local time on April 12.
Strange blue structures glow on Mars in new NASA image By Brandon Specktor A lovely new image of the Martian north pole shows the Red Planet streaked with blue.
Yuri Gagarin: How the first man in space sparked a conspiracy theory By David Crookes, All About Space magazine Gagarin became the first of humankind to blast off into space on April 12, 1961, but rumors continue to circulate that another cosmonaut had beaten him to the punch days before.
NASA delays Mars helicopter Ingenuity's 1st flight to April 14 By Meghan Bartels NASA has delayed the first flight of its Mars helicopter Ingenuity after the vehicle's last test ended earlier than planned.
NASA to land 1st person of color on the moon with Artemis program By Chelsea Gohd NASA will land the first person of color in addition to the first woman on the moon with the Artemis program, NASA's Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk revealed today (April 9).
NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity is 'go' for historic 1st flight on Sunday By Elizabeth Howell Humanity's first helicopter on Mars has been cleared for a historic takeoff.
NASA detects rare 'double quasar' in ancient corner of the universe By Brandon Specktor Astronomers just detected two pairs of rare 'double quasars' about 10 billion light-years away. They are the oldest in the known universe.
Two satellites might collide at 32,000 mph over the Arctic today By Rafi Letzter There's a 20% chance of a disastrous collision, according to the European Union.
Astronomers detect a bright-blue bridge of stars, and it's about to blow By Ben Turner Astrophysicists think a newly discovered region of the Milky Way could provide hints about the evolution of our galaxy and its potentially violent past.
The Great North American Solar Eclipse of 2024 is just 3 years away By Joe Rao Three years from today, on Monday, April 8, 2024, more than half a billion people across North America have the chance to see another Great American Solar Eclipse.
