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.
Astronomers find the fastest spinning black hole to date By Tim Childers The first black hole ever discovered just put on a lot of mass, and it has astronomers confused.
Cosmologists create 4,000 virtual universes to solve Big Bang mystery By Stephanie Pappas Cosmologists simulated 4,000 versions of the universe in order to understand what its structure today tells us about its origins.
Now that Perseverance has landed on Mars, what will the rover do inside Jezero Crater? By Adam Mann Looking at the engineering and science behind selecting samples for NASA's Perseverance rover.
Perseverance beams back first images of Mars By Rafi Letzter NASA's Perseverance rover sent home two images immediately upon its successful landing on the Martian surface Thursday (Feb. 18).
NASA rover Perseverance survives death-defying plunge, lands safely on Mars By Rafi Letzter NASA's rhinoceros-size Perseverance rover pulled off the most precise landing in Martian history Thursday (Feb. 18), touching down successfully in Jezero crater.
Planet 9 probably doesn't exist, new paper argues By Rafi Letzter Does the solar system really have a big, dark ninth planet drifting somewhere far beyond the orbit of Neptune? A new paper argues that Planet 9 is a statistical mirage.
Here's how NASA will safely land a $2.7 billion rhino-sized rover in a dangerous Martian crater By Rafi Letzter Nothing like this has ever been done before.
Watch NASA's Perseverance rover land on Mars By Stephanie Pappas Follow along as the Mars rover Perseverance lands on Mars on Feb. 18. Don't miss out on the final 7 minutes of terror.
What is the cosmological constant? By Adam Mann What we know about the history and properties of "Einstein's biggest mistake," the cosmological constant
A new 7 minutes of terror: See the nail-biting Mars landing of NASA's Perseverance rover in this video By Mike Wall Perseverance will attempt to land inside Mars’ Jezero Crater on Feb. 18. A new video shows how the spacecraft’s harrowing entry, descent and landing will work.
Scientists find first evidence of rare Higgs boson decay By Chelsea Gohd Scientists have spotted the first evidence of a rare Higgs boson decay, expanding our understanding of the strange quantum universe.
Photo tour of Jezero Crater: Here's where Perseverance landed on Mars By Jeanna Bryner Here's a look at Mars' Jezero Crater, the gorgeous basin where the Perseverance rover touched down and is looking for signs of ancient microbial life.
White dwarfs wear the crushed corpses of planets in their atmospheres By Brandon Specktor When a star collapses into a white dwarf, it throws its solar system into total chaos. Sometimes, that chaos leaves a mark in its atmosphere.
Cause of mysterious dark streaks on Mars found By Chris Ciaccia Landslides may be causing mysterious dark streaks on the Martian surface, scientists have found.
Scientists prepare for their last good look at asteroid Apophis before 2029 flyby By Meghan Bartels On March 5, wave hello to the most infamous asteroid that won't slam into Earth in 2029. Scientists sure will.
'Extraterrestrial crystal ball' hits the auction block at Christie's By Mindy Weisberger Spectacular space rocks from Mars and the moon could fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars at a Christie's auction.
'Farfarout' is most distant object in our solar system. But it's not Planet Nine. By Rafi Letzter There's a dwarf planet in our solar system, far beyond the orbit of Pluto, that swings so far away from the sun that from its perspective Earth and Saturn look like neighbors.
