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Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered that aging stars in their so-called “red giant” phase are even more destructive to their orbiting planets than previously suspected.

Comet 3I/ATLAS continues to captivate the public. The comet is only the third known interstellar visitor to our solar system, and has been repeatedly surprising astronomers as it flies through

While Mars looms as the next destination for humanity’s expansion into our solar system, there are significant hurdles, technological issues, financial concerns, and astrophysical logistics to overcome before placing boots

Using data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, scientists have discovered that the solar system’s most volcanic body is even hotter than we thought. In fact, Jupiter’s moon Io could be emitting

Excess heat is flowing from the north pole of Enceladus, hinting at a careful energy balance deep that may have kept the subsurface ocean stable over geologically significant timescales, boosting

There’s a delightful irony in stealing the schtick of one of sci-fi’s most infamous parasitic organisms. Nemesis is a cooperative-ish sci-fi board game developed by Awaken Realm Studio. But more

Beginning next week, daytime rocket launches are all officially scrubbed thanks to the government shutdown. As the record-long shutdown of the U.S. federal government stretches into its second month, commercial

Frozen complex organic molecules have been discovered for the first time around a young protostar in a galaxy other than our own, thanks to the observing power of the James

A surprise strong (G3) geomagnetic storm lit up skies across the Northern Hemisphere overnight (Nov. 5-6), treating skywatchers to dazzling auroras from Canada to northern North America. Geomagnetic conditions have

Few TV series in recent memory have been as secretive and kept their narrative cards so close to the vest as “Pluribus,” Apple TV’s weird sci-fi drama from Emmy Award-winning