The greatest origin story of all unfolds with the James Webb Space Telescope. Webb’s launch…
Browsing: Space
Space refers to the vast, seemingly infinite expanse beyond Earth’s atmosphere where planets, stars, galaxies, and cosmic phenomena exist. It is a realm defined by extreme conditions—near vacuum, intense radiation, and temperatures ranging from blistering heat to freezing cold. Space exploration has revealed a universe rich with complexity, from black holes and exoplanets to the cosmic microwave background that offers clues to the Big Bang. For scientists, space is both a frontier and a laboratory, offering insights into fundamental physics, the origins of the universe, and the potential for life beyond Earth. It continues to inspire curiosity, innovation, and a deeper sense of our place in the cosmos.
Members of the public can now help teach an artificial intelligence algorithm to recognize scientific…
Nuclear disruption could shatter an incoming asteroid and deflect nearly all fragments, proving a viable…
A new analysis of the South Pole-based telescope’s cosmic microwave background observations has all but…
Launched in 2001, ESA’s Proba-1 still operates today, proving the power of small, low-cost, autonomous…
The mysterious BLC1 signal from Proxima Centauri sparked hopes of alien technology but was ultimately…
Granular physics reveals that Bennu and Ryugu’s diamond shapes arose naturally from debris deposition during…
The supernova remnant G344.7-0.1 is across the Milky Way about 19,600 light-years from Earth. It…
Catch Mars mania as a traveling exhibit visits more than a dozen towns across the…
China’s FAST telescope has captured a record-breaking 1,652 bursts from repeating FRB 121102, providing new…
Meteorite evidence shows a vast early Solar System gap that divided rocky planets from gas…
Astronomers have announced evidence for a possible planet in another galaxy. This “exoplanet” would be…
NASA’s Orion spacecraft is secured atop the agency’s powerful Space Launch System rocket, and the…
A study shows that Bennu’s porous rocks act like sponges during impacts, absorbing energy instead…
At ALMA, we are celebrating doubly: on the one hand, October is the month of…
Mergers between two neutron stars have produced more heavy elements in the last 2.5 billion…
A new Hubble image of galaxy NGC 2903 shows dramatic improvements in resolution and wavelength…
Massive neutron stars from stripped helium stars may explain mysterious LIGO signals, revealing a hidden…