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Scientists in China have discovered a shockingly simple trick to extract large quantities of water from lunar soil.

Chinese Scientists Extract Water From Lunar Soil

By Noor Al-Sibai

Russian senior citizens recently gathered for an unusual message for President Vladimir Putin: bring those American astronauts home!

Russians Call on Putin to Rescue Stranded Space Station Astronauts

By Sharon Adarlo

A UFO whistleblower who claims that the government is hiding knowledge of extraterrestrials is doubling down on his claims in a new memoir.

Government Whistleblower Says There Was a Secret Pentagon Program to “Trap” UFOs

By Noor Al-Sibai

A rocket exploded yesterday during a test in the UK's Shetland islands, resulting in a massive fireball that engulfed the entire launchpad.

Rocket Explodes in Epic Fireball During Test

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

ESA's JUICE probe is about to slingshot past Earth and the Moon on its way to Jupiter in what the agency is calling a "double world first."

Spacecraft to Scream Past Earth in a “Double World First” Slingshot Flyby

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers have captured a object that's traveling so fast — one million miles per hour — that it's projected to leave the Milky Way Galaxy.

Amateur Astronomers Spot an Object Hurtling by at 1 Million MPH

By Sharon Adarlo

A public interest group is calling on governments to conduct an environmental review into mega constellations like SpaceX's Starlink.

Elon Musk Slammed for Filling Orbit With Space Junk

By Victor Tangermann

An amateur Austrian space photographer has managed a difficult feat — capturing imagery of China's secretive Shenlong spaceplane.

Amateur Spacewatcher Uses Telescope to Spot Secret Chinese Spaceplane in Orbit

By Noor Al-Sibai

China has deployed its first batch of satellites as it seeks to rival SpaceX's Starlink communications megaconstellation.

China Launches First Portion of Satellite Megaconstellation

By Noor Al-Sibai

The signal could help explain why an explosion called a gamma ray burst appeared to be the most powerful ever detected.

Scientists Find Hidden Signal in Epic Cosmic Explosion

By Frank Landymore

Astronauts on the International Space Station sent well wishes to the folks competing at the 2024 Olympics — with a zero-G take on the Games.

Astronauts Hold Their Own Olympics on Board Space Station

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In 2020, researchers announced the discovery of phosphine in Venus' clouds, a possible sign of life. They're back with new data.

These Scientists Were Shamed for Claiming Signs of Life on Venus, But Now They’re Back With More Evidence

By Victor Tangermann

China's mysterious Shenlong spacecraft may be doing more than just testing out its spacefaring capabilities, experts warn.

Chinese Spacecraft Has Secret Military Use, Experts Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronaut Shows Photo He Shot in Space That Would Be Impossible to Take Now

Astronaut Shows Photo He Shot in Space That Would Be Impossible to Take Now

By Victor Tangermann

The deep and dazzling layer of diamond on Mercury could help explain the existence of the planet's magnetic field.

Mercury Has an Eleven-Mile-Thick Layer of Diamonds, Scientists Find

By Frank Landymore

The Perseid meteor shower is back, and it's guaranteed to bring one of the best celestial light shows you'll see this year.

If You Look Up Tonight, There’s a Beautiful Meteor Shower Right Now

By Frank Landymore

An $800-million-dollar space telescope has been damaged by a tiny piece of space debris that's said to be smaller than a grain of sand.

Expensive Space Telescope Damaged by Small Space Rock

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers suggest that invisible masses may be passing in front of pulsars, temporarily blocking their light pulses.

Massive, Mysterious Objects Detected Floating Through Deep Space

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have presented new evidence for the presence of two gases that are closely related to life on Earth in the atmosphere of Venus.

Scientists Spot Possible Signs of Life in Clouds of Venus

By Victor Tangermann

A former ESA director and a former NASA administrator argue that we should boost the space station's orbit as a gift to future generations.

Former Space Agency Leaders Horrified by Plan to Destroy Space Station, Say It Would Be Easier to Save It

By Victor Tangermann

Dark comets, which are cross between an asteroid and comet, can make up as much as 60 percent of near-Earth objects.

