The spring equinox marks the first day of spring today, but daylight actually lasts several minutes longer than night. Here's ...

NASA lost contact with MAVEN on Dec. 6, 2025, after the spacecraft was expected to emerge from Mars' far side. Communications received two days earlier showed the spacecraft was o ...

"This is the most convincing 'orphan afterglow' candidate to date and only the second candidate to be identified." ...

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Nano rocket skyward for the first time ever on Dec. 22, from the Alca But the landmark flight — the first-ever orbital lau ...

A rare daytime fireball burst to life in the skies over the Midwest on the morning of March 17, creating a loud sonic boom that rattled houses as the meteor arced Earthward before ...

"It turns out that they're really cracked too, and that was the missing piece of the puzzle." ...

" Project Hail Mary ", the new movie based on author Andy Weir's book of the same name, is a wild romp through the cosmos.

"These ultra-low density planets are rare and they defy conventional understanding of how gas giants form, and if explaining how one formed wasn't difficult enough, this system has three!" ...

AI systems could soon be able to hijack satellites in orbit and cause them to collide with other spacecraft, potentially ...

Lego is launching its first-ever Tintin set, the Tintin Moon Rocket, which will take off on April 1 for less than $160.

"Discoveries like this are cosmic archaeology, uncovering rare stellar fossils that preserve the fingerprints of the universe ...