The Kepler Space Telescope has been scanning the cosmos for habitable worlds beyond our Solar System since its first light in 2009. During one of its routine observations, the telescope noticed something very unusual. A strange and intriguing star sits … Read More
An observatory in close solar orbit captured a snake seemingly slinking across the surface of the Sun in a new video. However, the “serpent” observed by the Solar Orbiter of the European Space Agency is not a real stellar squamate … Read More
When it comes to space, we have a problem with our human desire to go everywhere and see everything. A huge problem. It’s space. It’s far too vast. Even at the maximum speed permitted by the Universe, it would take … Read More
A few years ago, five Arizona friends planned to launch a GoPro camera and a phone into the upper atmosphere in a weather balloon to capture footage of space. College students Bryan Chan, Ved Chirayath, Ashish Goel, Paul Tarantino, and … Read More
Goodbye, little comet – we barely knew you. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, observed a comet brightening as it approached the Sun – until the heat became too much … Read More
After two failed attempts, NASA has successfully launched the Space Launch System, a Moon-bound megarocket that will travel beyond the far side of the Moon and back – further than any other habitable spacecraft so far. The Artemis 1 mission … Read More