Space & Physics

A new data release more than doubles the number of gravitational-wave candidate events—and reveals unexpected complexities of merging black holes

Once unfathomable, the milestone of a single company having 10,000 satellites operating overhead signals that the era of mega constellations is here to stay

Bizarre objects that seem to lack all dark matter present a cosmic mystery

One physicist is on a mission to get scientists to look into Louis de Broglie’s pilot wave theory

In the Oscar-nominated film Bugonia, Emma Stone’s character is accused of being an alien. But would we know extraterrestrial life if we saw it on Earth?

Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening days by 1.33 milliseconds per century

The human body is not built for life in space, and a new study helps reveal how

Despite years of debate and follow-up studies, an odd streak of cosmic light still defies a final explanation. Is it a giant black hole screaming through intergalactic space?

Ryan Gosling plays a science teacher turned (reluctant) astronaut in the upcoming film adaptation of Project Hail Mary, a science fiction novel by author Andy Weir

NASA is planning to roll its moon mission rocket back out later this month, with an April 1 target launch date

China and the U.S. are in a high-stakes race to build permanent lunar outposts. Can both nations coexist on the moon?

This interstellar visitor is “bursting with methanol,” according to one scientist