Oct 2020
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to collect material from the space rock
The asteroid Bennu’s brittle boulders may make grabbing a sample easier
Mar 2024
Astronomers are still figuring out how to interpret what JWST is telling them
Did the James Webb telescope 'break the universe'? Maybe not
Jun 2021
Scientists may finally have an explanation for the star’s weird 2019 behavior
Dust and a cold spell on Betelgeuse could explain why the giant star dimmed
Feb 2024
The lander, dubbed Odysseus, is tipped on its side but appears otherwise healthy
The first U.S. lunar lander since 1972 touches down on the Moon
Mar 2023
The number of satellites in low Earth orbit is increasing faster than regulations can keep up
Half of all active satellites are now from SpaceX. Here's why that may be a problem
Dec 2020
After landing safely on Earth, a capsule holding samples from Ryugu is in Japan for analysis
Hayabusa2’s asteroid dirt may hold clues to the early solar system
Apr 2024
After five months of glitching, the spacecraft is talking to Earth again from interstellar space
'Humanity's spacecraft' Voyager 1 is back online and still exploring
Aug 2020
The process won’t be complete until 2063
In a first, astronomers spotted a space rock turning into a comet
Jul 2021
Radar findings might instead point to clay minerals or frozen brine at the Martian south pole
Lakes of liquid water at Mars’ southern ice cap may just be mirages
Jul 2021
The Event Horizon Telescope offers an unprecedented look at the streams of plasma
The latest picture of a black hole captures Centaurus A’s massive jets