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How do asteroids spin in space? The answer could help us prevent a catastrophic Earth impact

13h ago 6m read

A volcano or a meteorite? New evidence sheds light on puzzling discovery in Greenland's ice sheet

15h ago 7m read

Scientists open untouched Apollo 17 lunar samples from 1972 — they may hold clues about the moon's violent origins

21h ago 5m read

Moonrise moments: A skywatching quiz

Sun 1m read

This fleet of sungazing spacecraft could help spot 'space tornadoes' headed towards Earth

Fri 5m read

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is leaking water like a 'fire hose running at full blast,' new study finds

Fri 4m read

Saturn's moon Mimas may have an ocean — and a future spacecraft could find it

Fri 6m read

Blast off with the 'Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli for Arm and Hammer's Baking Soda Rocket Day

Thu 4m read

How one scientist's wide-eyed dream of giant space cities was crushed by reality

Thu 11m read

One NASA science mission saved from Trump’s cuts, but others still in limbo

Wed 2m read

Not all alphas: Mars crews should be a mix of personality types, study suggests

Wed 4m read

1,000 Martian dust devils! European orbiters track Red Planet's tiny tornadoes

Wed 4m read

New comet Lemmon could shine bright enough to be seen with the naked eye this October

Wed 10m read

Near-Earth asteroid zooms past Antarctica | Space photo of the day for Oct. 8, 2025

Wed 3m read

European Mars orbiter spies interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zooming past Red Planet (photos)

Tue 4m read

Why can't we feel the Earth moving?

Mon 5m read

Did NASA's Perseverance Mars rover just see interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in the Martian night sky?

Mon 4m read

New DARPA 'field guide' looks for ways to jump-start a moon economy

Oct 5 5m read

Air quality analysis reveals minimal changes after xAI data center opens in pollution-burdened Memphis neighborhood

Oct 5 6m read

Surprise asteroid flies by Earth at only 250 miles away (video)

Oct 3 3m read

NASA pilot suits up to scan the Earth | Space photo of the day for Oct 3. 2025

Oct 3 2m read

'The metal detector has gone off': Perseverance rover's find is a shiny new clue in the search for life on Mars

Oct 3 8m read

China's Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling spacecraft snaps a selfie with Earth

Oct 2 3m read

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will be eyed by Mars and Jupiter probes as it zooms past the sun this month

Oct 2 4m read

Saturn's moon Enceladus is shooting out organic molecules that could help create life

Oct 2 5m read

Nearly invisible asteroids around Venus could threaten Earth — but don't worry, not for a while

Oct 1 3m read

A hidden ocean may have once existed on Uranus' moon Ariel

Oct 1 4m read

Erie Canal seen from space, is now 200 years old | Space photo of the day for Oct 1. 2025

Oct 1 2m read

Could China return the Perseverance rover's possible biosignature sample from Mars?

Oct 1 3m read

Our moon's 2 sides are more different than we thought, lunar samples reveal

Sep 30 3m read

Mining the moon: Can you make money harvesting helium-3?

Sep 30 9m read