A star factory at the heart of our galaxy is mysterious and important

The Webb telescope reveals secrets of Sagittarius C. About 200 light-years from the black hole at the center of the…

A great and powerful Martian dust devil swallows another in new video

It's a rare sight. Something about this time of year on Mars is reminiscent of 1939’s The Wizard of Oz.…

The first people to fly in space over the poles got this stunning view

“It's another kind of desert.” When cryptocurrency investor Chun Wang footed the cost of a SpaceX flight over the North…

NASA's rovers just found similar gnarly rocks on opposite sides of Mars

What story do these bumpy rocks tell? Aliens aren’t terraforming Mars, but one of NASA‘s rovers just found something with…

Scientists find a galaxy that defies conventional wisdom

It's a “surprising discovery.” Scientists have spotted a defiant galaxy. Located nearly 1 billion light-years from Earth, the galaxy 2MASX…

The closest potentially Earth-like exoplanet probably can't host life

New study suggests it likely doesn't have air. Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky…

Webb telescope's new photo isn't just rare. It's psychedelic.

“A rare cosmic phenomenon.” Space is phantasmagorical. Astronomers using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to survey distant galaxies spotted…

Webb telescope captures weird auroras on Neptune for the first time

And Hubble helped. Even at Neptune‘s incredible distance from the sun, astronomers have long suspected it has auroras, though they…

Spacecraft films unprecedented view of sun shooting particles into space

No other instrument can see this. Scientists are still unraveling the mysteries behind our torrid star. The European Space Agency’s…

NASA just made a compelling discovery on Mars

“We are ready to take the next big step.” NASA’s Curiosity rover made a compelling find on Mars‘ irradiated surface.…