Interstellar comet swinging past Mars as a fleet of spacecraft looks on
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A comet from another star system will swing by Mars on Friday as a…
New Earth-mapping satellite releases first radar images
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s first radar images from a new Earth-mapping satellite show the Maine coast…
Northrop Grumman cargo ship reaches International Space Station after engine issue
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A supply ship arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday after a day’s…
Past life on Mars? NASA rover finds strongest hints yet in Martian rocks
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that…
Powerful gamma ray explosion baffles scientists
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have discovered a gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy that’s not only…
Warming seas may halve key phytoplankton species’ population in tropical oceans
SEATTLE (AP) — For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive…
The interstellar comet known as 3I-Atlas has a growing tail
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Telescope observations reveal a growing tail on the comet that’s visiting from another…
Inside the Swedish spaceport Europe hopes will compete with the US, China and Russia
KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — Deep in the Swedish forest, where reindeer roam and scientists ski in winter, lies…
‘The Martians’ review: A clever tale about a real craze
Talk about fake news: In 1907 a New York Times banner headline declared, “There Is Life On the…
Uranus Has a Tiny New Moon and It’s Only Six Miles Wide
James Webb has revealed Uranus’ smallest moon yet, a six-mile-wide world hidden near its inner rings. This discovery…