Laser sail propulsion is an idea that won't go away. By aiming powerful Earth-based lasers at tiny spacecraft with light sails, tiny spacecraft can be accelerated to near-relativistic speeds without ...

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket flew for the first time in 18 months Wednesday (April 29), and a sharp-eyed satellite was ...

New research published in Science Advances reveals that the largest expansion of coral reefs in the past 100 million years ...

NASA recently shared a photo that details the vastly different landscapes its Curiosity and Perseverance rovers have spent ...

Using the early orbital data of asteroids, an astronomer may have found the ultimate spacecraft shortcut through the solar ...

The celestial body’s status as the solar system's ninth planet was withdrawn in 2006. Now some experts say we might want to ...

Warm ocean water is moving closer to Antarctica, raising concerns that ice shelves could melt from below and accelerate sea ...

Scientists suggest that a fifth, hidden force linked to dark energy may exist in the solar system but has not yet been ...

Two Kenyan teens have won the Earth Prize 2026 for HewaSafi, a low-cost exhaust filter made from waste materials to cut ...

NASA chief Jared Isaacman said at a US Senate hearing that he supports restoring Pluto's status as a planet after a ...

Deep beneath the Southern Ocean, a quiet but alarming shift is underway: warm water is creeping closer to Antarctica, and ...

Researchers have determined that Eastern Africa will likely split from the rest of the continent along the Turkana Rift, a ...