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A sungazing spacecraft captured spectacular views of Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) as its ion tail appeared to “switch on” and swing away from the sun during a close approach to

SpaceX just launched its 50th mission of the year. The milestone moment occurred on Sunday morning (April 26), when a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellites

Owlcat Games hasn’t shied away from the fact that The Expanse: Osiris Reborn looks and feels a lot like BioWare’s Mass Effect series, and after going through the upcoming action

Serious stargazing requires planning, right? A dark-sky site, a heavy telescope, a warm jacket. A long drive home. It really doesn’t have to be this way. Sure, light pollution maps,

This image of the Small Magellanic Cloud was captured with a camera and a wide-aperture telephoto lens from a mountain in Chile. (Image credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in

Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic has completed a successful series of hot-fire tests of its rotating detonation rocket engine prototype Chakram, marking a key milestone toward bringing the experimental propulsion technology to flight

AI image processing has sped up analysis of data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope from years to mere days or less, ushering in an avalanche of ground-breaking discoveries that

Watch Live! SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launches for the first time since 2024 – YouTube Watch On SpaceX’s brawny Falcon Heavy rocket is about to fly for the first time in

The 2026 Breakthrough Prize winners were announced Saturday (April 18) as the red carpet opened at the annual gala in Los Angeles, a globally broadcast ceremony often dubbed the “Oscars

The first quarter moon shines over the city of Yorba Linda, California in March 2026. (Image credit: Zachary Cooper) Astrophotographer Zachary Cooper created this magnificent view of March’s first quarter