Space & Future

Scientists watch giant planet spiral toward fiery doom

Astronomers have discovered that a distant giant planet, known as TOI-2109b, is in a dramatic death spiral, slowly falling toward its star in a...

Scientists discover rare space rock dancing in sync with Neptune

Astronomers have discovered a rare space object far beyond Neptune that moves in perfect rhythm with the giant planet. The object, named 2020 VN40, belongs...

This planet’s death spiral could teach us a lesson about rocky exoplanets

Astronomers have detected a massive, Ultra-Hot Jupiter that's getting dangerously close to its star. It's more massive than Jupiter and orbits its star more quickly...

Scientists discover a giant young planet in a unique double star system

Astronomers have discovered a young gas giant planet orbiting one star in a fascinating double star system—while the other star still has a disk...

Could life begin on Titan? NASA study finds clues in Saturn’s mysterious moon

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may hold clues about how life could begin in places very different from Earth. According to new NASA research, tiny, cell-like...

We may live in a giant cosmic void—and it could solve a big mystery

Astronomers now think Earth and our Milky Way galaxy might be sitting in a giant, mysterious "cosmic void"—a huge region of space that is...

These are the most concerning pieces of space debris

Tens of thousands of pieces of space debris are hurtling around Earth right now. These defunct satellites, spent rocket stages, collision fragments and even a...

Oldest comet ever seen? New interstellar visitor may be 7 billion years old

A newly discovered object from deep space may be the oldest comet ever observed—possibly more than 7 billion years old, and older than our...

Are we in a giant void that would help explain the Hubble Tension

One of the main objectives of the Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990, was to measure the size and age of the Universe, as...

Scientists discover Uranus has a dancing partner

In the vast expanse between Uranus and Neptune, a team of researchers have uncovered something really quite extraordinary, a minor planet that has been...

Giant liquid mirrors could revolutionize the hunt for habitable worlds

Imagine a space telescope with a mirror stretching 50 meters across! That's larger than the width of a U.K. soccer field and nearly eight times...

Chang’e-6 uncovers hidden history of the moon’s mysterious farside

For decades, scientists have wondered why the moon’s two sides are so different. The side we see from Earth, known as the nearside, is smoother...

Deep Space

Hunting for alien messages near a supernova

The Universe is Big and Full of Wonders In the big, wide universe, a group of astronomers are on a mission. They're searching near a...

How living without gravity affects the human body

Imagine living in a place where there’s no up or down, where you float instead of walking, and where gravity doesn’t pull on your...

Gamma-ray burst unveils secrets of life’s building blocks in the universe

In a breathtaking discovery, scientists have witnessed the birth of rare chemical elements in one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever recorded. This event sheds...

Russia’s Luna 25 lander crashed into the Moon

On August 10th, 2023, Roscosmos’ Luna-25 mission launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome atop Soyuz-2 rocket. This mission was the first lunar mission to launch from...

Australian Space Agency announced the Lunar Rover naming shortlist today

The Australian Space Agency launched a competition back in September to name the Aussie-made rover which will be sent to the Moon on a...