Earth Surrounded by Dark Comets, Astronomers Claim

By Sharon Adarlo

Astronaut Photographs Glowing Orbs Far Below Space Station

Astronaut Photographs Glowing Orbs Far Below Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have published a new paper in the journal Nature about an exoplanet called HD 189733b, which smells like rotten eggs.

Scientists Say This Nasty Planet Stinks to High Heaven

By Sharon Adarlo

Two astronauts ventured outside of China's Tiangong space station to armor its exterior against incoming space debris.

China Fortifies Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Retired NASA astronaut Terry Virts believes the two Starliner astronauts are not stuck on the ISS and that the extra time is a good thing.

Former Astronaut Explains How the Astronauts Stranded in Space Might Be Feeling

By Victor Tangermann

Reserachers are suggesting a new model that could explain why the dead remains of stars start unexpectedly glitching or speeding up.

Astronomers Baffled After Zombie Star Remains Start “Glitching”

By Victor Tangermann

China is planning to send an satellite into orbit that will then study and smash to bits a nearby asteroid in a test mission to defend Earth.

China Planning to Smash Asteroid in Planetary Defense Test

By Sharon Adarlo

We're just not good enough at complicated ways space junk falls through the atmosphere, even stuff that's designed to burn-up.

Experts Warn That We’re Vastly Underestimating the Threat of Falling Space Junk

By Frank Landymore

During a test launch, a Chinese company accidentally launched one of its rockets, which crashed spectacularly into a nearby mountain.

Chinese Rocket Accidentally Launches During Test, Soars Over City and Crashes Into Mountain

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronauts on board the ISS were forced to shelter inside their respective spacecraft after reports indicated a nearby satellite broke up.

Astronauts Sheltered in Escape Vehicles as Debris Menaced Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers suggest the collapse of a warp drive bubble could be detectable in the form of gravitational waves.

Alien Warp Drives May Have Left Trails Through Space, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Images and a terrifying video circulating on social media show Chinese rocket parts crashing down over a village in southwest China.

Huge Chinese Rocket Parts Fall on Village, Spewing Toxic Chemicals

By Victor Tangermann

Stars at the Milky Way's center stay young forever, scientists claim, by feeding off dark matter particles that are abundant there.

Something Strange Appears to Be Powering “Immortal” Stars at the Center of Our Galaxy

By Sharon Adarlo

In the age of UFO disclosure, one group is urging presidents to declassify it all — and wants debate moderators to get in on the action, too.

New Campaign Urges Presidential Debate Moderators to Ask Candidates About UFOs

By Noor Al-Sibai

One of the aperture doors covering one of the XRISM space telescope's particle-detecting instrument called Resolve has remained jammed.

Door Is Jammed on Expensive Space Telescope, Blocking Its View of Space

By Victor Tangermann

A repeating radio signal from deep space has scientists puzzled, because they can't fully explain what's emitting it.

Scientists Intrigued by Signal From Space Repeating Every Hour

By Frank Landymore

After her husband died, one woman found the perfect way to send off his cremated remains after discovering space burial company Celestis.

Widow Astonished by Options After Husband Dies: “Space?! I Can Shoot Him Into Space?”

By Victor Tangermann

Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center last week in preparation for its maiden voyage to the ISS.

A Real-Life “Star Wars”-Style Spacecraft Is Preparing for Launch

By Victor Tangermann

Last month, China sent four zebrafish to its space station Tiangong. And so far, the fish are thriving in the microgravity environment.

Fish on Board China’s Space Station Are Doing Swimmingly, Confused as Hell

By Sharon Adarlo

Akatsuki, JAXA's Venus probe and the only spacecraft in orbit around the planet, suddenly fell out of contact in late April.

Japan’s Venus Probe Goes Mysteriously Missing

By Frank Landymore

The European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope has revealed some of the saddest parts of our dark Universe.

Astronomers Find Lonely Starless Planets That Drift Through the Darkness of Space All by Themselves

By Noor Al-Sibai

The same sunspot responsible for the epic geomagnetic storm earlier this month just came back into view and immediately let loose.

The Sun Just Unleashed Yet Another Fierce Solar Flare, and It’s Only Getting Started

By Frank Landymore

Japanese scientists have completed the world's first wooden satellite, dubbed LignoSat. It's slated to head to the ISS in September.

