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Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we now have the sharpest image yet of the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS, showing that it is clearly a comet, with a coma filled with

One way scientists study planets is by looking at the minerals on their surfaces. They can tell us a lot about how worlds form. Scientists have been looking at unusual

The European Space Agency has cleared another hurdle on the road to launching the second generation of the MetOp (Meteorological Operational) Earth-studying weather satellites. In early August 2025, the team

The August full moon, also known as the Sturgeon Moon, will rise on Aug. 9, offering an impressive lunar display for skywatchers worldwide. The Sturgeon Moon will officially reach full

About 5 billion light-years away from where you’re sitting, in one of the most massive galaxies on record, there exists an astonishing black hole. It was only just measured by

Future technology could one day allow a miniature, laser-propelled spacecraft — no heavier than a paperclip — to travel to a nearby black hole, according to a bold new proposal

China’s plan to launch astronauts to the moon has taken a major step forward. The country subjected its “Lanyue” two-person lunar lander to a comprehensive landing and takeoff verification test

It might not be the big anime-style birthday remake some “Star Wars” acolytes were hoping for, but “Star Wars: A New Hope” will be blasting back into movie theaters to

Two four-legged robots recently explored a practice Mars yard, with a little help from an astronaut in space and several robot buddies. The robot team, along with the “Neal AI”

SpaceX now has a customer for some of its first Mars missions. Teodoro Valente, president of the Italian Space Agency (known by its Italian acronym ASI), announced today (Aug. 7)