NISAR, a giant orbiting antenna 39 feet in diameter, will monitor changes to glaciers, forests, and the Earth’s crust, providing data to help improve infrastructure and disaster responses.
The tool models the sun using AI, and its developers say it can anticipate solar flares 16 percent more accurately and in half the time of current prediction systems.
In March 2025 the Earth was hit by a fast radio burst as energetic as the sun, but lasting only milliseconds.
The provisionally named S/2025 U1 is so small it had gone unnoticed by probes and telescopes for the past 40 years.
China has rolled out a chatbot on its Tiangong space station. Its mission: to improve safety, navigation, and coordination in orbit.
Two years ago, Earth was hit by the most energetic neutrino in history. Scientists thought it might be a measurement error, but a new study has confirmed this “ghost particle” was real.
New measurements of the galaxy at the heart of the “Cosmic Horseshoe” indicate that it could house the most massive object ever seen in the universe.
NASA has set a 2030 deadline to build a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon. It’s an ambitious but potentially achievable goal that could transform space exploration, experts tell WIRED.
In the face of budget cuts, NASA has issued a new directive on how it will procure replacements for the International Space Station.
This rare planetary alignment will be visible from August 10, but will be best viewed later in the month. Here's everything you need to know to see it at its best.
