NASA, IBM launch new AI model for studying the moon

NASA and IBM have developed an AI model to help sift through the mountains of data the agency has gathered about the moon.

The sun may once have swallowed a super-Earth planet and could still be hiding the evidence
The sun may once have swallowed a super-Earth planet and could still be hiding the evidence

The sun may have swallowed a super-Earth planet in its early history, and our star may still be hiding the evidence, new research suggests.

Scientists discover mysterious new X-ray objects ‘unlike any they have seen before’

Faint in X-rays but bright in ultraviolet light, new objects found by NASA’s Chandra space telescope could help solve two great astrophysical mysteries.

Scientists study 3,000 supernovas and discover that dark energy may be evolving
Scientists study 3,000 supernovas and discover that dark energy may be evolving

A catalog of almost 3,000 white dwarfs that exploded as type Ia supernovas after overfeeding on companion stars indicates that dark energy is changing over time.

Mercury is shrinking faster than we thought. What’s going on inside of it?
Mercury is shrinking faster than we thought. What’s going on inside of it?

Wrinkles on the surface of Mercury have revealed that the closest planet to the sun is shrinking faster than scientists thought.

Iconic Star Trek filming location spotted from space | Space photo of the day for Sept. 10, 2026
Iconic Star Trek filming location spotted from space | Space photo of the day for Sept. 10, 2026

This new satellite image shows Vasquez Rocks in southern California, where Captain Kirk once faced off against the Gorn.

Strange ‘fast radio bursts’ across the universe could help solve major cosmic mysteries: ‘It’s only the beginning’
Strange ‘fast radio bursts’ across the universe could help solve major cosmic mysteries: ‘It’s only the beginning’

Though their origins may be shrouded in mystery, fast radio bursts could be used to probe some of the universe’s biggest puzzles, including the nature of dark matter and dark energy.

This ‘impossible’ black hole merger may be explained by a warp in spacetime
This ‘impossible’ black hole merger may be explained by a warp in spacetime

A “forbidden” merger between two black holes may not have been quite as impossible as previously thought. New research that suggests the black holes involved were smaller than first calculated.

Astronomers discover two stars that joined together to form a binary system just 60 years ago
Astronomers discover two stars that joined together to form a binary system just 60 years ago

Using ALMA, astronomers have watched as two stars come together to form a massive stellar binary, finding chaos that indicates they emerged from different backgrounds.