NASA plans to pay Elon Musk nearly $850 million to scrap its old space station. Other companies will pay him even more money to replace it. For nearly a decade,…
View in larger size. | Comet 13P/Olbers will make its closest approach to Earth on July 20, 2024. Astrophotographers can take long exposure images or stack them to get amazing…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the closest massive black hole to Earth ever seen, a cosmic titan 'frozen in time'. As an example of an elusive "intermediate-mass…
For thousands of years, people have gazed at the vivid auroras dancing in the night sky. But these beautiful displays are more than just a pretty sight. They are a…
You can only imagine what goes through an astronaut's head as they have a bird's eye view of our planet from space - but I think "it's way down" might…
CHINA'S space agency officially announced that the US is a competitor to the moon for the first time.The shock decision by the China National Space Administration comes after they vehemently…
CHINA'S space agency officially announced that the US is a competitor to the moon for the first time.The shock decision by the China National Space Administration comes after they vehemently…
Finally, the long-awaited European rocket headed for space.At 3pm ET on Tuesday - a decade after the European Space Agency set in motion a plan for a powerful new vehicle…
An exoplanet in the Goldilocks habitable zone of its star is now suspected to have a liquid water ocean and atmosphere.The planet, called LHS 1140 b, is about 1.7 times…
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have observed the dramatic "dance" between a supermassive black hole and two satellite galaxies. The observations could help scientists better understand how…