SpaceX has created a space-based internet that connects the world, is developing data centers that will harness the Sun to power a truth-seeking AI, and hopes to bring manufacturing to the Moon and ...

"No one expected that this effect could even occur in the atmosphere." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Even as NASA continues to ...

The Perseverance Mars rover poses against a dramatic backdrop of ancient Martian terrain in a new selfie. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover is living up to its name as its total distance traveled approaches the length of a marathon. Over the past five years, this intrepid explorer has traversed more than 26.05 ...

A strange “forbidden” planet spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope is turning planetary science on its head. TOI-5205 b, a Jupiter-sized world orbiting a small, cool star, has an atmosphere ...

Although Musk recently explained on X that he first wanted to build a settlement on the Moon, this does not mean that he has abandoned the goal of colonizing Mars. He has merely postponed his original ...

NASA released a much-anticipated contract solicitation for a Mars-orbiting spacecraft late last week, kicking off what is sure to be a hotly contested and potentially controversial procurement. At ...

Skipping a gym session can throw people off of their routine, even if it’s just one day. So Planet Fitness members are in luck because the fitness centers across the U.S. will be open this Memorial ...

A NASA spacecraft bound for an unusual metallic asteroid recently made a strategic flyby of Mars — and its cameras captured a rare perspective of the red planet along the way. The Psyche mission, ...

Last fall, a Chinese spacecraft orbiting Mars captured images of a comet from another star system, offering scientists a fresh vantage on a rare visitor. In July 2025, telescopes spotted 3I/ATLAS—only ...

A colossal valley near Mars’s equator is revealing dramatic clues about the Red Planet’s watery and volcanic past. Stretching roughly 1,300 kilometers, Shalbatana Vallis was carved billions of years ...