An asteroid estimated to be 1.2 miles wide will fly by Earth next week, but it’s not expected to collide with our planet. And if an asteroid could be aware of such things, it appears…
Scientists think if there is life on Mars it’s likely to be hidden in deep underground caves. This theory is supported by Nasa experts and the US space agency will be sending a new rover…
The Curiosity rover’s extended stay on Mars has proven to be one of NASA’s biggest recent success stories. More than seven years after its arrival at the Bradbury landing site on the Martian surface, Curiosity has just sent back…
We may have lost an Opportunity on Mars, but that isn’t holding Curiosity back. After hanging out at Vera Rubin Ridge on Mount Sharp since 2017, NASA’s Curiosity rover is crawling over the dusty terrain of the Red Planet again…
Forget violin concertos in G major – the performances of the future could take place in zero-G. Elon Musk, whose firm SpaceX is building a rocket that could transport up to 100 people in space…
These colonies would support all manner of ecosystems. Blue Origin wants to build the tools to help humanity explore the solar system, ultimately expanding life out to take advantage of more resources and support over…
WASP-76 b may be the most extreme exoplanet we know of. There’s a new contender for the “most exotic exoplanet” title. The crown may have rested for a while now on the head of HD 189733 b,…
All five remaining instruments on NASA’s venerable Voyager 2 spacecraft are back to gathering science data after power overuse in late January interrupted the probe’s operations. NASA made the announcement yesterday (March 3), over a month after the incident…
Jupiter appears to have more water than anyone expected. Newly released data from NASA’s Juno probe shows that water may make up about 0.25% of the molecules in the atmosphere over Jupiter’s equator. While that doesn’t sound like…
String theory is a purported theory of everything that physicists hope will one day explain … everything. All the forces, all the particles, all the constants, all the things under a single theoretical roof, where everything…
Liftoff is set for 10:05 a.m. EST (1505 GMT). The private spaceflight company SpaceX will launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites to join its growing megaconstellation in orbit today (Feb .17) and you can watch the action live online. …
AN ASTEROID capable of causing global destruction if it hits will approach our planet tomorrow afternoon, the US space agency NASA has found. NASA’s automated asteroid tracking systems have their eyes on a potentially cataclysmic rock dubbed 163373 (2002…
The mysterious signal is repeating every 16 days. A Harvard researcher says it could be of “artificial origin.” Earlier this month, Canadian researchers announced they’d discovered a powerful radio signal, emanating from a distant galaxy in bursts…