Scientists have warned that an uncontrolled spacecraft weighing half a ton will soon fall to Earth. The probe in question is called Cosmos-482. It could enter the atmosphere of the blue planet as early as this week. CNN writes about…
A composite image of the star-forming region NGC 6357. The young star in the region is rich in carbon dioxide, not water, according to a new study. (Credit: NASA) New data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed…
Asteroid 2025 QV5 was first spotted on August 24. It will reach its closest approach on September 3 and will not be this close to us for exactly 100 years. (Image credit: Juan Gartner via Getty Images) A bus-sized asteroid,…
Asteroid 2025 QV5 was discovered on August 24. It will make its closest approach to Earth on September 3, and the next such event won’t happen for another century. (Image: Juan Gartner via Getty Images) A space object the size…
Intense aurora borealis will be visible in 18 U.S. states over the Labor Day holiday. (Image: Alexander Manzyuk/Anadolu via Getty Images) A “cannibalistic” solar storm is approaching the Earth’s magnetosphere, which will trigger bright atmospheric auroras that could be visible…
The full moon rises over a wheat field in southern Alberta, Canada, on August 30, 2023. (Image courtesy of Getty Images, royalty-free) The last full moon of summer in the Northern Hemisphere occurs on Sunday, September 7, and is best…
The first ever image of Earth taken by a space probe from lunar orbit was recorded on August 23, 1966. (Image: NASA) KEY DETAILS The gist: The world’s first photograph of our planet taken from the surface of the Moon.…
Photographer Joshua Tam captured a mysterious spiral star glowing above the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin while trying to capture “shooting stars” from the Perseid meteor shower. While watching the Perseid meteor shower’s “shooting stars,” viewers across a large swath of…
An artist’s impression of the events leading up to the supernova explosion of SN 2023zkd, which likely occurred when the star attempted to devour a nearby black hole. Here, the star’s shape is distorted by the black hole’s powerful gravity.…
Scientists have suggested that a newly discovered possible gas giant orbiting Alpha Centauri A could have a habitable moon similar to Pandora from the Avatar films. (Photo: Photo 12, Alamy) A potential gas giant just found orbiting in the habitable…
(Image credit: Giacomo Infelise, Veronica Magli, Guido Sbrogio, Nevenka Martinello and Federica Chiara Serpe) Imagine leaving Earth forever and embarking on a space journey on a ship designed to carry you and thousands of others to the nearest star system,…
An artist’s impression of the Cosmic Grape galaxy, which contains at least 15 large star-forming clusters. (Image credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO) The distant galaxy is thought to contain more than a dozen tightly clustered star-forming clusters arranged like a bunch of…