The “space laser” beams directly at Earth from a distance of 5 billion light-years

Astronomers have discovered a powerful space laser emitted from a distant galaxy. The radio wave beam…

SpaceX and Axiom launch private astronauts to the space station

On Friday, a retired NASA astronaut and three paying customers set off on a trip to…

Highlights from SpaceX and NASA’s first private launch to the Space Station

In 1984, during the Reagan administration, the law establishing NASA to encourage private extraterrestrial enterprise was…

The discovery of the fossil of a dinosaur that was killed on the day of the asteroid impact

Scientists at the Tanis dig site in North Dakota have discovered a fossil of a dinosaur…

Astronomers have discovered what could be the most distant galaxy yet

Astronomers have been jumping at each other into the past lately. Last week, a group using…

Scientists have discovered the most distant galaxy ever – it may be home to the oldest stars in the universe

HD1, the object in red, is shown in the center of the enlarged image. Credit: Harikane…

Hubble investigates strange weather conditions in noisy worlds

This is an illustration of KELT-20b orbiting a blue-white star. The giant planet is so close…

We were watching a failed star turn into a giant planet

Zoom / Image of the AB Aurigae system, with object details shown at right. At some…

Mars: Noise detected by NASA’s Insight probe may indicate an active planet with volcanic activity

Scientists now know that things run on Mars fairly regularly, adding to mounting evidence that the…

SpaceX rolls a Falcon 9 rocket and a Dragon capsule to the Ax-1 astronaut launch pad (photos)

The hardware that will launch the first entirely private astronaut mission to the International Space Station…