A massive solar filament erupted today (May 7), producing a stunning display that spanned the sun’s eastern limb and reached deep into the solar…
A massive solar filament erupted today (May 7), producing a stunning display that spanned the sun’s eastern limb and reached deep into the solar…
At the Paranal Observatory in Chile, the UT4 telescope doesn’t just observe the stars—it actively creates artificial stars to combat atmospheric interference.
By shooting powerful lasers into the sky, the telescope makes guide stars…
Astronomers have spotted something that appears to stretch around ten billion light years across. This so-called Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall is being reevaluated, and it might be more extensive and nearer to Earth than earlier…
Elon Musk‘s vision for colonizing Mars has always been bold, but his recent comments add a chilling perspective on why he’s so determined to make it happen. Speaking candidly about the future of Earth and humanity’s long-term survival,…
A robotic Soviet spacecraft has been adrift in space for 53 years. It will return to Earth later this week.
Kosmos-482 launched in March 1972. If all had gone well, it would have landed on the sweltering surface of Venus and become the ninth of…
China has achieved a milestone feat, making the first-ever laser ranging measurement from Earth to the moon during the daytime.
Researchers at Yunnan Observatories under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) used an infrared lunar laser ranging…
In a stunning new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, a distant and lopsided spiral galaxy has been revealed with breathtaking clarity. Situated approximately 190 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis, this…
This will be no ordinary space junk fall.
The Soviet Union’s failed Kosmos 482 spacecraft will crash to Earth in the coming days after more than 50 years in orbit. Its homecoming may not spark the sorts of artificial meteor showers we’re used to…
NASA is planning to push the boundaries of space exploration with its new Nighthawk Mars helicopter, a cutting-edge mission that promises to reveal new details about the Red Planet. The mission is aimed at studying the Eastern Noctis…
Scientists have made a shocking discovery in Antarctica that has climate change deniers claiming there’s now proof global warming is just a hoax.
Researchers from Tongji University in Shanghai found the frozen continent suddenly reversed its…