At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...

Astronomers have captured an exceptionally rare view of young planets in mid-transformation, revealing how bloated, giant worlds may shrink into the most common planets in the galaxy. Astronomers have ...

Combining two kinds of quantum computing devices could be just the trick for taking better images of faint, faraway ...

UC Santa Cruz astronomer Alexie Leauthaud is bringing her cosmology expertise to climate action through Seed Spoon Science, a ...

After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A ...

Which way is ‘down’ has a different answer depending on where you are on Earth, in the solar system, in our galaxy and beyond ...

Social media users shared a cosmic claim about an alleged secret NASA document named "Project Anchor" leaking online in 2024.

In a time when the night sky seems mapped out and predictable, one traveler from the deep galactic dark has come to remind us ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory has found 19 new "superfast rotator" asteroids, including the fastest-spinning big space rock ever ...

After funding six solar energy projects and hosting 15 educational events, the Solar on La Crosse Schools group plans to ...