This Is The Best Place On Earth To Watch The Stars, But It's Freezing
Scientists have pinpointed the best place on the planet to stick a telescope, but you wouldn't want to live there. The highest ice dome on…
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If There's Life On Mars, This Is How We'll Finally Find It
There is no evidence that life currently exists on Mars, and its surface is not considered habitable due to radiation and temperature extremes. Beneath the…
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Hubble Is Still Snapping Gorgeous Images Despite Its Advanced Age
The Hubble Space Telescope recently snapped one of the most incredible photos of Saturn ever. The image was captured on July 4th and shows Saturn,…
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Should We Create Our Own Alien Life In Outer Space?
NASA is doing everything it can to avoid bringing Earthly organisms to other worlds, but what if we should be doing the opposite? Seeding other…
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A Grapefruit-Sized Black Hole May Be Hiding In Our Solar System
An unseen object appears to be interacting with other objects along the edge of our solar system, and researchers don't know exactly what it is. …
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The Milky Way Was Hiding A Massive Collection Of New Galaxies
A new cosmic structure was just discovered that may hold an incredible number of galaxies, stars, and planets. The structure is now known as the…
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This Stunning Galaxy Is Leaving Us In Its Dust
The Hubble Space Telescope, operated by NASA and the ESA, captured an image of the galaxy NGC 7513, which is currently speeding away from Earth…
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Hubble Just Snapped One Of Its Greatest Images Ever
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a distant galaxy called NGC 2775 that sits 67 million light-years from Earth. The galaxy is packed…
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The Earth's Magnetic Field Just Did Something Scientists Rarely See
Scientists detected a strange ripple through Earth's magnetic field without any obvious source. The wave was detected by scientists around the world, and it wasn't…
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NASA Will Pay You To Design A Moon Toilet
NASA is offering up to $20,000 for your lunar toilet designs in advance of its Artemis missions to the Moon. The toilet has to be…
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Scientists Say Alien Life May Live On Jupiter's Moon Europa
Jupiter's moon Europa may have the conditions necessary to support life, a new study claims. The interior of the planet is believed to be liquid…
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'Hot Start' Theory Says Pluto Once Had A Surface Ocean
New research suggests Pluto once had an ocean on its surface. Evidence for the theory comes from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft which spotted unique cracks…
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A Baby Jupiter Was Just Spotted Orbiting A Nearby Star
Astronomers have spotted a huge gas planet orbiting close to a very young star. The so-called 'hot Jupiter' is particularly young, making it great for…
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What's The Deal With Aliens?
What are the actual odds that we'll discover intelligent alien life in our galaxy? Not good, unfortunately. The size of the Milky Way means it's…
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A Green Glow Has Appeared Around Mars
The Mars Trace Gas Orbiter spotted a phenomenon on Mars that has also been observed around Earth. A green glow outlining the planet is the…
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Study Says There Are 36 Intelligent Alien Races In Our Galaxy
A new study calculates the number of intelligent alien civilizations likely to exist in the Milky Way. The scientists believe there are roughly 36 intelligent…
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Hubble Peers Back In Time And Makes An Astonishing Discovery
Hubble reveals secrets of the early universe, with images that show primordial stars developed far earlier than previously thought. By peering back in time to…
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An Incredibly Tiny Satellite Just Discovered Another World
A tiny exoplanet-hunting satellite called ASTERIA managed to spot a distant world twice the size of Earth. The satellite detected the scorching hot world 55…
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China Is Officially Going To Mars
China's Mars mission is scheduled for July as the country ramps up its space exploration efforts Chinese space group CASC is sending an orbiter and…
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Astronomers Spot A Galaxy Shaped Like A Donut, And It Looks Delicious
Scientists found a donut-shaped galaxy hiding out 11 billion light-years from Earth. The galaxy is making stars at an incredibly fast pace. Researchers believe it…
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Jupiter Could Have Easily Become A Star, And Earth Would Have Been Doomed
The massive gas giant Jupiter could have potentially become a star in the earliest days of the solar system. If Jupiter had become a star,…
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This Ultra-Hot Exoplanet Has Yellow Skies And Iron Rain
Exoplanet WASP-79b is a massive gas giant with incredibly hot atmospheric temperatures. Its atmosphere isn't capable of scattering like in the way that Earth's atmosphere…
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This Incredible Photo Of The Moon Is Actually 'Impossible'
Photographer Andrew McCarthy captured an image of the Moon that is quite literally "impossible." By stitching together over a dozen individual images, McCarthy created a…
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A Black Hole Has Been Hiding Surprisingly Close To Earth
A black hole was discovered lurking quietly in a system just 1,000 light-years from Earth. The black hole, which is part of the system called…
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You Could Own A Massive Chunk Of The Moon If Your Pockets Are Deep Enough
The fifth-largest piece of the Moon known to exist here on Earth is up for sale. At a price of roughly $2.5 million, it's a…
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Hubble Spotted A Comet In The Midst Of Disintegrating, And It's Stunning
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of a comet in the midst of fragmentation. Observations of comets as they break up are incredibly rare,…
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A Newly-Discovered House-Sized Asteroid Just Zipped By Earth
An asteroid up to 100 feet in diameter passed closely by Earth early on Wednesday morning. The space rock named 2020 GH2 came closer to…
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