NASA's massive new space telescope just keeps getting colder. While the James Webb Space Telescope's slow cooling process is nearing its end, NASA officials wrote in an update, there's no firm timel… [+3698 chars]
A team of astronomers, with the help of the European Southern Observatorys Very Large Telescope (ESOs VLT), have observed a new type of stellar explosion a micronova. These outbursts happen on the su… [+8541 chars]
A hand-held laser pointer produces no noticeable recoil forces when it is "fired"even though it emits a directed stream of light particles. The reason for this is its very large mass compared to the … [+4063 chars]
The U-shaped relationship between diet and size in modern land mammals could also stand for "universal," says a new study, which has found that the relationship spans at least 66 million years and a … [+7519 chars]
Astrobotic has finally offered a good look at the vehicle that will carry scientific payloads to the lunar surface. The company has revealed the finished version of the Peregrine Moon lander ahead of… [+1388 chars]
NASAs Perseverance rover captured a lucky cosmic event on April 2: Mars distinctly potato-shaped moon Phobos eclipsing the Sun. This new video comes fresh off the heels of NASAs InSight lander captur… [+1520 chars]
Placeholder while article actions load To hear Charlie Duke tell it, his lifes most important moment did not come 50 years ago today, when he became the 10th and youngest of 12 people to walk on the… [+17641 chars]
Head outside overnight tonight and you may catch a glimpse of a shooting star or two. The Lyrid Meteor Shower will peak overnight Thursday into Friday. The shower will reach its maximum around midni… [+1479 chars]
A team of researchers studying 22.5-million-year-old spider fossils from Aix-en-Provence were taken aback when the petrified pests glowed under a fluorescent microscope. The fluorescence was likely d… [+3256 chars]
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. —Much like airports during bad weather, space flight from the Cape is similar. Crew-4s SpaceX Falcon 9 is now due to launch early Tuesday morning at 4:15 a.m. The Ax-1 Crew D… [+1683 chars]
A team of astronomers, with the help of the European Southern Observatorys Very Large Telescope (ESOs VLT), have observed a new type of stellar explosion a micronova. These outbursts happen on the su… [+8541 chars]
The sun is a beehive of flaring activity in a stunning new photo from a NASA spacecraft. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory caught the sun in action as it flung a moderate-sized flare into space on W… [+2492 chars]
