Named after the Roman god of the sea, Neptune is a world of powerful storms, deep mysteries, and breathtaking beauty. Neptune may be distant, but it’s anything but quiet. With
Named after the Roman god of the sea, Neptune is a world of powerful storms, deep mysteries, and breathtaking beauty. Neptune may be distant, but it’s anything but quiet. With
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The federal spending law passed in early July 2025, often
An executive order (EO) signed by President Trump on Thursday (Aug. 28) — just before millions of Americans began their Labor Day holiday weekend — removes NASA employees from federal
Don’t miss the half-lit disk of Earth’s natural satellite gracing the night sky this week as the moon hits its first quarter phase while clutched in the grasp of a
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites today (Aug. 30), sending 24 of them up from California’s central coast. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink craft lifted
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a strange disk of gas and dust around an infant star that could challenge current models of planet formation. The
Get ready to explore one of the most unusual planets in our solar system — Uranus, the tilted ice giant that spins on its side and keeps scientists guessing. Add
According to astronomers, water worlds, though admittedly not those containing Kevin Costner, are one of the most common types of planets in our solar system. This is partly due to
Since sending the first human into space in the 1960s, the solution to one key challenge has remained elusive: the efficient and reliable production of oxygen in space. On the
Astronomers used a powerful virtual radio telescope to observe a distant active galaxy. The observations revealed a ribbon-like jet of super-heated plasma. The plasma reaches temperatures of more than 10