Some objects were placed in space on purpose, symbolic gestures meant to inspire or amuse. Others were lost by accident, abandoned or forgotten during ambitious missions.

The asteroid, also known as 469219 Kamo'oalewa, orbits the sun, so it remains a constant companion of Earth. It is too ...

Scientists say the extreme heat gripping Europe is only the start, with climate change set to make heatwaves more frequent, ...

Scientists are hopeful a supercharged weather forecaster will be one of the winners in the biggest overhaul of the science ...

NASA is preparing for severe cuts under the White House’s proposed budget for 2026. The budget, released in May, highlights ...

A team from the University of Tokyo, led by visiting researcher Gaku Nishiyama, realized that the instrument would be able to ...

Ryan Gosling has already played a teacher (“Half Nelson”) and an astronaut (“First Man”), but with “ Project Hail Mary ,” ...

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...

What can Earth-sized exoplanets teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets throughout the cosmos? This is what a study recently posted to the arXiv preprint server hopes to ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it cracks and an ocean basin begins.

The threat of mass shutdowns across the automotive supply chain is fading as Chinese rare earth magnets begin to flow, though ...

How do you measure climate change? One way is by recording temperatures in different places over a long period of time. While ...