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A swarm of 4-inch rovers will soon explore the moon's surface
A catapult will fling the tiny robots onto the lunar ground.
NASA flies extremely close by volcano world, captures wild footage
Extraordinary views of a land hundreds of millions of miles away.
By Mark Kaufman
CERN's Large Hadron Collider is looking for dark photons. But... why?
Particles are being collided in the hopes of finding something related to dark matter.
By Mike Pearl
How to kick off your new year with a view of the Quadrantid meteor shower
If it's the night of Jan. 3-4, look up.
By Mike Pearl
This NASA crew has survived Mars for six months — sort of
'I actually apparently really love being on Mars.'
How Oppenheimer built an atomic bomb before the Nazis
The U.S. feared Hitler could make a terrifying weapon.
By Mark Kaufman
Fascinating things about the moon you didn't know
Our natural satellite is full of wonder.
By Mark Kaufman
Pioneering spacecraft reaches moon's orbit, beams back images
Robotic explorer delivers new photo gifts on Christmas.
Astronauts test SpaceX's crucial moon elevator
How the first woman and person of color will step onto the moon.
Webb telescope image isn't just glorious. It shows warped space.
Massive objects distort spacetime.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA's car-sized rover spots strong evidence of gushing water on Mars
Mars was once a wet world.
By Mark Kaufman
Spacecraft sends back unusual view of Earth and the moon
Why does the moon appear so far away?
NASA beamed a cat video back to Earth from deep space
Taters: chasin' lasers and makin' history.
Webb telescope just saw something strange on Uranus
It only shows up in the summer sunlight.
The sun is shooting giant flares into space. Here's what they are.
"It's the space equivalent of hurricane season."
By Mark Kaufman
The Sun emitted its strongest solar flare in 6 years
Check out the images of this powerful burst of radiation.
On thrilling ocean world, NASA spots a vital element for life
Every year, this orb grows more tantalizing.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA video shows spectacular recreation of pivotal Mars event
A momentous extraterrestrial scene.
By Mark Kaufman
Scientists say they conversed with a whale. It may be practice for aliens.
One day, advanced civilization may contact us.
By Rebecca Sohn
What are comets? The secret lives of space snowballs, explained.
They're 4.6 billion-year-old time capsules.
NASA's Voyager probe stopped communicating. There's no quick fix.
The spacecraft is over 15 billion miles away.
By Mark Kaufman
The Webb telescope just probed a star's pulverized corpse
A supernova left behind filaments "akin to tiny shards of glass."
