Sometime in the very distant past, an asteroid hit Mars with such force that rocks from the surface of the planet were launched into space.
After drifting through the solar system, possibly for millions of years, some of these unlikely…
A rare celestial portrait captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed an extraordinary and eerie sight: two massive dying stars enveloped in a vast, spiraling shroud of dust, intertwined like cosmic serpents. The image focuses…
For decades we’ve been trying to make the robots smarter and more physically capable by mimicking biological intelligence and movement. “But in doing so, we’ve been just replicating…
Astronomers have identified a vast, previously unknown structure in our galaxy that could change how scientists understand star formation and the flow of matter in the Milky Way.
Known as the Midpoint cloud, this enormous giant molecular…
On its long journey to the outer solar system, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft made a planned detour — and seized a striking photo opportunity.
In a single frame, the uncrewed Europa Clipper caught Mars…
You don’t need a scientist to tell you that hangovers are bad. Too much alcohol often leads to headaches, nausea and fatigue, and a body-wide wave of inflammation.
This, of course, is to say nothing of the long-term health risks of alcohol…
One of the James Webb Space Telescope’s superpowers is its ability to investigate the cosmic dawn, the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
The telescope has once again lived up to its reputation, spotting light from a galaxy which…
Defense tech company AeroVironment and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have shown off a wild concept for deploying six helicopters above the surface of Mars to scout for water and possible human landing sites.
The concept, dubbed “Skyfall,”…
In January 2022, the eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano, located in the southwest Pacific near Tuvalu, astonished the world due to its immense power and its unprecedented visibility from space. The eruption, one of the most…