Our solar system’s third discovered interstellar visitor, comet 3I/Atlas, will dip into the glare of the Sun this week, leaving the detective work on this object to spacecraft far from Earth.
A 2017 satellite photo shows the stark contrast along the boundary between a giant field of golden "star dunes" and a barren ...
An Earth-observing radar satellite launched in July jointly between the U.S. and India has returned its first images of our ...
Several companies firmly believe that mining for helium-3 (He-3) on the moon is a real potential money-maker. But is there an ...
The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...
Min Read Curiosity and the desire to explore are traits deeply rooted in human nature. Space exploration is no exception; it ...
Perseverance represents more than a machine. It is a proxy extending humanity’s senses across millions of miles to an alien ...
Anthony Wood joined Space.com in April 2025 after contributing articles to outlets including IGN, New Atlas and Gizmodo. He ...