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The forces of light and dark are basically equal at this moment on Earth during the equinox. (Image credit: NOAA; NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory) Today (March 20) at 10:46 a.m.

An exoplanet so light that it would float on water, were there an ocean large enough, is continuing to frustrate astronomers by concealing its closest secrets with a layer of

A satellite that generates artificial solar eclipses in space has reestablished contact with its handlers after a month of silence. The European Space Agency (ESA) announced today (March 19) that

Look to the west after sunset this week for a spectacular sight, as the razor-thin waxing crescent moon hangs low above the horizon with earthshine bathing its unlit surface in

South Korean startup Innospace says it knows what went wrong on its first-ever orbital launch attempt. Innospace sent its Hanbit-Nano rocket skyward for the first time ever on Dec. 22,

Available for purchase on April 1, Lego is releasing a Tintin Moon Rocket set, which is the toy brick manufacturer’s first-ever Tintin set, and it will feature 1283 pieces, six

X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans of particles from asteroid Bennu. They show the most common types of crack networks observed in Bennu samples. One has an extensive and connect framework

A rare daytime fireball burst to life in the skies over the Midwest on the morning of March 17, creating a loud sonic boom that rattled houses as the meteor

AI systems could soon be able to hijack satellites in orbit and cause them to collide with other spacecraft, potentially triggering a dangerous cascade of smash-ups that could render the

Rocket Lab will launch an Earth-observing radar satellite for the Japanese company Synspective today (March 19), and you can watch it live. An Electron rocket topped with one of Synspective’s