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NASA, ESA, Dennis Bodewits (AU); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) NASA’s Hubble Caught a Comet Breaking Up in Real Time, and the Images Are Wild
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers captured detailed images of a comet as it began to tear itself apart.
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Asteroid Ryugu Asteroid Ryugu Is Carrying All 5 DNA Building Blocks of Life. Could There Be Another Earth in the Universe?
All five of the essential building blocks of DNA and RNA, known as nucleobases, exist on the asteroid Ryugu.
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DrPixel/Getty Images Is This Newly Discovered Alien Planet the Stinkiest Ever Found?
A team led by astronomers from the University of Oxford has identified a planet that, in theory, smells entirely of rotten eggs.
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3I/ATLAS Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Can Get You Drunk
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has unexpectedly high levels of methanol, a simple alcohol molecule, in the cloud of gas surrounding the comet.
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Roberto Machado Noa/Getty Images A 1,300-Pound NASA Satellite Crashed Back to Earth After 14 Years in Space
The satellite was expected to re-enter the atmosphere around 7:45 p.m. EDT, though predictions carry a margin of error of about 24 hours.
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VICTOR de SCHWANBERG/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/GETTY IMAGES Why a California Startup Wants to Put Thousands of Mirrors in Earth’s Orbit
A California startup wants to build a giant mirror in space to bounce sunlight back to Earth after the sun goes down.
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Jonathan Knowles/Getty Images NASA’s Asteroid-Smashing Test Worked Even Better Than Expected
The impact didn’t just alter the asteroid’s local orbit. It slightly shifted the entire system’s path around the Sun.
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Dawam Syah/500px/Getty Images Is the Chaos of Space Hiding Alien Signals From Us?
New research suggests that the universe might be scrambling potential alien calls before they ever reach Earth.
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Illustration: Denis-Art / Getty Images Scientists Finally Found Something That Can Kill a Tardigrade
Adorable, freaky, and indestructible. Well, almost.
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NASA's Artemis II. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images NASA Scrapped Its Plan to Put Astronauts on the Moon With Artemis III
We’ll get back there eventually. Maybe.
