Do we know what space actually smells like? And what about other planets, moons, and celestial bodies? Here's what the ...

Lasers aren't just useful for entertaining cats or pointing out features of PowerPoint slides. They can also drill holes on ...

Saturn will make a particularly brilliant appearance amongst the stars this weekend, according to the Royal Observatory’s night sky highlights for September. It will appear so brightly, that the ...

Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of "steam worlds"—exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes that are rich in water but orbit ...

During September's total lunar eclipse, astronomers captured rare images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS glowing green, ...

NASA has debunked the proposal of controversial astronomer Avi Loeb, who claimed the comet 3I/ATLAS could be malicious alien ...

The post New Technology Gives Fresh Hope For Future Life On The Moon first on TwistedSifter. One day, scientists hope, it will be possible for regular human life to take place not just on Earth, but ...

Who hasn't looked into the sky and wondered if there's life out there, somewhere, looking back at us? Is it possible there's ...

Early Earth lacked life’s essentials until a collision with Theia added them. This chance event made life possible. After the ...

The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is being launched later this month to study the outer reaches of the heliosphere which defines where our solar system ends and interstellar space ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and probing mysteries of the Universe.

How do you control a nuclear space propulsion system? Very carefully. To help with this, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...