Astronomers Were Looking for a Planet, but They Didn't Expect This One

The Epsilon Indi star system is already pretty weird, but this surprising new planet just made it even weirder.

Evidence of Alien Life May Lie on the Surface of Europa and Enceladus, A New Study Reveals

Chemicals that hint at the presence of life, like amino acids, aren't destroyed by cosmic radiation nearly as quickly as we thought, and that's good news.

The Full ‘Buck’ Moon This Weekend Will Be Epic — Don’t Miss It

Time to go buck wild for the Buck Moon.

Astronomers Stumbled Upon a Planet In the Act of Becoming a Hot Jupiter

Welcome to hot Jupiter summer.

Dune's Stillsuits Could Soon be Real Gear for Astronauts

At least the Moon doesn't have giant sandworms.

Hurricane Beryl Likely Contributed to Boeing Starliner’s Ongoing Delays

There's not much anyone can do to help from 250 miles above the ground.

Failed Thrusters, Helium Leaks, and a Hard Deadline: Inside NASA’s Decision to Keep Boeing’s Starliner At the ISS

Does it still count as being "grounded" when you're in space?

There's a Black Hole Hidden in this Photo of a Digested Dwarf Galaxy

This dense ball of stars is a relic of a galaxy our Milky Way swallowed long ago, and it may be hiding an astrophysical missing link.

Remnants of Mars’s Violent Past Are Hidden In this New ESA Express Orbiter Image

Picture something like an abandoned Mordor, but with glaciers.

This Humble Plant Species May Be the Key to Terraforming Mars

Steppe screw moss may eventually be able to grow on Mars — and even help terraform the cold, dry planet.

Mars Gets Slammed By Basketball-Sized Meteors Everyday, A New Study Finds

If planetary scientists are right, Mars gets pummeled by space rocks five times more often than anyone previously suspected.

The Webb Telescope Found Strange, Sparkling Balls That Might Have Helped Light Up the Universe

These sparkling balls of light in a faint, distant dwarf galaxy may be part of the reason we can see across space at all.

Lakes On Saturn’s Moon Titan May Be Sculpted By Waves of Literal Liquid Methane

A team of geologists and planetary scientists modeled the geometry of wave-battered shorelines on Earth, then compared them to the lakes and seas of Saturn’s moon Titan.

June’s Summer Solstice Strawberry Moon Will Be Weirder Than Usual

This month's full moon will be dimmer and lower in the sky than usual.

A Famous Star Trek World Is Actually A Fancy Galactic Illusion

What astronomers thought might have been a planet in the exact location of Spock’s homeworld was actually an illusion all along.

Elusive Fast Radio Bursts In Space Probably Come From the Most Ordinary Galaxies

A recent study traced 28 fast radio bursts to very average galaxies, with unremarkable magnetic fields and very little drama.

A Radio Telescope Captured the Noise Humanity Leaks Into Space

ROLSES had a bumpy ride aboard the Odysseus Lander earlier this year, but it still pulled off some cool science.

In an Extremely Unlikely First, Scientists Found Frost On the Peak of Mars’ Volcano Olympus Mons

A team of scientists recently discovered frozen water in an unlikely place on Mars.

NASA Needs SpaceX’s Starship to Work — Here’s the Critical Reason Why

It's Not Just About Artemis 3, there's also an important side quest.

'The Acolyte' Got Fire In Space Ridiculously Wrong — In Real Life, Its So Much Weirder

We get it. Star Wars isn't science fiction. But still.