Universe
Astronomers found a planet 63 light-years away that appears as blue as Earth from…
Beauty and horror collide on a world where azure skies hide an inferno of molten glass and apocalyptic winds.
Space & Missions
The ISS toilet costs $23 million and feeds urine into a centrifuge as part of a…
The $23 million toilet on the International Space Station feeds a centrifuge-driven water recycler that helps the station's combined recovery system reclaim 98 percent of recoverable water — a closed loop NASA spent four decades getting right.
Universe
On Saturn's moon Titan, molecules that chemistry says should never mix are mixing
At Titan's frigid extremes, the laws of chemistry bend—substances that repel each other everywhere else in the solar system are learning to coexist.
Universe
Astronomers assumed the lava planet 55 Cancri e, just 41 light-years away, had no…
A scorched lava world 41 light-years away turned out to keep a hidden atmosphere, suggesting that even hell-like planets might retain secrets worth investigating.
Universe
Temperatures on Mercury’s sunlit surface can reach 430 degrees Celsius—yet inside…
The scorching planet closest to the Sun harbors one of the solar system's coldest secrets—vast deposits of ancient ice locked in shadows that have never seen daylight.
Universe
In March 2025, astronomers confirmed 128 new moons around Saturn in a single day…
The solar system's moon inventory just became wildly imbalanced, with Saturn's sudden discovery of 128 new worlds raising questions about what we thought we knew about planetary formation.
Universe
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has flown straight through the Sun's outer atmosphere at…
A spacecraft hurtling through the Sun's crown has shattered the speed record for human engineering, reaching velocities that would traverse the globe in minutes.
Universe
In early 2027, a shoebox-sized CubeSat called HENON will set off for a point ten…
A tiny British sensor could buy the planet hours to prepare for solar storms that routinely cripple power grids and satellites.
Space & Missions
Japan is quietly building a 100-satellite sovereign eye in the sky, and the sensor…
Tokyo's push for surveillance independence reveals a calculated bet: betting geopolitical autonomy on a Finnish startup's unproven technology rather than remaining tethered to American intelligence infrastructure.
Universe
The James Webb Space Telescope spent nearly eight hours staring into NGC 4696, a…
For the first time, astronomers have watched a supermassive black hole feed itself and then expel its meal in a cosmic cycle that may explain how these monsters grew so rapidly in the early universe.
Universe
The sun's most violent space weather doesn't taper off gradually at the end of each…
A mysterious moment during each solar cycle offers an eerily precise window into predicting space weather chaos years before it arrives.
Universe
In July 1962, a NASA engineer transcribing the Mariner 1 guidance code missed a…
On July 22, 1962, Mariner 1 was destroyed 293 seconds after launch because a single missing symbol in its guidance code — a mark smaller than a grain of rice — sent the rocket chasing phantom course corrections. Arthur C. Clarke called it the most expensive hyphen in history.
Universe
Titan's gravity is so weak and its atmosphere so dense that human-powered flight…
On Titan, the laws of physics conspire to make the impossible routine: humans could pedal through an alien sky while robots descend with ease.
Universe
Most people think the Sun is a vast ball of burning gas, but that familiar picture…
Understanding the Sun's true nature—as plasma rather than burning gas—reshapes how we grasp stellar physics and the fundamental forces driving our solar system.
Universe
Proxima Centauri is the nearest star beyond the Sun, yet this red dwarf is normally…
When Proxima Centauri erupts, it briefly outshines billions of stars—a cosmic reminder that proximity is not destiny.
Space & Missions
In 2026, engineers at ESA’s test centre in the Netherlands sealed Plato inside the…
A billion-dollar exoplanet hunter must prove it won't sabotage itself when all systems fire simultaneously in the void.