NASA robot digs up simulated moon rocks | Space photo of the day for June 13, 2025
At the Kennedy Space Center, a new robot shovels up manufactured lunar dust as part of a larger test.
Cosmic rings reveal new planet being born | Space photo of the day for June 11, 2025
Star RIK 113 is busy making a new planet in its protoplanetary disk as seen in this new image from the Very Large Telescope.
Astronomers see the 1st stars dispel darkness 13 billion years ago at ‘Cosmic Dawn’
The CLASS telescope array has taken a fresh look at the infant universe to hunt for polarized light in the Cosmic Microwave Background that resembles light bouncing off a cosmic car hood.
‘We’ve got a new mystery on our hands’: Titan’s weird wobble just got even stranger
New research reveals more about why Saturn's large moon tilts, a puzzle that has intrigued scientists for decades.
Crashed lander looks back at Earth from the moon | Space photo of the day for June 10, 2025
The private company's Resilience moon lander could almost see Japan if it weren't for the clouds.
NASA raises the odds that an asteroid could hit the moon in 2032
Asteroid 2024 YR4, once the highest impact risk ever recorded, now poses no threat to Earth but has a slightly increased chance of striking the moon in 2032.
Astronomers discover 15 new giant radio galaxies — the largest single objects in the universe
A new batch of 15 Giant Radio Galaxies, the largest of which is 12.4 light-years wide, could help reveal how black holes and galactic mergers help the universe's largest single objects grow so large.
12-mile-tall volcano on Mars punches through clouds | Space photo of the day for June 10, 2025
NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter captures one of the Red Planet's biggest volcanoes peeking over clouds at dawn.
Golden Dome: An aerospace engineer explains the proposed US-wide missile defense system
In May 2025, President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome. How exactly does it work?
There’s an infinite amount of energy locked in the vacuum of space-time. Could we ever use it?
Unfortunately, any work you do in the universe will have to be done the old-fashioned way.