SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket debris creates dramatic fireball over Europe, crashes in Poland (video)
A SpaceX rocket stage fell to Earth early Wednesday morning (Feb. 19), blazing a trail of fire through European skies.
Hubble Telescope sets its eyes on cosmic cotton candy near the Tarantula Nebula (photo)
The Hubble Space Telescope captured the colorful, wispy clouds near the Tarantula Nebula, one of the most luminous and active star-forming regions in our galactic backyard.
Einstein Probe’s X-ray vision discovers an ‘impossible’ pair of vampire stars
A flash of X-ray light has revealed the existence of an odd couple of stars, a massive star and a white dwarf, that shouldn't really exist together.
NASA lowers impact risk of ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 to 1 in 360
Breathe a sigh of relief! NASA has dropped the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 to 1 in 360, just a day after it became the highest-risk asteroid since records began.
What is dark energy? Exploding white dwarf stars may help us crack the case
Astronomers have studied 3,600 supernovas to discover diversity in exploding white dwarf stars, a vital tool in the investigation of dark energy.
Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of ‘termination shock’
NASA's New Horizons Pluto probe is gearing up to cross the "termination shock," an exotic boundary in the outer solar system, as early as 2027.
Black holes snacking on small stars create particle accelerators that bombard Earth with cosmic rays
Gamma rays detected by NASA's Fermi spacecraft indicate that microquasars are powered by small black holes slowly devouring stars. They pack quite a punch, bombarding Earth with cosmic rays.
Lego Marvel Logo & Minifigures set review
It's not the most exciting set, but Lego Marvel Logo & Minifigures expertly achieves what it sets out to do.
Over 1,000 NASA employees saved from dismissal as Trump downsizes federal workforce
After the space community braced for a brutal shake-up at NASA this week, a last-minute decision on Tuesday (Feb. 18) spared over 1,000 agency employees on probationary status from being dismissed.
The next giant leap? How jumping could help astronauts train for trips to the moon and Mars
Scientists suggest adding jumping exercises to astronauts' training regimens, to minimize the health effects of long space missions, such as moon and Mars trips.