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Mars may be known as the Red Planet, but under the right cosmic conditions, its skies shimmer emerald with auroras — and for the first time, scientists think they can

Turn your eyes to the east in the early morning hours of Sept. 16 to see the moon conspire with Jupiter and the bright stars of the Gemini constellation to

New research suggests that “little red dots” seen in the early universe may actually be a new class of cosmic object: black hole stars. If this theory is correct, it

Comets are among the most captivating wanderers of the solar system — icy relics from its earliest days that blaze across the sky with glowing tails and mysterious origins. Often

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared Firefly Aerospace to resume launches of its Alpha rocket. The approval follows a months-long review of the failed “Message in a Booster”

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Finding life beyond the Earth would be a major scientific

Sometimes an unusual celestial sight will take place at a rather ungodly hour. As a budding young amateur astronomer living in the Bronx, I remember the bemused look on my

At a double observatory atop Mount Teide on the Spanish island of Tenerife, a powerful laser is being deployed to track fragments of space debris in orbit and warn when

On Sept. 7 2025, the skies darkened as Earth’s shadow consumed the moon. Skywatchers in many parts of the world saw the moon turn blood red due to a total

2010 was an exceptional year for sci-fi video games: StarCraft 2, Mass Effect 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Vanquish… But it might be safe to say it was Halo: Reach, arguably