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Two devices next to one another on the surface of Mars.

China's Mars rover Zhurong finds possible shoreline of ancient Red Planet ocean

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Data from China's Zhurong rover has revealed what appears to be an ancient shoreline streaking through Mars' northern hemisphere.

Mars
Uranus as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope

Long ago, Voyager 2 might have caught Uranus at a bad time

By Julian Dossett published

A new analysis of Voyager 2 data reveals a fresh theory about Uranus's unique magnetosphere.

Uranus
An illustration of a comet.

'Crumb trails' of meteoroids could reveal potentially dangerous comets years before they reach Earth

By Abha Jain published

Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, new research shows.

Comets
A blue-skinned cyborg alien with a bald head

Marvel superheroes explore strange timelines in new trailer for 'What If…?' Season 3 (video)

By Jeff Spry published

A new trailer for Marvel Animation's animated anthology "What If…?" Season 3 has landed

Entertainment
Visitors to Space Center Houston can now step inside Northrop Grumman's early mockup of a lunar orbit habitat.

Open Gateway: Step into mock lunar orbit habitat at Space Center Houston

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The public can now step into the future of lunar exploration at Space Center Houston by entering an early mockup for Northrop Grumman's Gateway astronaut accommodations around the moon.

Artemis
a bearded man in a red flight suit looks worried inside a cockpit lit by red LEDs

Disney+ announces official 'Andor' Season 2 premiere date and teases TIE fighter heist

By Jeff Spry published

Disney+ announced an official premiere date for "Andor" Season 2, which will return to the streaming service on April 22, 2025.

Entertainment
specs of stars and galaxies in the black of space.

James Webb Space Telescope finds galaxies pointing toward a dark matter alternative

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

A new study suggests galaxies in the early universe appear much larger and brighter than expected, precisely as predicted by modified Newtonian dynamics, or MOND.

James Webb Space Telescope
a small black point in the middle upper right is surrounded in a bright swirl of orange and yellow gases, with jets of blue shooting out perpendicular to the swirl.

Chinese private rocket launches 1st satellite for international customer

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

CAS Space successfully launched 15 satellites into Earth orbit, including one for its first foreign client, the Sultanate of Oman.

Launches & Spacecraft
An artist's illustration of the European Space Agency's Philae lander (left) after being released from its Rosetta spacecraft mothership on Nov. 12, 2014 to begin a seven-hour descent to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It is the first time such a soft-landing on a comet has ever been attempted.

On this day in space! Nov. 12, 2014: Philae spacecraft gets lost on Comet 67p

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On Nov. 12, 2014, a European spacecraft named Philae landed on Comet 67P.

Space Shuttle
a winged spacecraft with a rounded nose flies above earth

China reveals reusable cargo shuttle design for Tiangong space station (video)

By Andrew Jones published

China has unveiled the design of a reusable winged shuttle to take cargo to and from the country's Tiangong space station.

Launches & Spacecraft
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