Space and astronomy

An illustration of our solar system. The asteroid belt lies between Mars and Jupiter, dividing the solar system into what we call the inner and outer regions. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Did Jupiter help keep the ingredients for life near Earth?
Jupiter may have played an important role in shaping the phosphorus and nitrogen reserves that helped Earth become a habitable world.
A sky chart showing Venus and Jupiter close together above the western horizon after sunset, with Mercury next to them lower in the sky.
The two brightest planets in the evening sky are getting closer: Venus and Jupiter will be visible side by side after sunset
The Crew Dragon spacecraft is docked at the International Space Station above Earth.
NASA has ordered five astronauts to prepare for evacuation from the space station following an air leak that has been fixed in the meantime.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in Webb's infrared observation, with mapping of water, carbon dioxide, and methane
Webb Detects Methane in Interstellar Comet: Hint at Chemistry Formed in Another Solar System
An artist's impression of the exoplanet K2-18b, a world larger than Earth orbiting a red dwarf and being studied in search of possible signs of life or technological signatures.
K2-18b Scanned for Alien Signals – But No Technological Signature Found
Venus in false-color ultraviolet light, with complex cloud structures surrounding the planet
Material from Earth may have reached Venus' clouds – but this is still not proof of life
A record-breaking radio burst from the Sun in August 2025 came from a structure in the Sun's atmosphere called a helmet stream. This image, taken during the total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017, shows the classic V-shape of a large helmet stream. Credit: Miloslav Druckmüller, Peter Aniol, Shadia Habbal/NASA Goddard, Joy Ng
NASA detected a solar radio burst that lasted 19 days

Astrophysics

A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure built by an advanced civilization to capture the vast amounts of energy emitted by a star. Illustration: depositphotos.com
Are the coldest "stars" in the galaxy alien megastructures?
Space-time network. Illustration: depositphotos.com
Tiny black holes may form from space-time 'crystals'
Clouds made of minerals condense and evaporate on the planet WASP-94A b
This exoplanet has rocky clouds that evaporate before sunset
An artist's impression of a supermassive black hole orbiting the center of an active galactic nucleus. New research suggests that winds and radiation from its surroundings could damage the atmospheres of planets even from great distances. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
Supermassive black holes could harm the chances of life even at great distances

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astronomy

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in the largest cleanroom at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The observatory is scheduled to be transported to the launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in June, with launch likely as early as September 2026. Credit: NASA/Scott Wiessinger
The launch of the Roman space telescope to search for extrasolar planets could take place as early as September 2026
A composite image of the 2019 Geminid meteor shower and a fireball dropped by a meteorite, as captured on camera on the island of La Palma, Spain. Credit: Global Meteor Network
New meteor shower reveals asteroid disintegrating near the sun
Comet Lovejoy (2011). Illustration: depositphotos.com
A new comet may be visible in April 2026 if it survives an extremely close pass near the Sun
The Pandora Space Telescope. (NASA Scientific Visualization Studio)
NASA launches tiny space telescope Pandora to study atmospheres of 20 exoplanets

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Solar System

A simulation of a collision between planetary bodies, similar to ideas currently used to explain giant impacts in the solar system. New research suggests reading the fall of Satan in Dante’s “Inferno” through a similar lens of impact physics. Credit: Hernan Canellas/ASU
Did Dante's "Inferno" describe a celestial body's impact centuries before modern science?
NASA artist's rendering showing potential habitat on Mars along with other terrestrial elements. Credit: NASA
New study explores how asteroid mining could support a colony on Mars
A small asteroid passes by Earth. Illustration: depositphotos.com
A small asteroid will pass very close to Earth – but without any risk of impact
A new study led by the University of Michigan has found that water in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is particularly rich in deuterium. This isotope of hydrogen is relatively rare in the solar system, and the finding allows researchers to learn about planetary formation processes that operated elsewhere in the galaxy. Credit: UM News/Hans Anderson
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely formed in an environment very different from the solar system

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space missions

June 25, 2024: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launcher is seen launching the GOES-U weather satellite for NOAA from NASA's LC-39A launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Illustration: depositphotos.com
Not just an IPO: SpaceX seeks to fund the next phase of the space economy
Starship V3 launches from Starbase in Texas on the 12th test flight of the Starship system. Credit: SpaceX
Starship V3 takes off for the first time: SpaceX is getting closer to the moon, but there's still a long way to go
A rendering of NASA's Psyche spacecraft near Mars, during a gravity maneuver to help it continue its journey to the metallic asteroid Psyche. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
NASA's Psyche spacecraft passes Mars on its way to a rare metallic asteroid
The Orion spacecraft as part of the Artemis program. The Israel Space Agency has issued a call for proposals for Israeli nanosatellite experiments and payloads for possible integration into future NASA missions. Credit: NASA
The Israeli Space Agency is looking for Israeli nanosatellites and payloads for the next Artemis missions

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man in space

Blue Origin's New Glenn launcher on the launch pad. An explosion during a static ignition test could delay the schedules of the launcher and the Blue Moon lander. Credit: Blue Origin
New Glenn launcher explosion: A blow to Blue Origin – and a warning sign for the moon return plan
The launch of the Shenzhou-23 manned spacecraft aboard the Long March-2F launcher from the Jiuquan Launch Center in China
China has launched a manned mission to its space station, in preparation for a moon landing by 2030.
NASA's High Performance Spaceflight Computing Processor. The processor is designed to survive harsh space conditions and provide a leap in processing capability for future spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
NASA is developing a new “brain” for spacecraft: an AI processor that will allow them to operate more independently
Environmental tests of Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 1 (MK1) lunar lander have been completed inside Thermal Vacuum Chamber A at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA
Blue Origin's lunar lander passes critical thermal vacuum test at NASA

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