Science
What supermoon am I? A lunar personality test
The supermoon shines brighter and bolder than usual—discover which dazzling lunar personality matche...
Northern lights may be visible in 17 states (and m...
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Illinois as an incoming coronal mass ejection is expected to s...
What the family drama of interbreeding polar and g...
A hybrid grolar bear saga is unfolding in the Arctic, and the tale of this strange family has much t...
Uranus's small moons are dark, red, and water-poor...
…Except for Mab, which is even weirder than expected.
Extreme heat hampers children’s early learning
Children regularly exposed to temperatures over 30°C (86°F) have lower scores on literacy and numera...
5 key takeaways from Jared Isaacman's 2nd NASA chi...
Private billionaire SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman appeared before a Senate committee Dec. 3 for co...
A green flash at sunset | Space photo of the day f...
This rare phenomenon is also called the green rim and it actually happens at every sunset.
Too busy to meditate? Microdosing mindfulness has ...
Small bursts of mindfulness practices lasting a minute or less can have unexpected benefits for thos...
NASA spacecraft were vulnerable to hacking for 3 y...
An AI start-up has found a vulnerability in security software protecting NASA's ground control commu...
Sun unleashes intense X-class solar flare, trigger...
The powerful X1.1 solar flare from sunspot region 4298 sparked strong radio blackouts on the sunlit ...
Watch 3 astronauts head home to Earth from the Int...
NASA's Jonny Kim and two cosmonauts are scheduled to leave the International Space Station tonight (...
Are we living in a simulation? This experiment cou...
The idea that we might be living in a simulated reality has worried us for centuries. Now physicists...
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellite...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base...
How to Watch 'Apollo 1: Destination Moon', the Cha...
'Apollo 1: Destination Moon' follows a real-life astronaut mission that ended tragically — and the l...
AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient ...
From bicycles to rockets, learning through experience – whether human or machine – is shaping the fu...
How to watch 'The War Between the Land and the Sea...
The Sea Devils are back in a brand new 'Doctor Who' spin-off. Here's how to watch 'The War Between t...
Scientists sent a menstrual cup to space. This is ...
Most astronauts who menstruate pause their cycle with hormones before hitting the stars, but in the ...
Geminid meteor shower 2025 peaks next week. Here's...
The Geminids return with near-perfect viewing conditions, offering skywatchers up to 150 meteors an ...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 188 — A New NA...
On Episode 188 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss Jared Isaacman, the billionai...
Space.com headlines crossword quiz for week of Dec...
Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlin...
Don't miss Jupiter shining close to the waning gib...
The waning moon shines close to the king of the planets on Dec. 7.
Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese technology-demons...
Rocket Lab launched a satellite for a "confidential commercial customer" on Thursday morning (Nov. 2...
3 astronauts settle into their new life in orbit |...
Newly arrived and soon-to-depart members of Expedition 73 prepared for what is to come next during t...
NASA's next-gen Roman Space Telescope is fully bui...
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now fully assembled and ready to begin launch preparatio...
Every space and sci-fi game at the PC Gaming Show:...
Our friends at PC Gamer hosted a fantastic show looking at the future of video games, and these are ...
NASA spacecraft tracks comet SWAN in incredible 40...
NASA imaged Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) every four minutes for nearly 40 days, marking the longest any co...
Scientists capture 51 images showing exoplanets co...
The Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument captured unprecedented images of 51 dusty rings shaping...
'Torchwood: Children of Earth': Why the 2009 mini-...
Ahead of 'The War Between the Land of the Sea', we look back at a drama that rewrote the rules of th...
Comet 3I/ATLAS from beyond solar system carries ke...
Astronomers have discovered that 3I/ATLAS is carrying methanol and other chemicals that were probabl...
'We have lost a lot of time.' Former NASA chief sa...
Former NASA chief Michael Griffin told the U.S. Congress that while China is making great strides in...
Tattooing may trigger localised damage to the immu...
There is relatively little information on the long-term health effects of tattooing, but a couple of...
Blue Origin's next space tourism flight will break...
Blue Origin's upcoming NS-37 space tourism launch has special significance: One of the passengers is...
Hunter-gather groups are much less egalitarian tha...
There is a widespread belief that altruism and equality drive social behaviour in traditional hunter...
Mars orbiter sees 'butterfly' crater spread its wi...
A new view of Mars showcases a dramatic impact crater on the Red Planet with its debris wings unfurl...
Quantum experiment settles a century-old row betwe...
Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr had an ongoing rivalry about the true nature of quantum mechanics, an...
The 1st Global Space Awards honors late Apollo 13 ...
The Global Space Awards will be held at London's Natural History Museum on Dec. 5.
Seeing a bull's-eye in the desert | Space photo of...
Is this really a crater in the Saharan Desert?
How Australian teens are planning to get around th...
From legal challenges to lesser-known apps, the teenagers of Australia are already preparing to push...
December's 'Cold Moon' rises: See breathtaking ima...
December's "Cold Moon" rose on Dec. 4 as it neared its closest point ot Earth in its monthly orbit.
What can ancient Chinese texts teach us about sola...
What can today's scientists learn about astronomical phenomena from ancient texts?
Glowing bridge links dwarf galaxies in stunning ne...
A spectacular new view of two dwarf galaxies caught in the middle of a cosmic collision reveals a gl...
'Hubble tension' is back again as a new cosmic map...
"It means cleaning house, narrowing the viable paths forward, and no longer spending energy on what ...
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit fr...
SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (Dec. 4), sending ...
Scientists discover one of our universe's largest ...
The discovery potentially transforms what we think about how the cosmic environment influences galax...
Was Elon in the room where it happened? This senat...
As he did eight months ago, Sen. Ed Markey asked Jared Isaacman if Elon Musk was in the room when Pr...
AI can influence voters' minds. What does that mea...
Voters change their opinions after interacting with an AI chatbot – but, encouragingly, it seems tha...
Rare solar flare caused radiation in Earth's atmos...
Levels of potentially dangerous cosmic radiation in Earth's atmosphere rose to a two-decade high in ...
Why is AI making computers and games consoles more...
The AI industry consumes vast amounts of energy, fresh water and investor cash. Now it also needs me...
Mercury is hard to spot, but you can catch it in t...
If you've never sighted this rocky little world for yourself, you'll never get a better opportunity ...
Rare images reveal active sunspots minutes before ...
We don't often get a good look at X-class solar flares from ground-based observatories.
