Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Wins Contract to Take NASA Rover to the Moon
The Amazon founder’s space company will transport NASA's VIPER rover to the lunar south pole—if it proves capable of delivering a payload to the moon in an upcoming mission.
A Collision With Another Planet Could Have Allowed for Life on Earth
Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from outer space—specifically via a collision with a Mars-sized planet billions of years ago.
This Is the First Time Scientists Have Seen Decisionmaking in a Brain
Twelve laboratories around the world have joined forces to map neuronal activity in a mouse’s brain as it makes decisions.
Scientists Have Identified the Origin of an Extraordinarily Powerful Outer Space Radio Wave
In March 2025 the Earth was hit by a fast radio burst as energetic as the sun, but lasting only milliseconds.
Scientists Find a New Moon Orbiting Uranus
The provisionally named S/2025 U1 is so small it had gone unnoticed by probes and telescopes for the past 40 years.
Meet Wukong, the AI Chatbot China Has Installed on Its Space Station
China has rolled out a chatbot on its Tiangong space station. Its mission: to improve safety, navigation, and coordination in orbit.
The Mysterious Origins of the Most Energetic Neutrino Ever Detected
Two years ago, Earth was hit by the most energetic neutrino in history. Scientists thought it might be a measurement error, but a new study has confirmed this “ghost particle” was real.
This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered
New measurements of the galaxy at the heart of the “Cosmic Horseshoe” indicate that it could house the most massive object ever seen in the universe.
Science Reveals the Surprising Origins of the Potato
Potatoes as we know them today are the product of a hybridization that took place 9 million years ago between two plants, one of which was an ancestor of the tomato.
This Star System Contains 5 Potentially Habitable Planets
Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that may be habitable 35 light-years from Earth. Named L 98-59 f, it joins four other worlds in the temperate zone of an intriguing planetary system.