Japanese Scientists Show Off World’s First Wooden Satellite

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The lava flows were formed by recent volcanic eruptions, providing some of the best evidence yet that Venus is still geologically active.

Astronomers Spot Epic Flows of Lava Oozing Out of Venus

By Frank Landymore

We may have to revise our idea of stellar evolution, as new research suggests stars are collapsing into black holes without going supernova.

Scientists Attempt to Explain Why Hundreds of Stars Disappeared From Night Sky

By Frank Landymore

Pentagon accused Russia of launching a satellite that national security officials believe is capable of attacking other satellites in orbit.

Pentagon Says Russia Has Launched a Mysterious Orbital Weapon

By Sharon Adarlo

In Portugal, a comet shot through the sky and illuminated it turquoise — and one lucky girl captured the entire thing on camera.

Girl Awestruck After Capturing Brilliant Blue Comet By Chance on Camera

By Noor Al-Sibai

In an age of growing UFO belief, a handful of Congress members are calling on the government to show its cards.

New Law Would Force Government to Declassify Every UFO Document

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers have identified seven stars in our galaxy that could potentially host a Dyson sphere — a hypothetical alien megastructure.

Scientists Identify Seven Star Systems That May Be Hosting Alien Megastructures

By Victor Tangermann

China's navy has apparently tested out its hypersonic rail gun — but during a demonstration of its power, things didn't go quite as planned.

China Uses Giant Rail Gun to Shoot Smart Bomb Nine Miles Into the Sky

By Noor Al-Sibai

A gigantic piece of a SpaceX rocket crashed down on a rural farm in Saskatchewan, Canada — and the story only gets more Canadian from there.

Giant Piece of Space Junk Crashes Down on Farm of Canadian, Who Intends to Sell It and Spend Money on Hockey Rink

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have long argued about how the Universe is shaped — and according to a new study, the more complex explanations are more correct.

The Universe May Be Shaped Like a Hall of Mirrors, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

A secretive startup called Applied Physics has published a "milestone study," arguing that warp drives are entirely possible.

New Study Claims Warp Drives Are Possible

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have discovered what a "cosmic glitch" in gravity, which could potentially help explain the universe's strange behavior.

Physicists Say They May Have Found a Powerful Glitch in the Universe

By Victor Tangermann

Astronauts, who are flying Boeing's Starliner next week, recall having to avoid "black zones" onboard the space shuttle.

Astronaut Recalls Spacecrafts Flying Through Deadly “Black Zones”

By Victor Tangermann

The European Space Agency has released an incredible video of the Sun's roiling surface, which was taken by its Solar Orbiter last year.

Spacecraft Takes Close Up Video of the Sun, Revealing Otherworldly Hellscape

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has broken down yet again, bringing scientific activities grinding to a halt.

The Hubble Has Broken Down Yet Again

By Victor Tangermann

A Japanese spacecraft claims to have rendezvoused with a three-ton piece of rocket debris in a high-stakes flight, the BBC reports.

Japanese Spacecraft Chases Down Derelict Rocket

By Sharon Adarlo

The debris strike, which damaged a solar array, left the Tiangong space station with a partial loss in power.

China Repairs Space Station Damaged by Debris Strike

By Frank Landymore

Recent NASA footage shows an eruption from our Sun breaking off the tail of a comet whizzing through the Solar System.

Sun Blasts Comet, Breaking Off Its Tail

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists have long been hunting for a hidden planet in our Solar System — and new research suggests that it's out there.

Scientists Say They’ve Found More Evidence of Hidden Planet in Our Solar System

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers have spotted signs of a circular, rainbow-like pattern decorating the surface of WASP-76b, a "hot Jupiter" exoplanet.

Scientists Spot Circular Rainbow-Like Pattern on Alien World

By Victor Tangermann

A Japanese astronaut was embarrassed when he got a picture of an errant toolbag instead of the iconic Mount Fuji.

Astronaut Tried to Photograph Mt. Fuji, Snapped Picture of Space Junk Instead

By Noor Al-Sibai

Two streams of stars that formed over 12 billion years ago have been discovered at the center of our galaxy.

Ancient Structures Wound Together to Form Our Galaxy, Astronomers Find

By Frank Landymore