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Big decision! Curiosity rover keeps following possible Mars river remnant

After much debate, the Curiosity Mars rover team decided to continue following an intriguing channel rather than send the robot on an off-road detour....

Big decision! Curiosity rover keeps following possible Mars river remnant

Blue Origin targeting May 19 for 1st crewed spaceflight since 2022

Blue Origin is targeting Sunday (May 19) for the six-person NS-25, the company's first crewed spaceflight since August 2022.

Blue Origin targeting May 19 for 1st crewed spaceflight since 2022

Car-size asteroid gives Earth a close shave in near-miss flyby (video, photo)

A car-sized asteroid flew very close to Earth on Tuesday morning (May 14), just two days after being discovered.

Car-size asteroid gives Earth a close shave in near-miss flyby (video, photo)

Sun unleashes massive X8.7 solar flare, biggest of current cycle, from super-active monster sunspot (video)

A monster sunspot on the sun's surface just won't quit, erupting yet again this week with a whopping X8.7-class solar flare on Tuesday (May 14).

Sun unleashes massive X8.7 solar flare, biggest of current cycle, from super-active monster sunspot (video)

Jupiter's mysterious moon Amalthea spied crossing the Great Red Spot (photo)

NASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted the elusive fifth moon of Jupiter transiting the giant planet's Great Red Spot, giving astronomers a rare view of t...

Jupiter's mysterious moon Amalthea spied crossing the Great Red Spot (photo)

New York Times best-selling author revisits 1986 space shuttle tragedy in 'Challenger' (interview)

Adam Higginbotham was out with his first book when he got the idea. "People often asked me whether I remembered where I was when I heard the news abou...

New York Times best-selling author revisits 1986 space shuttle tragedy in 'Challenger' (interview)

Helium leak delays Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch to May 21

The first crewed mission of Boeing's Starliner capsule has been pushed back by four days to May 21, due to a helium leak in its service module.

Helium leak delays Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch to May 21

Giant 'rogue waves' of invisible matter might be disrupting the orbits of stars, new study hints

New research shows how disruptions to binary star systems could be the key to detecting space's most confounding substance — dark matter.

Giant 'rogue waves' of invisible matter might be disrupting the orbits of stars, new study hints

The summer of 2023 was Earth's hottest in 2,000 years, scientists find

Using tree ring data, scientists have confirmed that summer 2023 was the hottest summer on Earth in the last 2,000 years.

The summer of 2023 was Earth's hottest in 2,000 years, scientists find

SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on 50th mission of the year (video)

SpaceX launched 20 of its Starlink internet satellites today (May 14), on the company's 50th orbital mission of 2024.

SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on 50th mission of the year (video)

AI may be to blame for our failure to make contact with alien civilizations

The rise of AI might explain why the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has yet to detect the signatures of advanced technical civilizati...

AI may be to blame for our failure to make contact with alien civilizations

Space Force aims to launch 1st 'Foo Fighter' satellites in 2027 to track hypersonic threats

The U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency has ordered the first eight satellites for its upcoming 'FOO Fighter' hypersonic missile-tracking cons...

Space Force aims to launch 1st 'Foo Fighter' satellites in 2027 to track hypersonic threats

NASA appoints 1st AI chief to keep agency on 'the cutting edge'

NASA has appointed its first-ever chief artificial intelligence officer, a move designed to ensure that the agency keeps up with the vital and rapidly...

NASA appoints 1st AI chief to keep agency on 'the cutting edge'

SpaceX Starlink satellites doing just fine after weekend solar storm, company says

SpaceX's Starlink fleet of nearly 6,000 satellites remains healthy after weekend solar storms sparked auroras across the world.

SpaceX Starlink satellites doing just fine after weekend solar storm, company says

'A Quiet Place: Day One' trailer reveals why Earth went silent after alien invasion (video)

Watch the new trailer for Paramount Pictures' terrifying alien invasion horror film, "A Quiet Place: Day One."

'A Quiet Place: Day One' trailer reveals why Earth went silent after alien invasion (video)

Lego rolls out details about Apollo lunar rover model coming in August

Lego is gearing up to deliver a detailed model of the original "rock and rolling ride," the electric buggy driven by NASA's last three Apollo crews to...

Lego rolls out details about Apollo lunar rover model coming in August

New algorithm slashes time to run most sophisticated climate models by 10-fold

Climate models can be a million lines of code long and can take months to run on supercomputers. A new algorithm has dramatically shortened that time....

New algorithm slashes time to run most sophisticated climate models by 10-fold

The surface of this volcanic exoplanet is hotter than some stars

Described as being like "Io on steroids," a newly discovered exoplanet is the victim of a tug of war between its neighboring planets and its star.

The surface of this volcanic exoplanet is hotter than some stars

Stunning image shows atoms transforming into quantum waves — just as Schrödinger predicted

A new imaging technique, which captured frozen lithium atoms transforming into quantum waves, could be used to probe some of the most poorly understoo...

Stunning image shows atoms transforming into quantum waves — just as Schrödinger predicted

How a giant sunspot unleashed solar storms that spawned global auroras that just dazzled us all

Intense solar activity generated the most extreme geomagnetic storm since 2003 on Friday (May 10), and the action could continue into this week. Here'...

How a giant sunspot unleashed solar storms that spawned global auroras that just dazzled us all