July full moon 2025 rises this week: Here’s what to expect from the ‘Buck Moon’
July’s full 'Buck Moon' rises close to aphelion, making it the furthest full moon from the sun in 2025.
ChatGPT could pilot a spacecraft unexpectedly well, early tests find
In a recent contest, teams of researchers competed to see who could train an AI model to best pilot a spaceship. The results suggest that an era of autonomous space exploration may be closer than we think.
New interstellar object 3I/ATLAS: Everything we know about the rare cosmic visitor
How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here are all of your questions answered.
Want to bulk up and build muscle? Don’t go to space
Tissue samples sent to the International Space Station reveal what can happen to astronauts on long-term missions.
Why does Mars look purple, yellow and orange in ESA’s stunning new satellite image?
Surprising colors and stunning features are captured in a new image of Mars' surface.
US military cuts climate scientists off from vital satellite sea-ice data
In the latest attack on science by the Trump administration, researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Center will no longer receive data from a fleet of military satellites.
ISS astronaut captures a rare phenomenon from orbit — a giant ‘sprite’ above a thunderstorm
Sprites have been known to form above intense thunderstorms.
For 100 years, we have marveled at planetariums. Here’s a brief history of how humans brought the stars indoors
Humans have used the stars to navigate, keep time, and understand our place in the universe.
Rare snowfall in Atacama Desert forces the world’s most powerful radio telescope into ‘survival mode’
The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base camp last week.
A ‘Golden Handle’ will appear on the moon tonight. Here’s how to see it
The "Golden Handle" appears each month when the sun illuminates a mountain range lining a vast impact crater.