Private spacecraft beams home thrilling flyover video of the moon's far side

It's not dark, but it is mysterious. A small uncrewed spacecraft is buzzing the moon, with under two weeks remaining…

Scientists just looked inside a truly sci-fi planet

“It feels like something out of science fiction.” The distant world WASP-121b is already bizarre. It’s football-shaped and rains gems.…

SpaceX is so close to turning its rocket headquarters into an actual city

An election is set for May 3. Billionaire SpaceX founder Elon Musk has often exulted his dream of colonizing the…

A dramatic total lunar eclipse is coming. You don't want to miss it.

“It's worth staying up late for.” A blood moon is coming. The entirety of the lower 48 states, the greater…

Firefly spacecraft provides striking view of Earth on top of Earth

You are seeing double. Firefly Aerospace‘s moon-bound spacecraft has provided the closest thing to a reflecting pool in space, showing…

Curiosity recorded alien rainbow-colored clouds sweeping over Mars

Watch them fly over the robot's “head.” A rover got a new view of some peculiar extraterrestrial clouds, flecked in…

2 space objects are traveling so fast, they might exit the galaxy

A galactic record. For a decade and a half, astronomers have been on the trail of a galactic mystery. In…

Think this space station and moon photo is AI? Meet the photographer.

It's real, and spectacular. The International Space Station is nowhere close to the moon, which is about 1,000 times farther…

Webb telescope has a new mission: surveillance of a threatening asteroid

“We have to do our due diligence.” The most powerful space telescope ever built is peering into some of the…

Scientists seek to tempt aliens out of hiding with chemical in blood

What's lurking in the Martian soil? Astrobiologists in Germany are developing a new testing device that could help tease dormant…