Over 90 percent of Ukraine’s scientific discoveries have been attributed to Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, including advancements in astronomy and military technology.

Orbital weapons have implications for both space junk and diplomacy.

At a whopping 728 feet wide, the newfound basin hints at the risks that impact events may pose to planned human outposts.

NASA has a network of telescopes whose sole task is to seek out these potentially lethal rocky missiles. And now that Rubin, after years of heavy construction work, has finally begun its protracted su...

Dark matter is an elusive, untouchable substance that binds galaxies together. A shadowy signal could signify the first time a particle has ever been detected.

The Himalaya is one of many places around the world home to glaciers that are increasingly becoming unstable as the planet warms.

The Himalaya is one of many places around the world home to glaciers that are increasingly becoming unstable as the planet warms.

New satellite imagery added to scientists’ understanding of the events that precipitated the deadly flooding in Nepal and Tibet.

New satellite imagery added to scientists’ understanding of the events that precipitated the deadly flooding in Nepal and Tibet.

On 28 May 2025, twenty million cubic metres of rock and ice buried the medieval village of Blatten and nearby settlements in the Swiss Lötschen valley. In the wake of the warmest decade since at least...

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch at the end of August, is uniquely well placed to help us spot any dangerous rocks heading our way.

If a uranium-powered bomb is situated at a similar altitude to Russia's suspicious Kosmos-2553 satellite, it would interact with Earth’s natural radiation belts, causing it to cough out energetic part...

A New Jersey couple helped scientists uncover the makeup of an unusual asteroid after it fell into their bedroom.

A New Jersey couple helped scientists uncover the makeup of an unusual asteroid after it fell into their bedroom.

Inside the quest to rescue NASA’s aging Swift observatory

Jessica Atkin knows more than anyone else about what it would take to supply food for a moon base. She reveals how to build a lunar farm and what astronauts can expect to dine on

At first, scientists thought Earth’s water came from comets. Then, asteroids. Now, they wonder if Earth’s water is homegrown.

At first, scientists thought Earth’s water came from comets. Then, asteroids. Now, they wonder if Earth’s water is homegrown.

A retro-futuristic space truck and a nimble crustacean on wheels just won a multibillion-dollar prize to deploy on a future NASA Artemis mission. And we took them out for a spin.

These mavericks are dead-set on mining asteroids.

To build its moon base, NASA needs a lot of power

Nuclear power could enable long-term lunar missions, but NASA’s timeline may be too ambitious

To build its moon base, NASA needs a lot of power

The rare isotope helium-3 is one of Earth’s most precious commodities—so precious, in fact, that it might prove profitable to mine from the moon

It should be possible, but getting there will require a greater understanding of subsurface physics.