Scientists have recently unveiled a remarkable discovery in the outer reaches of our solar system: a space fossil located 4 ...
"It is very rewarding to have finally found the silver bullet." After two decades of debate, researchers say they finally have definitive proof that the Silverpit Crater, a buried structure in the ...
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New Dwarf Planet Discovered

A newly discovered dwarf planet could hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of our solar system’s outer reaches — but what ...
Our hero is astronaut-turned-NASA-flight-controller Kaz Zemeckis. It’s 1975 and a NASA rocket with three Americans heads to ...
The first article of the Outer Space Treaty (1967) guarantees for all states the right of free access to outer space. This principle of states’ free access to outer space is also recognized as a rule ...
A low-density, puffy planet orbiting relatively far from a young star in a nearly perpendicular orbit. What's going on?
There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?
The Omega Speedmaster is by far the watch most associated with outer space, and it remains the only watch authorized by NASA for use during extravehicular activity (AKA space walks). But dozens of ...
On the Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: Are humans on the precipice of not only being visitors to outer space, but also becoming permanent residents? Namrata Goswami, ...
Some habitable worlds orbiting dead stars could be kept alive for aeons thanks to a quirk of Einstein’s theory of gravity ...
From space cults in New Mexico to climate collapse in Texas and Louisiana, two debut novels imagine America at the edge.
Space is dirty. Filthy. It's littered with asteroids, and rocks, and dust. Some of that material falls to the earth. When it enters the atmosphere, we call it a meteor. If it lands, it's a meteorite.