NASAs Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft has been out of commission for most of the year, but owing to a very clever hack, the probe is now using the stars to navigate its way … [+3217 chars]
An asteroid up to three times larger than a blue whale will zoom past Earth on Monday (June 6) at more than 16,000 mph (26,000 km/h), according to NASA (opens in new tab). The asteroid, named 2021… [+2467 chars]
This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series exploring the red planet. NASA's Curiosity rover has a knack for snapping eye-opening pictures of the Gale Crater on Mars. There was the (actually … [+1752 chars]
NASAs Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft has been out of commission for most of the year, but owing to a very clever hack, the probe is now using the stars to navigate its way … [+3217 chars]
A new study using archived astronomical observations across the electromagnetic spectrum has come to a rather startling and somewhat unsettling conclusion: Supermassive black holes in the centers of … [+5273 chars]
Enlarge/ Tiny samples of the Hypatia stone next to a small coin. Rare type Ia supernovas are some of the most energetic events in the universe. Researchers found a consistent pattern of 15 elements i… [+3005 chars]
Its an ask never before attempted: Launch samples off the surface of another planet for return to Earth — using a rocket you first have to launch from Earth using a bigger rocket and then land on Mar… [+9881 chars]
A Minneapolis man is facing charges of assault and aggravated robbery after he allegedly beat a man for sleeping with his wife. John William Hakarine IV, 33, is charged with first-degree aggravated … [+2252 chars]
NASA is hailing the Perseverance rover's improved ability to pick its own targets as a way of speeding up science on Mars. Without explicit direction from Earth, the Perseverance rover zapped two ro… [+2531 chars]
This article was originally published at The Conversation. (opens in new tab) The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Andrew Coates (opens in new … [+6407 chars]
Zunil, GuatemalaAs the Sun climbs over a hillside ceremony, Ixquik Poz Salanic invokes a day in the sacred calendar: Tzi, a day for seeking justice. Before she passes the microphone to the next speak… [+25994 chars]
Hubble Space Telescope imagery of Minkowski's Object (lower left) and the elliptical galaxy NGC 541. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, and S. Croft (Eureka Scientific Inc.); Image Processing: Gladys Kober (N… [+2585 chars]
