Every 22 minutes, like clockwork, something deep in the Milky Way sends a radio pulse toward Earth. It has been doing so since at least 1988. The object, known as GPM J1839-10, sits roughly 15,000...

There may be more than 25,000 potentially dangerous asteroids near Earth that scientists haven’t yet identified—and that blind spot is what worries planetary defense experts the most. According to officials at NASA, humanity has made...

For the first time in the history of human spaceflight, astronauts will be allowed to carry modern smartphones on active missions. The change, announced this week by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, marks a quiet but...

Three billion years ago, Mars looked nothing like the cold, dusty world we see today. According to new research from Swiss and Italian scientists, the Red Planet once hosted a vast ocean that covered nearly...

NASA is asking the world a deceptively simple question: What will astronauts eat on Mars? The answer could earn innovators up to $750,000 and help shape the future of human life beyond Earth. The US...

Scientists have taken a major step toward uninterrupted communication with spacecraft far beyond Earth. The European Space Agency has switched on a powerful new deep-space antenna in Australia, creating what engineers describe as a permanent...

For the first time in more than half a century, humans are preparing to leave Earth’s neighborhood and head back toward the Moon. NASA has officially set February 6 as the target launch date for...

NASA has announced the early return of astronauts from the Crew-11 mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), marking the first medical evacuation in the history of the orbiting laboratory. The space agency said on...

NASA has postponed the first spacewalk of 2026 after a medical issue involving one astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS), forcing the agency to halt what was expected to be a milestone operation early...

The idea of using space mirrors to illuminate Earth’s nighttime side sounds like science fiction, but a California startup wants to turn it into reality. The company, Reflect Orbital, has proposed launching thousands of mirror-equipped...