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James Webb telescope discovers 'naked' black hole that somehow formed before its own galaxyAstronomers weighed a black hole in a "little red dot" discovered by the James Webb telescope. They found it to be so overmassive that it may have formed before its host galaxy had a chance to develop.
By Shreejaya Karantha Published
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NASA administrator hails 'Golden Age' of lunar exploration as Moon Base plans unveiledThe space agency described the moon base as a sprawling city-like lunar outpost stretching over hundreds of square miles.
By Pandora Dewan Published
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Brilliant-green fireball meteor explodes over erupting volcano in the PhilippinesMultiple videos show a rare "fireball" meteor breaking apart with a flash of emerald light over the erupting Mount Mayon. Initial reports suggested that the falling space rock hit the volcano, but this was untrue.
By Harry Baker Published
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Bizarre patterns on Venus have scientists puzzledScientists are trying to understand Venus' bright surface formations, called coronae, using new 3D maps.
By Bruce Dorminey Published
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The solar system's largest moon may be heating upThe largest moon in the solar system — Jupiter’s Ganymede — has a unique and inexplicable magnetic field. New research could finally explain it: the moon is heating up.
By Ivan Farkas Published
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China launches 'human artificial embryos' to space for the first timeChina's Tianzhou-10 mission just delivered embryo-like structures made from living stem cells to the Tiangong space station. Experiments could shed light on how radiation and microgravity affect human reproduction.
By Harry Baker Published
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Mars looks blue and bruised in surreal new images from Psyche spacecraft — Space photo of the weekOn its way to a metal asteroid, NASA's Psyche probe tested its cameras as it got a gravity assist from the Red Planet.
By Jamie Carter Published
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US government declassifies dozens of additional UFO files, including strange military videosThe Department of Defense has declassified another batch of images and recordings related to UFO/UAP sightings, bringing the total to roughly 220 newly released files.
By Brandon Specktor Last updated
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One of Neptune's 16 moons is not like the others, James Webb telescope findsNeptune has a complicated life story, and its moon Nereid might be the only one left standing from the planet’s multibillion-year history.
By Elizabeth Howell Published




