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NASA's Perseverance rover just snapped a photo of a shiny silver object wedged between two Martian rocks. It's part of a thermal blanket that the robot carried with it to the Red Planet.

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have imaged the debris disk of the nearby star HD 53143 at millimeter wavelengths for the first time, and it looks nothing like they expected....

How hundreds of tornadoes led one man to seek communication improvements amidst deadly weather events.

In a series of papers, amateur astronomer and exoplanet researcher Alberto Caballero narrows down who could have sent the Wow! Signal and how many hostile civilizations could be listening to our transmissions. The post T...

The House Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee on June 15 approved by voice vote a defense funding bill for fiscal year 2023. The post House appropriators approve funding increase for DoD, support space progra...

Many of the etchings resemble human beings, which researchers infer are depictions of underworld spirits.

Chinese researchers have found a signal that could be from alien civilizations, the country's science ministry is reporting.

A newly discovered black hole with a mass 3 billion times that of the sun is growing by rapidly consuming matter and has powered the most luminous quasar for 9 billion years.

NASA and the European Space Agency announced agreements to cooperate on Earth science and a lunar mission June 15, but agency leaders said they're still discussing more substantial cooperation on the Artemis program and ...

Director Emily Dean discusses making "The Very Pulse of the Machine" for "Love, Death + Robots Vol. 3"

The importance of space sustainability for the long-term equitable and accessible use of space has been internationally agreed upon for decades. However, in this rapidly evolving tech sector, a shift is needed in how act...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Italian Space Agency (ASI) President Giorgio Saccoccia, and leadership from the U.S. Embassy in Rome will speak with astronauts aboard the International Sp...

A jaw bone fossil could hold the key in identifying an ancient 'bear-dog' species.

In this age of exoplanet discovery, we’ve discovered thousands of exoplanets of different types. The hot Jupiter is one of the most unusual types. There’s nothing like it in our Solar System. Hot Jupiters are massive...

Astronomers in the UK announce today that have established how galaxies like our own Milky Way formed over 10 billion years of cosmic time through an abundance of separate galaxies colliding together.

While using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to observe large star-forming regions in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), scientists discovered a turbulent push-and-pull dynamic in the star-forming r...

Mesmerizing views of the Strawberry Supermoon thrilled stargazers all over the world yesterday night (June 14) with stunning images arriving from all over the world.

Mercury will reveal itself at pre-dawn tomorrow (June 16) when the planet reaches greatest western elongation. Here's how to see it.

A never-before-seen spacesuit is making its debut with the public opening of a new NASA exhibit, but its reveal is not the only surprise: it was also made by Adam Savage of "Mythbusters" fame.

This full-frame DSLR is a low-light master, perfect for astrophotography, and has comfortable controls to match.

The odd chemical composition of Venusian clouds cannot be explained by extraterrestrial life, as the atmosphere bears no signs of alien pooping and eating, a new study found.

Space travel is clearly for astronauts and the super rich, but NASA has found a way the rest of us can claim our spot among the cosmos.