What do many baked goods and the planet Mercury have in common? They shrink as they cool....
The medieval-looking "helmet" is the latest addition to Mars' gallery of odd-shaped rocks.
Five years into its program to provide smallsat rideshare launch services, SpaceX is emphasizing flexibility to accommodate...
Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt, deputy chief of space operations, is retiring after 33 years of service. She...
Commercial mission concept could give the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory a new lease on life, preserving its...
A new study finds that liquids other than water might be able to support life on worlds...
A Ph.D. student and his supervisor have developed a simple way to test for active life on...
SALT LAKE CITY – It’s easy to talk about satellite autonomy but significant work remains to determine...
Any material used as a light sail is bound by very restrictive physical requirements. It has to...
Space is getting dangerously crowded but a new automated system could be the key to preventing catastrophic...
A supermassive black hole in the act of awakening from slumber haas been detected by a team...
For decades, astronomers have searched for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence using radio telescopes and optical instruments, scanning...
For thousands of years, humanity viewed the skies as unchanging, except for a few “wandering stars” (that...
The star, called DFK 52, is a member of a cluster of similar red supergiants, but it's...
New research has uncovered compelling evidence that water from a comet is strikingly similar to that found...
Forecasters warn Erin may intensify into the season's first major hurricane within days.
One of the best places to study stars is inside “open clusters,” which are groups of stars...
An international team of astronomers using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), has challenged our understanding of...
The United States and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), though differing in size and history, have forged...
A large simulated moonscape built by the Colorado School of Mines is open for business, allowing researchers...