Curiosity rover finds cute little rock 'lizard' on Mars By Stephanie Pappas 04 August 2021 A small rock arch in Gale Crater is a whimsical example of the textures of Mars.
Seeing things on Mars: A history of Martian illusions By Natalie Wolchover, Stephanie Pappas 03 August 2021 In this vast and lonely universe, are Earthlings just desperate for next door neighbors to play with?
Space station mishap with Russian module more serious than NASA first reported By Chelsea Gohd 03 August 2021 A Russian module accidentally pushed the International Space Station out of place. Now, a NASA flight director has revealed that the event was even more serious than initially reported.
Astronomers catch fizzled-out gamma-ray burst from supernova By Charles Q. Choi 02 August 2021 A fizzled example of a gamma-ray burst, the most powerful kind of explosion known in the universe, suggests these outbursts can be surprisingly brief, researchers say.
What does the edge of the solar system look like? By Randyn Bartholomew 02 August 2021 Far-flung spacecraft are helping us learn about the solar system's edge.
Look up! Saturn shines bright, shows off rings as it reaches opposition. By Doris Elin Salazar 01 August 2021 Starting Monday (Aug. 2), you can find Saturn shining in the sky as part of a celestial phenomenon called opposition.
Buried 'lakes' on Mars may just be frozen clay By Charles Q. Choi 30 July 2021 Bright reflections that radar detected beneath the south pole of Mars may not be underground lakes as previously thought but deposits of clay instead, a new study finds.
Rocket Lab is back in business, with launch of US military satellite By Mike Wall 30 July 2021 The company's Electron rocket launched a small satellite for the U.S. military early Thursday morning (July 29), acing its first mission since a failure in mid-May.
Scientists transform water into shiny, golden metal By Nicoletta Lanese 30 July 2021 In a new experiment, scientists turned water into a shiny, yellowish metal.
Light from behind a black hole spotted for 1st time, proving Einstein right By Ben Turner 29 July 2021 Scientists hope to use this new discovery to better understand how space-time warps and bends in the presence of massive objects like black holes.
Water vapor detected on huge Jupiter moon Ganymede for 1st time By Charles Q. Choi 29 July 2021 In the wisp-thin sky of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest satellite in the solar system, astronomers have for the first time detected evidence of water vapor, a new study finds.
What are asteroids? By Adam Mann 28 July 2021 Information about asteroids, where they come from and whether one might hit Earth.
Was Lord Kelvin wrong? 3D-printed shape casts doubt on his 150-year-old theory By Ben Turner 28 July 2021 A 150-year-old theory about an otherworldly shape proposed by Lord Kelvin, one of history's greatest physicists, has finally been put to the test — and his conjecture is now in doubt.
Most complete map of black holes captured by German X-ray space telescope By Tereza Pultarova 28 July 2021 A German X-ray mission is mapping the distribution of black holes and neutron stars in the Universe, having discovered over two million such new objects in less than two years since its launch.
Astronaut watches Russian space station module fall from space in fiery demise (photos) By Meghan Bartels 28 July 2021 On Monday (July 26), astronauts said goodbye to a cornerstone of the International Space Station and captured stunning images of the compartment burning up in Earth's atmosphere.
Fireball streaks across North Texas, creating light show and sonic boom By Stephanie Pappas 27 July 2021 A fireball streaked across North Texas last night, leading to several hundred witness reports of a bright flash and sonic boom.
Flashing meteor that exploded over Norway landed somewhere in a nearby forest By Ben Turner 26 July 2021 Scientists believe the ultra-fast object landed in a densely-forested area near the capital, Oslo. It could take up to ten years to find.
Harvard-led team to search cosmos for extraterrestrial space tech and UFOs By Mindy Weisberger 26 July 2021 A multi-institutional research team will seek evidence of technologies crafted by intelligent alien civilizations — living and extinct.
Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, has died By Tia Ghose 24 July 2021 The physicist unified two of the four fundamental forces.
Asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza to fly (safely) by Earth Sunday By Jeanna Bryner 24 July 2021 An asteroid about as long as the Great Pyramid of Giza is tall will make a "close" approach with Earth on Sunday (July 25), according to NASA calculations.
