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How Much Has Mercury Shrunk?

10h ago 3m read

See a trio of spectacular star clusters brighten the summer sky in August 2025

11h ago 5m read

Mercury quiz: How well do you know the Swift Planet?

12h ago 1m read

How the nature of environmental law is changing in defense of the planet and the climate

13h ago 8m read

NASA and Google test AI medical assistant for astronaut missions to the moon and Mars

15h ago 2m read

Moon quiz: For all lunatics

Sat 1m read

Scientists just recreated the universe's first ever molecules — and the results challenge our understanding of the early cosmos

Sat 3m read

If everyone in the world turned on the lights at the same time, what would happen?

Sat 5m read

Titan darkens Saturn in rare shadow transit on Aug. 19: Here's how to see it

Sat 3m read

Tiny devices propelled by sunlight could explore a mysterious region of Earth's atmosphere

Sat 5m read

SpaceX aims to launch Starship Flight 10 test flight on Aug. 24

Fri 3m read

Blue Origin's 2nd New Glenn rocket launch will fly twin NASA Mars probes to space on Sep. 29

Fri 3m read

NASA wants new spacecraft to fly to hard-to-reach orbits around Earth and in deep space

Fri 2m read

Russia to launch 75 mice, 1,000 fruit flies on Aug. 20 to study spaceflight effects

Fri 4m read

X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the 'heartbeat black hole'

Fri 3m read

Canada's 1st commercial spaceport is officially under construction. When will it open for launches?

Fri 4m read

Astronaut trades meditation for starry sky views in orbit | On the International Space Station Aug. 11-15, 2025

Fri 5m read

Whose moon is it anyway? A matching space quiz

Fri 1m read

Meet 'lite intermediate black holes,' the supermassive black hole's smaller, much more mysterious cousin

Fri 7m read

James Webb Space Telescope uncovers 300 mysteriously luminous objects. Are they galaxies or something else?

Fri 3m read

This baby star's big explosion fired back: 'Nature is far more complex than humans think'

Fri 3m read

Milky Way and zodiacal light glow above telescopes in Chile | Space photo of the day for Aug. 15, 2025

Fri 2m read

What if we've been thinking about dark matter all wrong, scientist wonders

Fri 8m read

Was in cooked in space? A space food-themed quiz!

Thu 1m read

NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon — a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say

Thu 6m read

NASA's new sun-studying mission 'PUNCH' attains its final form in Earth orbit

Thu 4m read

TRAPPIST-1d isn't the Earth-like planet scientists had hoped it to be, according to JWST data

Thu 5m read

US Space Force's new deep space radar tracks multiple satellites 22,000 miles away in key test

Thu 4m read

Discovery of 250 'mini galaxies' could help scientists pin down the nature of dark matter

Thu 5m read

Blue Origin pitches new ‘Mars Telecommunications Orbiter’ for Red Planet missions (video)

Thu 3m read

Trump signs executive order to boost commercial space — and shift NASA's balance of power

Thu 5m read

SpaceX sends 28 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Falcon 9 flight from Florida (video)

Thu 2m read

I tried to image the Veil Nebula but accidentally got an 'Alien' Xenomorph (photo)

Thu 3m read

Don't miss the moon rendezvous with the Pleiades in the early morning sky Aug. 16–17

Thu 3m read

SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft approaches the ISS | Space photo of the day for Aug. 14, 2025

Thu 2m read

Hidden fault beneath Canada could trigger massive earthquake after 12,000 years of silence

Thu 4m read

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with new batch of Starlink satellites

Thu 2m read

China launches 8th batch of satellites for 13,000-strong internet megaconstellation (video)

Wed 2m read

Trailblazing women in space quiz: Can you name the first five female astronauts in space?

Wed 1m read

NASA's Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft fuels up and moves closer to launch

Wed 4m read

AI helps astronomers make a potentially major find — an exploding star being attacked by a black hole

Wed 4m read

NASA's Perseverance rover spies mysterious 'helmet' on Mars (photo)

Wed 2m read

Is water really a necessary ingredient for life? Aliens may swim in truly exotic pools

Wed 3m read

Red supergiant star expels mysteriously large cloud of gas

Wed 6m read

Satellites watch Tropical Storm Erin take shape over the Atlantic Ocean (video)

Wed 3m read

New lunar surface simulator in Colorado puts moon machinery to the test

Wed 4m read

China's moon lander passes key test | Space photo of the day for Aug. 13, 2025

Wed 2m read

Perseid meteor shower 2025 outshines moon to put on a spectacular show (photos)

Wed 7m read

This real 'Eye of Sauron' spits out ghost particles in space. Here's what it looks like

Wed 4m read

Virgin Galactic's new Delta class space plane could fly as soon as fall 2026

Tue 3m read

1 year until the total solar eclipse 2026: Here's what you need to know

Tue 4m read

We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas – satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones

Tue 8m read

Watch the 2025 Perseid meteor shower peak tonight in free webcast

Tue 3m read

Watch the 2025 Perseid meteor shower peak Aug. 12 in free webcast

Tue 3m read

Watch Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket launch for the 3rd time ever tonight

Tue 3m read

New Pluto mission could uncover dwarf planet's hidden ocean — if the 'queen of the underworld' gets to fly

Tue 10m read

Watch Vulcan Centaur rocket launch experimental military satellite on Aug. 12

Tue 4m read

Know this photo? Test your knowledge of these famous firsts in our astrophotography quiz!

