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Elon Musk is taking the long view. The billionaire SpaceX founder has long said that humanity needs to expand its footprint out into the solar system — specifically to Mars,

Spruce trees retain ancient memories of their environment and communicate with one other in the hours preceding a solar eclipse, a new international study suggests. “We now see the forest

A composite of X-ray and radio data showing galactic center filament G359.13142-0.20005. (Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Northwestern Univ./F. Yusef-Zadeh et al; Radio: NRF/SARAO/MeerKat; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk) Have you ever had

NASA’s main center for planetary exploration will soon come under new leadership. Laurie Leshin announced today (May 7) that she’ll step down from her role as director of NASA’s Jet

Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate | Cinematic Trailer – YouTube Watch On With the decade-long Light and Darkness saga wrapped up by last year’s The Final Shape expansion, we

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found water swirling in the air of a distant alien planet, a new study reports. That exotic world is TOI-421 b, a boiling-hot

NASA and Lockheed Martin officials pose together during a handover ceremony for the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 1, 2025. (Image credit: NASA/Cory

This will be no ordinary space junk fall. The Soviet Union’s failed Kosmos 482 spacecraft will crash to Earth in the coming days after more than 50 years in orbit.

The filament erupted from the sun on May 7. (Image credit: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center) A massive solar filament erupted today (May 7), producing a stunning display that spanned

Using cutting-edge theoretical models and data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have transformed astronomical observations into detailed 3D models of cosmic objects — models that anyone can explore virtually