Italy’s 2026 Winter Olympic venues from space | Space photo of the day for Feb. 10, 2026
ESA marked the opening of the 2026 Winter Olympics by capturing the venue from low-Earth orbit.
A city on the moon: Why SpaceX shifted its focus away from Mars
Just 13 months after declaring the moon "a distraction," Elon Musk has announced that Earth's nearest neighbor is now the focus of SpaceX's settlement plans. What changed?
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS survived its flyby of the sun — and gave up some secrets in the process
Interstellar comets are the original cosmic explorers, and by studying their metallic whispers, we are learning the secrets of worlds we may never see directly.
The heart of a giant telescope | Space photo of the day for Feb. 9, 2026
There are a lot of moving pieces when it comes to building the world's largest telescope.
Venus may have an underground tunnel carved by volcano eruptions
Scientists analyzing decades-old NASA's Magellan data have identified only the second reported lava tube on Venus.
What Americans lose if their National Center for Atmospheric Research is dismantled
Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.
Space.com headlines crossword quiz for week of Feb. 2, 2026: What type of object is C/2026 A1 (MAPS)?
Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlines.
The way Earth’s surface moves has a bigger impact on shifting the climate than we knew
New research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are far more complex than previously thought.
James Webb Space Telescope finds precursors to ‘building blocks of life’ in nearby galaxy
"We found an unexpected chemical complexity, with abundances far higher than predicted by current theoretical models."
NASA space telescope sees interstellar visitor comet 3I/ATLAS flare up while exiting the solar system
New infrared observations reveal that the rare interstellar visitor known as comet 3I/ATLAS has dramatically brightened during its farewell tour of the solar system.