How NASA’s Mars InSight lander mission will end
How NASA’s Mars InSight lander mission will end
NASA's InSight lander reached Mars four years ago and has been working to gather data about the red planet's interior. But the mission will soon come to an end.
Watch the launch highlights of world’s most powerful rocket
Watch the launch highlights of world’s most powerful rocket
SpaceX launched its mighty Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday morning in a mission that deployed two classified satellites for the U.S. Space Force.
NASA ‘on track’ for SLS rocket launch in November
NASA ‘on track’ for SLS rocket launch in November
Following several failed attempts to get its next-generation SLS rocket airborne, NASA has announced it's currently on track for a November 14 launch.
How to watch the launch of the world’s most powerful operational rocket
How to watch the launch of the world’s most powerful operational rocket
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, November 1, for the launch of its mighty Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here's how to watch.
Space station shares ‘eerie green aurora’ for Halloween
Space station shares ‘eerie green aurora’ for Halloween
The ISS has shared an “eerie green aurora” for tonight’s Halloween festivities, though admittedly, it has more to do with solar storms than scary monsters.
The ghostly remnants of a dead star captured in stunning image
The ghostly remnants of a dead star captured in stunning image
The ghostly Vela supernova remnant is located 800 light-years away and was created by the death of a star around 11,000 years ago.
Astronomers spot a huge ‘planet killer’ asteroid between Earth and Venus
Astronomers spot a huge ‘planet killer’ asteroid between Earth and Venus
Astronomers announced they have spotted a huge asteroid nearly a mile wide that could one day intersect with Earth's path.
Watch NASA demolish a piece of space history in 10 seconds
Watch NASA demolish a piece of space history in 10 seconds
NASA is normally concerned with blasting rockets to space, but at the weekend it focused on blasting a former administrative headquarters to smithereens.
Spooky cobwebbed Hubble image helps investigate dark matter
Spooky cobwebbed Hubble image helps investigate dark matter
With Halloween coming up, the Hubble Space Telescope team is celebrating by releasing a new Hubble image showing the dark cobwebs of galaxy cluster Abell 611.
James Webb captures a stunning colliding pair of galaxies
James Webb captures a stunning colliding pair of galaxies
A recently released image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the stunning galaxies IC 1623 A and B, which are in the process of merging.
Rebooted Mars Express instrument peers inside martian moon Phobos
Rebooted Mars Express instrument peers inside martian moon Phobos
A nearly 20-year-old instrument on the Mars Express orbiter received a software upgrade that enabled it to take a close-up look at the martian moon Phobos.
Lucy spacecraft snaps stunning image of Earth during flyby
Lucy spacecraft snaps stunning image of Earth during flyby
Earlier this month, NASA's Lucy spacecraft whipped by Earth as it performed a flyby. While it was passing by, it snapped images of both the Earth and the moon.
NASA’s Psyche mission to metal asteroid has a new launch date
NASA’s Psyche mission to metal asteroid has a new launch date
NASA's Psyche spacecraft, set to visit a metal asteroid, has been given a new launch date following a delay to its launch originally set for August 2022.
See the ‘quiet’ of the sun’s corona in Solar Orbiter footage
See the ‘quiet’ of the sun’s corona in Solar Orbiter footage
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft has made a second close approach to the sun and has captured stunning footage of its corona.
Enormous meteor strike blows 500 foot-wide crater into Martian surface
Enormous meteor strike blows 500 foot-wide crater into Martian surface
One of the biggest meteor strikes ever witnessed in the solar system has been recorded by two different Mars missions.
Perseverance rover to drop off samples for return to Earth
Perseverance rover to drop off samples for return to Earth
The NASA Perseverance rover is paving the way for future missions which intend to bring samples back from Mars to Earth for the first time.
The Pillars of Creation look spooky in new James Webb image
The Pillars of Creation look spooky in new James Webb image
Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have released another image of the Pillars of Creation -- and it's a spooky one.
Elon Musk shares stunning image of Starlink rocket launch
Elon Musk shares stunning image of Starlink rocket launch
As the world’s media went into overdrive on Thursday over Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, the self-proclaimed Chief Twit turned his attention elsewhere.
