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April 15, 2019

Fountains of plasma rain might explain one of the biggest mysteries of the Sun

Today's weather forecast on the sun calls for a high of 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5,500 degrees Celsius), constant supersonic wind , mysterious eruptions of giant lava-lamp-blobs and, oh yes, light rain.

April 13, 2019

Astronomers seek public's help in naming minor planet discovered over 10 years ago

A minor planet discovered in our solar system over a decade ago remains nameless as the astronomers who made the revelation are now turning to the public for help.

April 13, 2019

Internet trolls attempted to discredit Katie Bouman’s work on black hole project

Katie Bouman became an overnight celebrity after a viral photo circulated the internet following her work that helped lead to the first image of a black hole Wednesday and then the internet trolls tried to discredit her.

April 13, 2019

Michael Guillen: The big black hole in our understanding of the universe

This week’s alleged image of a black hole purportedly at the center of the M87 galaxy is understandably being hailed as evidence for one of the most astonishing and controversial phenomena predicted by Einstein’s century-old theory of gravity.

April 12, 2019

Weird science: NASA's twins study reveals the strange effects of spaceflight on the body

Astronaut Scott Kelly made history in 2016 when he became the first American to spend 12 consecutive months in space after an epic 340-day stint on the International Space Station.

April 12, 2019

Doomed Beresheet spacecraft snapped this picture moments before crashing into Moon

Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft snapped a stunning picture of the Moon moments before it crashed into the lunar surface Thursday.

April 12, 2019

Elon Musk is going to help NASA save Earth from an asteroid collision

NASA announced Thursday that it had awarded a contract to SpaceX, the space exploration company led by Musk, to help it with asteroid deflection via its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission.

April 12, 2019

4 lessons humanity learned from the new black hole image

WASHINGTON (AP) — Black holes are cosmic prisons, where nothing escapes, not light or even data. But lots did come out of Wednesday's first image of the shadowy edge of a supermassive black hole. Here are four things we learned:

April 12, 2019

What happens if you get sucked into a black hole?

First, your insides are strung out like hot mozzarella, before you're yanked into all-encompassing darkness that swallows you whole.

April 12, 2019

SpaceX successfully launches Falcon Heavy, world’s most powerful rocket, for paying customer

SpaceX successfully launched its new and improved Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Thursday, more than a year after sending up a "red Roadster" in its initial test flight.