Space
Images reveal a giant hole in the Curiosity rover’s wheel
Images from Curiosity reveal large tears in a wheel, but the damage doesn't seem to slow down the roving robot.
Alien planets may be trapped in eternal days or nights.
Life on alien planets probably wouldn’t experience day and night – here’s how that may…
More Earth-like planets may exist.
Research on super-Earths and mini-Neptunes suggests that more Earth-like planets could exist.
New strategy for producing water on the Moon
Chinese researchers have developed a new method of mass production of water on the moon,…
Cosmic dust on Earth reveals the life cycle of stars
Ancient grains of dust from space can be found on Earth − and provide clues…
Lasted Space
Anomaly in Earth’s magnetic field tail
The magnetic field that protects us from solar storms is showing strange…
James Webb spots most distant black hole merger yet
Astronomers have used NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope to detect the…
Astronomers are searching for Dyson spheres
Study proposes detecting advanced civilizations by looking for Dyson spheres in existing…
NASA plans to build a rail system on the Moon
A NASA project, FLOAT, aims to create a rail system on the…
Companies seek profits in the race for space metals
Will asteroid mining relieve the pressure on Earth's resources as promised?
Exoplanet WASP-69b has a cometlike tail
The exoplanet WASP-69b has a tail that resembles that of a comet,…
Elon Musk raises the possibility of finding alien ruins
Elon Musk, in an interview at the Milken Institute conference, suggested the…
Oxygen-rich rocks suggest similarities between Mars and Earth
Rocks discovered on Mars indicate a past with an oxygen-rich atmosphere, making…
A “cosmic glitch” in gravity
A “cosmic glitch” in gravity: New model can explain strange behavior on…
Sustainable jet engine for future propulsion systems
NASA is developing future propulsion systems and improving sustainability with this small…