Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io may be hundreds of times hotter than scientists thought
NASA's Juno spacecraft has revealed that the solar system's most volcanic body is even hotter than scientists thought.
JWST makes 1st-ever detection of complex organic molecules around star in galaxy beyond our Milky Way
The molecules are building blocks of the chemical precursors of things such as RNA.
China’s Tianwen 1 Mars probe captures images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
China's Tianwen 1 spacecraft has imaged the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from Mars orbit, contributing to global efforts to study the rare visitor from beyond the solar system.
The moon looks set to roll down a ridge | Space photo of the day for Nov. 6, 2025
In Cerro Pachón, a full moon lights up the desert night sky and shows its many features.
Ancient Australian rocks may shed new light on the birth of the moon
Some of Earth's oldest rocks buried deep in Western Australia may hold new clues about the dramatic event that gave rise to our moon.
The expansion of our universe may be slowing down. What does that mean for dark energy?
"If these results are confirmed, it would mark a major paradigm shift in cosmology since the discovery of dark energy 27 years ago."
Scientists recreate ‘cosmic fireballs’ in CERN particle accelerator to hunt for missing gamma-rays
"By reproducing relativistic plasma conditions in the lab, we can measure processes that shape the evolution of cosmic jets and better understand the origin of magnetic fields in intergalactic space."
The Milky Way arcs over the Very Large Telescope | Space photo of the day for Nov. 5, 2025
Under the untouched darkness of Chile's Atacama Desert, the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope stands beneath an arching Milky Way.
Sun unleashes 2 colossal X-class solar flares, knocking out radio signals across the Americas and Pacific
The back-to-back eruptions caused radio blackouts across two hemispheres as the active sunspots turn to face Earth.
How AI fixed the James Webb Space Telescope’s blurry vision
An ultra-high-resolution instrument on board NASA's $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope has been suffering from blurry vision. AI helped fix the problem.