Scientists await signal from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe after historic close sun flyby. Will it phone home?
The spacecraft made the closest ever flyby if the sun on Christmas Eve, but it's been silent since Dec. 20.
Just a fraction of the hydrogen hidden beneath Earth’s surface could power Earth for 200 years, scientists find
Trillions of tons of hydrogen gas are likely buried in rocks and reservoirs beneath Earth's surface, but researchers aren't sure where it is yet.
Running Chicken Nebula glows in gorgeous new image from Very Large Telescope in Chile
A new image from the Very Large Telescope captures a cosmic cloud referred to as the Running Chicken Nebula, given its bright 'beak' and characteristic shape.
New thunderstorms wider than Earth are spewing out green lightning on Jupiter — and could make one of the gas giant’s massive bands disappear
A pair of massive thunderstorms have been spotted swirling in Jupiter's "South Equatorial Belt" and are likely unleashing massive bolts of green lightning. Some experts think the pale clouds could end up altering the rusty band's color — and potentially even making it "disappear."
How 2024 brought us deeper into the world of particle physics
Dark matter, antimatter, W bosons and neutron lifetimes all feature in our top 10 stories.
Mars orbiters witness a ‘winter wonderland’ on the Red Planet (photos)
Snow dots the Martian landscape in these images from ESA's Mars Express orbiter and NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Black hole paradox that stumped Stephen Hawking may have a solution, new paper claims
As black holes slowly vanish through Hawking radiation, their information may be preserved in subtle space-time ripples, a new theory suggests.
What time is the NASA Parker Solar Probe’s closest sun flyby ever on Christmas Eve?
Set your Parker Solar Probe sun flyby clocks for Dec. 24 at 6:53 a.m. EST (1153 GMT), Space Fans.
Dreaming of a white Christmas? Snow is likely in these US states according to NOAA climate data
According to climate data from NOAA, you might not have to only dream about having a white Christmas this year in some parts of the United States.
NASA Mars probe spies dusty, retired Insight lander from orbit (photo)
Photos of the dormant InSight lander captured from Mars orbit are providing researchers new data on how dust accumulates and evolves over time on the Red Planet.