Lava Tubes With Skylights Found at Moon's North Pole
Skylights are just as hot an amenity on the moon as on Earth.
10,000 Suns at Milky Way Core Move at Different Speeds
It's a lot more hectic in the heart of our galaxy than scientists thought.
Why Do Fast Radio Bursts Look Like Aliens?
Here's why people who search for extraterrestrial intelligence love these strange flashes.
France Sends Mini Satellite To Watch Distant Gas Giant
The telescope itself is just two inches across; the planet is seven times the size of Jupiter.
Meteorites From Giant Asteroids May Have Started Life
The meteorites may have come from a potentially habitable asteroid.
Underwater Volcano Eruption Was Largest in a Century
"We know virtually nothing about submarine volcanoes."
Telescope on Side of Plane Spots Young Stars Forming
Magnetic fields help shape the birth of stars, the new study discovered.
Titan Has Eerily Earth-Like Features Including Lakes
Two new papers give us the best glimpse yet at Titan's surface.
Rock Made of Tiny Diamonds Born Before Solar System?
The rock may contain metals that predate the entire solar system.
Astronaut Grows 3.5 Inches in Space
"I've only been in space for three weeks and haven't grown like this since middle/high school."
Does Indian Rock Art Record an Ancient Supernova?
The explosion occurred thousands of years before the current oldest record of such an event.
Twitter Has Fun With Mysterious Stick Figures on Mars
Fortunately, the scientists behind the rover love a good mystery.
Is There a Fourth Dimension? Alternate Reality Revealed
Even if we can't get to the fourth dimension, we may be able to make use of it.
Mystery Meteorite Points to Huge Undiscovered Asteroid
They expected it to be like a bunch of other meteorites they'd seen—and stumbled on a puzzle instead.
2018 Asteroid Missions Will Bring Space Rock Home
My spacecraft visited an asteroid, and all I got was this lousy pebble.
Kilauea Eruption May Help Scientists Solve Lava Mystery
The volcano has the potential to turn deadly.
NASA Previews Mission to Visit the Edge of Space
It will be the first NASA project to reside on a commercial satellite.
What Is Bombogenesis?
We know it sounds made up, but this is a real meteorological phenomenon.
Weird Star Went from Alien Megastructure to Dust Magnet
Most stars are much easier to understand, but scientists love a good puzzle.
Record-Breaking 2,000 Asteroids Near Earth ID'd in 2017
Thanks to incredible scientific technology, we're spotting more and more asteroids every year.
Which States Will Get Snow From Winter Hurricane?
The National Weather Service has issued winter weather advisories for most of the east coast.
Alien Megastructure Is Just A Really Weird Star
"That was one of the very many bad ideas that we had and we couldn't really rule it out."
China Plans Far Side of the Moon Landing for 2018
The mission defies long-held barriers in space travel.
NASA 2018 Goals Include Mars Landing, Touching the Sun
The space agency has big goals for 2018.
The Larger the Black Hole, the Younger the Nearby Stars
"Growing black holes behave like babies that become too energetic and throw their food off the table once they eat enough."
2 Planets in TRAPPIST-1 System Could Retain Atmospheres
An atmosphere is basically a giant blanket that can protect a planet from a star's barrage of dangerous radiation.
How the Arecibo Telescope Saw an Asteroid Coming
Here's what you need to know about the asteroid-hunting, hurricane-surviving, cat-loving telescope that spotted the surprisingly large asteroid.
Watch for a Lunar Eclipse of Bright Star Aldebaran
The almost full moon will block out one of the brightest stars in the sky on Saturday—here's how to watch.
Why Does the New Year Begin on January 1?
The designation of January 1 as New Year's Day is a purely human artifact.