9+ hour, 42+ min ago   (492+ words) Mercury isn't the planet scientists thought it was. New research digging into old NASA data has uncovered something that had been hiding in plain sight for years, a clue about the planet's past that could change everything we thought we…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (635+ words) A new AI-powered reconstruction method has transformed radio observations into a continuous video, revealing unexpected motion inside a distant black hole jet. For decades, astronomers have relied on Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) to study the enormous jets launched by…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (730+ words) A new study suggests that tiny salt fractures on Mars could temporarily trap liquid water and create protected environments for microbial life. A new study suggests that microscopic cracks inside Martian salt crystals could temporarily hold liquid water, creating possible…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (469+ words) Nasa’s curiosity rover has reached 5000 martian days on mars, marking a milestone in a mission that continues to study the planet’s ancient environments. When curiosity landed inside Gale crater on August 6, 2012, the rover began investigating whether mars once contained environments…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (231+ words) Astronomers have reconstructed a massive protostellar encounter that could reveal an unexpected route to building close binary stars. Astronomers have reconstructed the turbulent assembly of two massive young stars, finding evidence that they may have formed separately before a close…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (442+ words) A massive space release has arrived after decades of work, giving humanity a new window into the universe’s unexplored corners. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey started in 2000 as a project focused on mapping the Northern Hemisphere using the 2.5-meter Sloan…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (667+ words) A tiny asteroid detected just hours before impact has shown how quickly modern planetary defence systems can respond. An asteroid only about 80 centimetres wide was detected in space just hours before it entered Earth’s atmosphere, giving scientists a rare opportunity…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (687+ words) A solar storm reaching Earth may create northern lights displays across parts of the northern United States. The event follows a period of increased activity on the Sun, including several M-class solar flares and a C9-class solar flare linked to…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (533+ words) Blue Origin’s New Glenn exploded during a ground test, yet the biggest surprise came later when researchers analyzed what traveled thousands of miles. When Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded during a test at Cape Canaveral, the blast sent invisible…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (825+ words) NASA highlights the major celestial events arriving in September 2026, from brilliant Venus to the Harvest Moon near Saturn. The latest skywatching guide from NASA outlines a month filled with accessible observations for both experienced astronomers and casual observers. The agency…...