SpaceX to launch world’s most powerful operational rocket
SpaceX to launch world’s most powerful operational rocket
SpaceX is making final preparations for the fourth launch of its Falcon Heavy vehicle, the world’s most powerful rocket in use today.
SpaceX unveils Starlink internet service for moving vehicles
SpaceX unveils Starlink internet service for moving vehicles
SpaceX's Starlink service is launching a high-speed, low-latency internet service for vehicles on the move, but it doesn't come cheap.
Space station forced to dodge orbital debris on Monday night
Space station forced to dodge orbital debris on Monday night
The International Space Station has maneuvered out of the way of debris that was expected to come close to the orbital outpost on Monday night.
How to watch this week’s solar eclipse in person or online
How to watch this week’s solar eclipse in person or online
This Tuesday, a partial solar eclipse will be visible in some parts of the world as the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. Here's how to watch.
Hubble captures a tempestuous pair of Herbig-Haro objects
Hubble captures a tempestuous pair of Herbig-Haro objects
This week's image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a pair of objects called Herbig-Haro objects, which were captured by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3.
See how the night sky changes over a decade with this NASA time lapse
See how the night sky changes over a decade with this NASA time lapse
NASA has shared a time lapse animation showing the changes in the night sky over a period of more than a decade.
Astronomers spot a monster black hole ‘practically in our backyard’
Astronomers spot a monster black hole ‘practically in our backyard’
Recently, astronomers discovered a massive black hole just 1,550 light-years away, which is right in our neighborhood, astronomically speaking.
How NASA is building an instrument to withstand the brutal conditions of Venus
How NASA is building an instrument to withstand the brutal conditions of Venus
NASA has shared more details about one of the DAVINCI mission's instruments and how it will collect vital data in the challenging Venus environment.
See SpaceX’s chopsticks in action stacking the Starship rocket
See SpaceX’s chopsticks in action stacking the Starship rocket
SpaceX recently shared footage of its Starship rocket being stacked at its Starbase development facility in Boca Chica, Texas.
Curiosity rover investigates salty region of Mars for clues of life
Curiosity rover investigates salty region of Mars for clues of life
It's an exciting time when a Mars rover reaches an area high in sulfates, and the Curiosity rover recently arrived at one such location on Mount Sharp.
![A gas giant exoplanet [right] with the density of a marshmallow has been detected in orbit around a cool red dwarf star [left] by the NASA-funded NEID radial-velocity instrument on the 3.5-meter WIYN Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab. The planet, named TOI-3757 b, is the fluffiest gas giant planet ever discovered around this type of star.](https://www.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/noirlab2225a1.jpg?resize=650%2C390&p=1)
Unusual puffy exoplanet has the density of marshmallow
Unusual puffy exoplanet has the density of marshmallow
Researchers using the Kitt Peak National Observatory have identified a puffy, low-density marshmallow planet orbiting a cool red dwarf star.
Crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid caused it to form twin tails
Crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid caused it to form twin tails
A few weeks ago NASA's DART mission crashed into an asteroid. Followup observations from Hubble show a surprising finding: the asteroid now has a second tail.
NASA is testing ways to crash land on Mars
NASA is testing ways to crash land on Mars
NASA’s Mars team is testing a new method of getting equipment onto the martian surface -- using a deliberate crash landing.
Check out Webb telescope’s mind-blowing image of the Pillars of Creation
Check out Webb telescope’s mind-blowing image of the Pillars of Creation
The James Webb Space Telescope's latest awe-inspiring image shows in astonishing detail the Pillars of Creation some 6,500 light-years away.
NASA to restart spacewalks at ISS following safety scare
NASA to restart spacewalks at ISS following safety scare
NASA has given the green light to restart U.S.-led spacewalks outside the ISS following a serious incident that occurred during a spacewalk in March.
D-RATS astronauts test lunar technology in the desert
D-RATS astronauts test lunar technology in the desert
NASA astronauts are currently driving a prototype rover around an Arizona desert to find out if it's ready for a lunar mission.