Houston, we may have a problem! A rare, colossal-sized asteroid is on course to fly by Earth — and will come closer to our planet than any other rocks of its size in human history. The asteroid, named Apophis after the ancient Egyptian God of evil and destruction, is believed to span about 1,230 feet … Read more
It’s an entirely different kind of space age. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are stranded at the International Space Station until at least February due to their faulty Boeing craft — but there’s one upside to their extended adventure in orbit. The pair will return a smidge younger than they would have been if … Read more
Wouldn’t you be happy too? The European Space Agency has found a “smiley” face on the surface of Mars — and the joy-sparking pattern could be a sign of life on the bright red dot. The purplish hue, seen by ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, evokes a grinning — or perhaps still-faced emoji — and is … Read more
Once in a blue moon might be more common than we thought. New images show that our moon is way more colorful than just shades of gray. Instead, the orbital rock was observed to show tints of both blue and red. The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer — abbreviated to Juice — snapped … Read more
A group of ancient stars have been spotted near our sun, hinting to astronomers that our galaxy is billions of years older than we first thought. Most of the more than 100 bilion stars in the Milky Way rest on an invisible “halo” that rotates around the supermassive black hole at the center of the … Read more
Let the sunshine in. Stunning new space images captured by the new Euclid telescope are revealing secrets of the “dark universe,” a mystery-filled combination of dark matter and dark energy believed to make up 95% of the cosmos. The one-of-a-kind photos have been released by the European Space Agency, which launched the groundbreaking tech into … Read more