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What a show Earth just put on! Over the past 24 hours, our planet has been reverberating from the impact of a powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) that struck Earth’s

The Lyrid meteor shower has returned, and some lucky skywatchers are already catching glimpses of these bright meteors as they streak across the sky. The Lyrids appear to radiate from

A secret population of hidden galaxies suffusing the universe in a soft glow of far-infrared light have been strongly suggested to exist, based on careful detective work into some of

Rocket Lab is becoming an even bigger player in the world of hypersonic technology. The militaries of the United States and the United Kingdom have both picked the California-based company

For the first time in nearly a decade and a half, a Minotaur has streaked through Californian skies. A Minotaur IV rocket lifted off from the Golden State’s Vandenberg Space

Last week, reports started making rounds online about how the Trump administration could cut NASA’s science budget for the upcoming fiscal year by almost half. Such a decision could lead

The next rocket to launch astronauts to the moon is nearing completion. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) continues to make progress toward its Artemis 2 mission planned for next year;

The Japanese asteroid-sampling spacecraft Hayabusa2 has been forced into protective “safe mode” while journeying through deep space. Hayabusa2 successfully delivered pieces of the asteroid Ryugu to Earth in December 2020,

The HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) for NASA’s Gateway lunar orbit platform is removed from its transport container at Northrop Grumman’s Gilbert, Arizona, facility on April 3, 2025. (Image credit:

Scientists have perhaps discovered the weirdest planetary system ever seen. Not only does this system feature the first-ever “polar planet” to be discovered, meaning the world exists on a sideways