It’s a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on...
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With more moon missions on the horizon, avoiding crowding and collisions will be a growing challenge
Interest in the moon has been high—just in the past two years there have been 12 attempts...
Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions...
As more and more exoplanets are discovered throughout the galaxy, scientists find some that defy explanation—at least...
Researchers have developed a new technology that can shape the spectrum of light emitted from a laser...
Using NASA’s Swift spacecraft, an international team of astronomers have performed X-ray observations of a classical nova...
Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers have detected a new exoplanet...
Every year, the Taurid meteor shower lights up the night sky from late October through early November....
China said Thursday it’s on track to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 as it introduced...
Our moon—or la Luna—has inspired humankind for millennia.
A new analysis of chemical signatures measured by NASA’s Curiosity Rover gives a peek at Mars’s past...
Mars is an inhospitable desert planet. Billions of years ago, things were different. In Jezero Crater, for...
For the first time, scientists have the calculations and simulations to explain mysterious flashes from the galaxy...
A team of researchers at The University of New Mexico has uncovered how a peculiar, prehistoric plant...
The European Space Agency’s upcoming Henon mission will be the first ever CubeSat to independently venture into...
Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio color...
This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month features a cosmic creepy-crawly called NGC...
So much happened in the earliest moments of the universe. Elementary particles appeared, the first nuclei of...
The distinctive colored fur of two of Australia’s rarest marsupials could be caused by “broken” pigment genes,...
In the beginning, Earth was a violent place with no atmosphere to soften the blow.