June 11, 2019 European astronaut to perform first DJ set in space What's it like to spin records in outer space?
June 11, 2019 Scientists take first-ever image of a faint swirling ring of hydrogen around our galaxy's black hole Astronomers, for the first time, have snapped an image of a cool, gassy ring swirling around the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
June 11, 2019 Volcanic explosion on Mars may have spawned this strange rock billions of years ago Next year, NASA will launch a new Mars rover , one equipped to determine whether the Red Planet ever hosted life — but it could also determine how violently Martian volcanoes erupted during the planet's geologic heyday.
June 11, 2019 Why Trump's tweet about (not) going to the Moon is a problem for space exploration Just one month after proclaiming his administration's mission to go back to the moon before going to on to Mars, President Donald Trump seemed to completely shift spaceflight gears in a confusing tweet June 7.
June 11, 2019 Stephen Hawking was right: Black holes can evaporate, weird new study shows In 1974, Stephen Hawking made one of his most famous predictions: that black holes eventually evaporate entirely.
June 11, 2019 Extraterrestrial life could be scarcer than first thought, study says The search for extraterrestrial life has fascinated humanity for generations, with all sorts of theories about where it could exist, if it exists at all. For all those hoping to see an abundance of E.T., a new study puts a bit of a damper on their whereabouts.
June 11, 2019 Weird 'radio bridge' 10 million-light years long links colliding galaxy clusters Astronomers have spotted a ridge of radio emissions 10 million light-years long joining two galaxy clusters that are slowly colliding with each other.
June 10, 2019 Mysterious large mass discovered on Moon bewilders scientists: 'Whatever it is, wherever it came from' A large mass of unknown material has been discovered on the largest crater on the Moon and scientists aren't sure what it is.
June 10, 2019 Ancient asteroid crater found off the coast of Scotland The spot where an ancient asteroid hit the United Kingdom some 1.2 billion years ago has been tracked to a location under the sea between mainland Scotland and the Western Isles.
June 10, 2019 Private astronauts could spend a month in space under new NASA plan As part of its new plan to encourage commercial use of the International Space Station , NASA is opening the orbiting facility to up to two private astronauts per year, the agency announced today (June 7).