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How Trump could exploit a looming global struggle for rare-earth minerals
The power grab over rare-earth minerals in Central Asia could be among the issues that will work to…
Tom Porter
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Butterfly basin: Astronomers find the biggest known reservoir of planet-forming ingredients around a young star!
In the vast expanse of the cosmos, countless elements and compounds converge in cosmic clouds, offe…
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SpaceX rockets are burning bright red holes in Earth's atmosphere and they're becoming too common for astronomers' comfort
SpaceX rockets are punching more holes in Earth's ionosphere. The effects are minimal since they're…
Maiya Focht,Lloyd Lee
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Mysterious 'ghostly' shadows larger than planet Earth reappeared on Saturn's rings. NASA says it expects even more to appear soon.
NASA's Hubble telescope spotted mysterious spots on Saturn's rings that scientists have puzzled ove…
Jessica Orwig
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India's re-named earth observation satellite to launch tomorrow — and it's capable of military surveillance
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is poised to launch its first set of satellites of 20…
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James Webb Telescope captures colorful, glittering image of the chaotic center of the Milky Way galaxy, revealing never-before-seen details
The new image of the Milky Way from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope could help scientists underst…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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China launches Earth observation satellite amid border tensions with India
China launched a new Earth observation satellite called Gaofen-13 amid border tensions with India. …
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A second Earth-sized world orbiting a dwarf star discovered by scientists
Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-s…
ANI
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Astronomers spot a sneak peek of Earth's death a star swallowing a planet whole — for the first time
Telescopes saw into our future when they spotted a burst of light from a distant star. It was gulpi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Astronomers may have just found the most distant astronomical object ever observed
Astronomers might have discovered the most distant astronomical object ever observed. Named HD1, it…
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Meet the black hole at the center of our galaxy: Scientists just took its picture for the first time
Researchers unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole lurking at the heart of our gal…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Paola R…
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A green comet that takes about 50,000 years to complete its orbit around the sun will come closest to Earth for the first time since the Stone Age
The comet will be visible in late January and early February. Here's how to watch it, why it's gree…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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European Space Agency releases breathtaking new images of the Phantom Galaxy, located 32 million light years away from Earth
Astronomers combined images from the Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Telescope to capture the…
Matthew Loh
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NASA is finally advancing a space telescope that could track down dangerous asteroids before they strike Earth
Potentially hazardous asteroids often skim past Earth without warning. A space telescope that looks…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A space telescope that could protect Earth from asteroids has been stuck in 'NASA mission limbo hell' - but it may finally escape
A telescope in orbit could track asteroids that may crash into Earth. But no such mission has moved…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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We'd need 5 to 10 years' notice to stop a killer asteroid heading for Earth
In a recent NASA simulation, scientists had six months to stop a hypothetical asteroid from hitting…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Aylin W…
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Timelapse in Google Earth shows you the slow and scary demise of our only home in 3D
The search giant says that the new feature is intended to provide a context about the earth's de…
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New photos show the Orion Nebula, a star nursery 1,350 light-years from Earth, in great detail. Scientists have been waiting on them for 5 years.
The Orion Nebula shares a similar environment to that in which our solar system was formed over 4.5…
Dhany Osman
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Eiffel Tower sized asteroid set to zoom past Earth today
Aside from the size, asteroid has impressive speed as well. Observations show that it will b…