Space

Though the solar system is said to only contain eight planets, scientists had always proposed that there could …

For thousands of years, people have been puzzling over the milky strip that extends across the entire firmament. …

Science fiction writers have long featured terraforming, the process of creating an Earth-like or habitable environment on another …

To the Moon? History says we’ve been there. Mars? Only with probes and the like. Never has any …

New research from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft’s up-close Grand Finale orbits shows a surprisingly powerful and dynamic interaction of …

The Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16, contains the young star cluster NGC 6611. It also the …

Back in 2014, NASA awarded both Boeing and SpaceX contracts to develop commercial crew transportation systems; the eventual …

About a decade ago, astronomers discovered a population of small, but massive galaxies called “red nuggets.” A new …

For the first time, astronomers have directly imaged the formation and expansion of a fast-moving jet of material …

Mars is our closest interstellar neighbor, and the red planet is currently in the middle of massive dust …