Moon dust may help astronauts power sustainable lunar cities. Here’s how.
Constructing solar arrays out of moon dust would reduce launch costs and make lunar bases more plausible, according to a new study.
How a ‘mudball’ meteorite survived space to land in the jungles of Central America
A fall of rare meteorites in Costa Rica has revealed new details about a similar space rock that fell in Australia 50 years earlier.
Powerful solar winds squish Jupiter’s magnetic field ‘like a giant squash ball’
A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports.
NASA proves its electric moon dust shield works on the lunar surface
New NASA shielding technology that protects against damaging lunar dust just passed a trial run on the moon, marking an important milestone in the agency's lunar aspirations.
What’s the difference between a young exoplanet and an old one?
A new study compares young and old exoplanets to uncover how worlds shrink, migrate and evolve over time — offering insights into long-standing astronomical mysteries like the "hot Neptune desert" and the "radius valley."
25 years on, Vin Diesel’s ‘Pitch Black’ still outshines every other Riddick film — and we think we know why
As the cult classic sci-fi monster movie turns 25, we look at why it eclipses everything Vin Diesel's antihero has done since.
Familiar faces return in ‘Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld’, which hits Disney+ on May the 4th (video)
Disney has revealed its third animated Star Wars anthology series, which takes us deeper into the galaxy's darkest corners through the eyes of two infamous bounty hunters.
ESA’s new documentary paints worrying picture of Earth’s orbital junk problem
The European Space Agency's new documentary short tackles the question of whether space debris has reached crisis level.
Space miso is nuttier than Earth miso — but it’s still miso
Scientists have successfully fermented miso aboard the International Space Station, marking the first deliberate food fermentation in space that may open up new culinary possibilities for astronauts on long-term missions.
Incredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space
A spiral galaxy known as NGC 4945 exhibits powerful winds of material blowing from the supermassive black hole located at its core in a new photo taken by the Very Large Telescope in Chile.