SpaceX wants to expand Starship launch site with a Texas land swap
SpaceX's Starship launch site in South Texas may get bigger soon. The company has offered a land swap with the state to expand launch activities.
It's been a 'wild' ride for the comet sampled by NASA's Stardust mission
Comet Wild 2 formed 4.5 billion years ago and is a relic of the birth of the solar system. In 2006, NASA brought pieces of it down to Earth.
An impossibly huge ring of galaxies might lead us to new physics. Here's how
This galactic superstructure appears to us as it was over 9 billion years ago.
Not dead yet: Japan prepares for possible recovery of SLIM moon lander
The SLIM 'Moon Sniper' probe went silent shortly after notching Japan's first-ever lunar landing on Jan. 19. But there may be life in the spacecraft yet.
US Priority Mail stamps now feature James Webb Space Telescope images
As light reaching the James Webb Space Telescope, it took between 6,500 and 7,600 years to be received. As images on Priority stamps, they will get your mail to its destination much sooner.
Learn the history and heroics of 'Star Wars' Mandalorians in new souvenir hardcover
Titan Books is releasing 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian Collection' collectible hardcover on Feb. 20, 2024.
This 'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' fan trailer has us excited for the real thing
A new fan-made concept trailer for "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew" gives us us a taste of what's to come.
Wild Mars plane concept could seek water from high in the Red Planet's atmosphere
As the Mars Ingenuity helicopter continues to soar, an early-stage Red Planet craft is in the works. The first fixed-wing plane on Mars would seek water — and perhaps life.
'Barbenheimer Star' that blew up 13 billion years ago defies explanation, baffling scientists
The inexplicable entity, which likely had a chemical composition unlike any other known star, was identified by a group of "stellar archaeologists" who traced back the cosmic history of another equally unique star.
Earth's water might have come from ancient space rocks, meteorite discovery suggests
Scientists have found fingerprints of water in ancient meteorites reminiscent of the planetesimals that formed Earth.
If life exists on Mars, don't count on sample-return missions to find it, scientists say
While ambitious plans to return Red Planet samples to Earth are in development, some scientists argue that we should instead find ways to analyze Mars samples on the planet itself.