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In an Unexpected Twist, China Says It Can Use Starlink Signals to Detect Spy Planes and Drones

Drones

Stealth aircraft are designed to avoid radar detection and other surveillance technologies.

NASA Has Finally Solved the Mystery of the Spiders on Mars. It Recreated Them on Earth

Space

Mars spiders have been discovered on Earth, and scientists are excited.

Earth Will Be Getting a New Mini-Moon for Two Months, but You’re Probably Not Going to Be Able to See It

Space

The mini-Moon, known officially as asteroid 2024 PT5, will orbit the Earth between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25.

Scientists Have Been Searching for Planet Nine for Years. More Than 3,000 New Simulations Suggest That It’s Not a Planet and Never Was

Space

We may not have found the solar system’s ninth planet because it doesn’t exist.

Some Thought This Moment Would Never Come: A Company Is Ready to Test an Aerospike Engine in Flight

Space

The German company Polaris has a contract with the German Armed Forces.

How to Watch Tuesday’s Rare Partial Lunar Eclipse

Space

The partial lunar eclipse will coincide with a Supermoon and the Harvest Moon, creating a celestial trifecta that experts say is “quite rare.”

As Soon as the James Webb Telescope Started Operating, It Seemed to 'Break' Cosmological Models. There’s Another Explanation

Space

The first galaxies in the universe seemed to be more massive than we expected.

A Billionaire Has Just Ventured Into Territory Previously Explored Only by NASA. It’s a Warning About What the Future of Space Exploration May Hold

Space

Polaris Dawn is setting the stage for what will occur in low Earth orbit once NASA leaves the International Space Station, as the U.S. is planning to do.

Polaris Dawn Is a Success: SpaceX’s First Commercial Spacewalk Is Game-Changing

Space

The hatch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft opened for the first time into nothingness. Four people were exposed to the vacuum of space, and two peered through a ladder.

A Hiker Spotted an Unusual Spherical Structure on Google Maps. Scientists Are Now Investigating Its Origin

Space

At this point, the most likely hypothesis points to an extraterrestrial event.

SpaceX Makes History Again With Polaris Dawn. It Launched Four Civilians Into the Van Allen Radiation Belt

Space

They're traveling farther than anyone else has in half a century.

Space Force’s Guardians Still Don’t Have Official Dress Uniforms, but Odds Are They’re Going to Look Like Something Out of Star Trek

Space

Although they debuted to widespread ridicule, military officials seem to like the sci-fi look.

A Bittersweet Ending for Boeing’s Starliner: Its Return Flight Was Nearly Perfect, Except for a Few New Issues

Space

One of the engines failed, but it was in a different section than the one that caused problems during the outbound flight. Fortunately, there were no consequences.

An Ode to The World’s Unluckiest Astronaut: He Trained for 14 Years to Go Into Space, Only to Be Replaced by an Actress

Space

Russia has requested the cosmonaut's resignation letter.

Researchers Are Trying to Find Out Why Space Food Is So Bad: It’s Not the Food but the Astronauts

Space

Researchers recreated a virtual ISS with dozens of volunteers to find out why space food tastes so bland.

Elon Musk’s Starship Opened an Unprecedented Hole in the Ionosphere, Russian Researchers Say

Space

The destruction of SpaceX’s mega-rocket on its second flight created one of the largest holes ever detected in the ionosphere, the ionized layer of the atmosphere.

Peanut-Shaped Asteroids Are Surprisingly Common in the Solar System. Astronomers Just Discovered One

Space

A few days ago, NASA released the first images of a newly discovered asteroid, 2024 JV33.

Astrophysicists Now Suspect Dark Matter Is Responsible for the Formation of Supermassive Black Holes

Space

Cosmologists have limited knowledge about dark matter, and much of it is speculative. As a matter of fact, the nature of dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics.