Liquid gems may rain from the sky on this hot exoplanet

A massive gas giant orbiting a star about 855 light-years from Earth, WASP-121b may contain mineral…

Astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth aboard Friendship 7

A few days before launch, Glenn, right, watches artist Cecilia “Sis Baby” paint the name Friendship…

New photos show John Glenn orbiting the Earth on the 60th anniversary of his founding

Sunday marks the 60th anniversary of NASA Astronaut John Glenn He became the first American to…

New photos show John Glenn orbiting the Earth on the 60th anniversary of his founding

Sunday marks the 60th anniversary of NASA Astronaut John Glenn He became the first American to…

A massive solar explosion captured by a solar-powered spacecraft

Solar Orbiter and Soho’s view of the giant eruption – close-up. Credit: Solar Orbiter Team /…

An unprecedented opportunity to investigate the next interstellar visitor with the Webb Space Telescope

This artist’s impression shows the first interstellar object discovered in the solar system, “Oumuamua. Credit: ESA/Hubble,…

NASA’s Perseverance Rover celebrates its first year on Mars with Learning To Run

Animation of NASA’s Persistent Mars rover landing on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The rover has achieved a…

Scientists have found that astronauts’ brains are ‘rewired’ by space missions

Our brains change as we age and grow here on Earth. But what happens to the…

Three galaxies tear each other apart in this stunning new Hubble Telescope image

Three distant galaxies collide through the universe, in a stunning new image captured by NASA’s Hubble…

Webb Telescope Alignment Allows the image to show one star

Engineers fed 18 dots of starlight into a cohesive pattern. picture: NASA/STScI/J. Dipascual A major milestone…