NASA now believes our galaxy is home to trillions - not billions - of rogue planets
Castaways that aren't gravitationally tied to a star system
Riddle me this: What is the deep-space question mark astronomers found in this Webb NIRCam photo?
In context: Since its launch a little over a year and a half ago, the James Webb Space Telescope has given astronomers, scientists, and the public unprecedented views of the distant universe. As NASA's largest and most powerful telescope, JWTS can scan further than we have ever seen, sparking brand-new discoveries. But what is Batman's Riddler doing out there?
NASA accidentally instructs Voyager 2 to turn its antenna away from Earth
NASA hopes to reestablish comms by October
Europe's Euclid mission sends back space telescope's first test images
The spacecraft commissioning phase is progressing as expected
Harvard physicist's claim of alien origins for ocean meteor fragments met with skepticism
"People are sick of hearing about Avi Loeb's wild claims"
NASA's DART mission left a trail of small boulders in its wake
Confirmed by observations through the Hubble Space Telescope
A strange object in space has been blinking roughly once every half hour since 1988
Unlike any pulsar or magnetar yet observed by astronomers
Scientists develop self-healing solar panels that can reverse the effects of radiation damage
Future satellites could stay in space far longer
There's a radioactive hot spot on the far side of the Moon
Juggling sanctions to use the data collected by China's Moon probes
Testing begins for 12-kilowatt solar electric thrusters for moon mission
More than twice the power of earlier electric propulsion thrusters
A 200-foot asteroid that just missed Earth last week wasn't detected until two days later
We were blinded by the sun
The universe could be nearly twice as old as previously estimated
Despite decades of research with sophisticated technology, there's very little we know of the universe
NASA's Perseverance rover finds diverse organic material in ancient Martian lake basin
Rock samples have been collected for analysis back on Earth
ESA mission discovers a shiny exoplanet with clouds made of metal
LTT9779 b is so hot, it has a cloudy metal atmosphere that shouldn't exist
NASA's Webb telescope marks one-year anniversary with close-up of nearby star nursery
The star-forming region is 390 light-years away
The Solar System's outermost edge could host an unknown planet
No, it's not Planet X, as this giant planet would be located much farther than that
Alien technology or natural phenomenon? Interstellar meteor material discovered
A device might be lurking under the ocean surface that answers the question: are we alone in the universe?
InSight data reveals Mars' liquid core and deep mantle anomalies
Advancing our understanding of the Red Planet
NASA plans to mine the Moon within the next decade as part of the Artemis program
The commercialization of space
A giant planet escaped death by its host star, and now scientists explain how
8 Ursae Minoris b shouldn't have survived this long
NASA astronauts on the ISS are turning 98% of their sweat and urine into drinkable water
Drinking recycled pee isn't everybody's cup of tea
Hack-A-Sat 4 contest will let white hat hackers toy with a satellite in space
For 50 years, we thought that satellites were hack-proof. It's not the case anymore
Euclid space telescope to shed light on what the "dark universe" is made of
Why it matters: A new European mission will soon depart for its deep space destination, providing scientists here on Earth with a very advanced exploration tool. Its mission: to finally solve the mysteries hiding beyond dark matter and dark energy.
Virgin Galactic first commercial spaceflight is taking place later this month
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