Space & Physics

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

The sun rode a massive galactic migration wave to the Milky Way’s suburbs

Although President Trump has claimed Iran was weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon, much more work was needed for the country to do so

A new study explains how some supernovae are particularly dazzling—the glow from a magnetic, spinning ball of neutrons called a magnetar. An assist from Einstein is what settled the case

Van Allen Probe A, which studied how our planet has been protected from harmful space radiation, could fall to Earth tonight. Here’s what to know

An obscure lunar region called Rimae Bode is emerging as a high-priority landing site for China’s first crewed moon mission

A large, bright meteor fell over Europe on Sunday, with some observers saying they could hear the rock’s explosive descent from the ground