Scientists Spot Giant Planet Orbiting Dead Star’s Corpse
The discovery around a white dwarf suggests planets can survive their star’s demise
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Life on Venus? Breakthrough Initiatives Funds Study of Possible Biosignature
A team of scientists will examine the astrobiological prospects for phosphine on Earth’s hellish twin
Could Carbon-Foam Probes Sail to Nearby Stars?
Boosted by sunlight, “bubblecraft” might reach Proxima Centauri after a 185-year voyage
Hubble Captures Close-Up of Comet NEOWISE
The new image shows the comet emerged intact from its perilous passage through the inner solar system
Asteroid Makes the Closest Earth Flyby a Space Rock Has Ever Survived
The car-sized object zoomed by just 1,830 miles away
NASA’s TESS Planet-Hunting Space Telescope Completes Its Primary Mission
The observatory has found 66 confirmed worlds, plus 2,100 additional candidates—and the search goes on
SpaceX's Starship SN5 Prototype Soars in First Test Flight
The short hop could be a big leap toward future missions to Mars
NASA Astronauts Splashdown Safely after Historic SpaceX Mission
The first-ever crew-carrying commercial orbital mission is a major spaceflight milestone
Why NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Uses Nuclear Energy
Radioactive plutonium is crucial for keeping this and other power-hungry deep-space missions warm and working for years on end
Surprise! Pluto May Have Possessed a Subsurface Ocean at Birth
The dwarf planet could be a more habitable world than scientists had thought
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Docks with Space Station
The first-ever orbital flight of astronauts on a private spacecraft has been a historic success
NASA Renames Next-Generation Telescope after Nancy Grace Roman
The pioneering astronomer and ‘mother of Hubble’ paved the way for revolutionary space observatories
Pluto’s Wispy Atmosphere May Be Surprisingly Robust
The dwarf planet’s blue-tinged air may punch far above its weight
North Pole’s Largest-ever Ozone Hole Finally Closes
An unusually strong polar vortex kept the hole open for nearly a month—now, it’s finally shut again
NASA Selects Companies to Develop Human Lunar Landers
Blue Origin, Dynetics and SpaceX will each design and build spacecraft that could return astronauts to the Moon
Weird Neutrino Behavior Could Explain Long-standing Antimatter Mystery
But more data are needed before physicists know for sure
Margaret Burbidge, Astronomer Who Studied the Inner Workings of Stars, Dies at 100
Sometimes called “Lady Stardust,” Burbidge helped reveal the cosmic origins of chemical elements
NASA’s Next Solar Mission Will Use Six Spacecraft to Make One Giant Telescope
Launching no earlier than July 2023, the SunRISE mission will study the origins of solar storms
Cooped Up at Home? Help Scientists Spot Penguins from Space or Seek Out Galaxies
Some citizen science projects can be done during quarantine
Scientists Trace Neutron Star Crash That Helped Form Our Solar System
The collision helped seed Earth with its precious metals
