Artemis astronauts may find remnants of a ‘decapitated’ asteroid’s impact on the moon

An ancient impact may have scattered material from deep inside the moon toward NASA’s planned Artemis landing sites near the lunar south pole.

Moon joy at Jupiter | Space photo of the day for May 7, 2026

NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a photo of Jupiter’s moon Thebe.

Here’s what 6 years of driving on Mars did to the wheels on NASA’s Curiosity rover (video)

A new video released by NASA/JPL documents six years of Curiosity rover’s wheels while driving on Mars.

How do the biggest black holes in the universe form? Ripples in spacetime provide a clue

Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of physics.

Should Saturn’s huge moon Titan be humanity’s next destination, after the moon and Mars?

Next month, a first-of-its-kind gathering will blueprint an eventual crewed trek to tantalizing Titan, the largest of Saturn’s many moons.

How an exoplanet odd couple survived by traveling in from the cold together

By probing the atmosphere of a mini-Neptune exoplanet, the James Webb Space Telescope has found that it formed much farther from its star than it is today, possibly explaining the origin of many other mini-Neptunes in the …

3 puzzles of our universe could be solved with this new dark matter theory

A new recipe of dark matter that interacts with itself could be the solution to three separate and vastly different cosmic puzzles.

Scientists created one of the largest simulations of our universe ever — about the size of 500,000 HD movies

The FLAMINGO project helps scientists explore how galaxies, dark matter and cosmic structures evolved over billions of years.

Solar activity makes space junk crash to Earth faster

Scientists studied how space junk moved in orbit over a 36-year span, finding that increased solar activity caused it to fall to Earth faster.

Mexico City is sinking up to 14 inches per year, satellite images show

Mexico City is one of the fastest subsiding cities in the world, dropping by up to 14 inches every year.