Astronomers spot the closest, fastest star ever seen orbiting our galaxy's monster black hole
A star is whipping around the Milky Way's central black hole incredibly fast, setting a record for the tightest orbit ev...
Perseverance rover watchs alien solar eclipse on Mars | Space photo of the day for Aug. 19, 2026
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover saw a solar eclipse from the Martian surface. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU)People ...
On this day in space! Aug. 19, 1997: 1st Filipino satellite launches into orbit
On Aug. 19, 1997, the Philippines launched its own satellite for the first time.
My 5 favorite sights to see in the night sky with binoculars
Here are our top picks on what to look for when using binoculars to explore the night sky.
I sailed to Greenland for a total solar eclipse — what I saw left me speechless
I understood the science and had seen thousands of eclipse photographs, but nothing prepared me for the emotion of watch...
Out-of-control SpaceX rocket carved a 60-foot crater into the moon, NASA images reveal
NASA has finally revealed the enormous crater left on the moon after a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage smashed into its surf...
Archeologists used to think women in prehistory wielded no power. Genetic data is upending that idea.
For more than 150 years, leading archaeologists have assumed that women of the past never assumed roles of power. New ge...
Astronomers discover a giant, rocky 'mega-Earth' 23 times more massive than our planet
"This isn't what we expected at all."
Diagnostic dilemma: A joyful wedding nearly broke a woman's heart in a rare case of 'happy heart syndrome'
A 65-year-old woman arrived at the ER with textbook signs of a heart attack — but the real trigger turned out to be joy,...
Rare cows part of estate's rewilding project
Image source, Nick HowardImage caption, A herd of White Park cows is being introduced at Castle Howard EstateBySeb Cheer...
Touchdown! Private Chinese rocket aces landing on 2nd-ever flight
The Beijing-based company LandSpace landed its Zhuque-3 rocket this evening (Aug. 18), notching a huge milestone for com...
Body found at bottom of Scottish well may be from rare ritual burial performed centuries ago
An Iron Age grave has been discovered in the Scottish Highlands. The person was buried within what may have been a ritua...