Space & Physics

Scientists found evidence of a distant planet’s moon system forming

Mars is passing behind the sun, giving NASA's Perseverance rover a view of the star’s far side

A technique called interferometry can greatly magnify tiny objects on the sky, and is powerful enough to reveal the surfaces of nearby stars

Hidden beneath the hills of southern China, the JUNO observatory shows promise in solving neutrino mysteries

The presence of electrical activity has implications for surface chemistry, future human exploration and habitability on the Red Planet

The Shenzhou-22 spacecraft is set to launch November 25

Comets don’t just orbit our sun. “Exocomets” are common around other stars in the galaxy, too

A new paper shows AI emerging as a tool that helps scientists test ideas, navigate literature and refine experiments

New work pinpoints the origins of the planet Theia, whose ancient collision with Earth likely produced the moon

A machine-learning breakthrough could lift the veil on Earth’s early history—and supercharge the search for alien life

The moss Physcomitrium patens joins tardigrades and thale-cress as a species that has survived in space

NASA spacecraft across the inner solar system captured new views of Comet 3I/ATLAS—the third known interstellar object