Tue 1m read

Hubble spots stars forming in the Tarantula nebula | Space photo of the day for Aug. 12, 2025

Tue 2m read

Scientists may have found a powerful new space object: 'It doesn't fit comfortably into any known category'

Tue 5m read

Skyrora becomes 1st British company to get license to launch from the UK

Mon 3m read

Can you name all the planets in order in the solar system? Try our new quiz to find out!

Mon 1m read

Meteorite that punched a hole through Georgia roof may be older than Earth itself

Mon 3m read

James Webb telescope reveals 'Sleeping Beauty' galaxies in the early universe — snoozing where they weren't supposed to exist

Mon 5m read

NASA's Roman Space Telescope gets its 'extremely strong sunblock' installed

Mon 4m read

Mars orbiter looks deep into chasms and valleys on the Martian surface

Mon 2m read

Astronomers find bizarre 'Cosmic Grapes' galaxy in the early universe. Here's why that's a big deal (photo)

Mon 3m read

Don't miss Perseid meteor shower 2025 peak Aug. 12-13: Here's what you need to know

Mon 4m read

ISS astronaut captures breathtaking star trails | Space photo of the day for Aug. 11, 2025

Mon 2m read

Is astronomy safe from organized scientific fraud?

Mon 6m read

Smithsonian Planetarium star projector review

Mon 6m read

Light pollution is encroaching on observatories around the globe – making it harder for astronomers to study the cosmos

Sun 7m read

'Ice cube' clouds discovered at the galaxy's center shouldn't exist — and they hint at a recent black hole explosion

Sun 4m read

August full moon 2025 captivates skywatchers worldwide as Sturgeon Moon lights up the sky (photos)

Sun 6m read

See Saturn and the moon in a stunning close encounter on Aug. 11

Sun 4m read

New York to Los Angeles in 3 hours? Executive order could make it possible by 2027, reopening the door for commercial supersonic flight

Aug 9 3m read

How the Red Planet craze started 120 years ago: Interview with 'The Martians' author David Baron

Aug 9 3m read

'Olympus' the 4-legged robot could help astronauts explore Mars someday (video)

Aug 9 2m read

Watch SpaceX's Crew-10 astronauts return to Earth today after nearly 5 months in space

Aug 9 4m read

Astronaut arrives at ISS, longs to be on the moon or Mars | On the International Space Station Aug. 4-8, 2025

Aug 9 5m read

Is that wildfire smoke plume hazardous? New satellite tech can map smoke plumes in 3D for better air quality alerts at neighborhood scale

Aug 9 5m read

Scientists capture bridge of stray stars being sucked from one galaxy to another

Aug 8 3m read

Can you name the 12 Apollo astronauts who walked on the moon?

Aug 8 1m read

Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97

Aug 8 4m read

Spacecraft headed to DART asteroid crash site images 2 faint space rocks to boost planetary defense tactics

Aug 8 5m read

Satellites watch France's largest wildfire in 75 years burn an area larger than Paris

Aug 8 3m read

Scientists find oldest-known black hole in the universe: 'This is about as far back as you can practically go'

Aug 8 3m read

What would Mars look like under an Earth-like blue sky? NASA's Perseverance rover just showed us

Aug 8 4m read

Will the bright moon ruin the Perseid meteor shower, or is it still worth watching?

Aug 8 5m read

Hubble Telescope gives us our best look yet at the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (video, photo)

Aug 8 6m read

LaView Galaxy Star Projector review

Aug 8 6m read

Discovery Space Projector review

Aug 8 7m read

A mysterious substance on Mars might be an undiscovered mineral

Aug 8 3m read

European weather satellite readied for launch on Ariane 6 rocket | Space photo of the day for Aug. 8, 2025

Aug 8 2m read

What time is the August full moon?

Aug 8 3m read

The biggest black hole ever seen? Scientists find one with mass of 36 billion suns

Aug 7 7m read

A laser-propelled mini spacecraft could travel to a nearby black hole, astrophysicist says

Aug 7 4m read

China's lunar lander aces touchdown and takeoff tests ahead of planned 2030 crewed moon mission (video)

Aug 7 3m read

Who's a good robot dog? Bert and Spot explore Mars-like surface with help from AI and astronaut in space

Aug 7 5m read

SpaceX signs deal to fly Italian experiments to Mars on Starship's 1st commercial Red Planet flights

Aug 7 3m read