​ Scientists predicted this star would explode. It’s bucked expectations. (Image Credit: Mashable) For centuries, stargazers have watched a new star light up in the sky. Just days later, it vanishes. Today we call the star system responsible

​ Carter’s UFO hounded him for years. Few knew his expertise in astronomy. (Image Credit: Mashable) After calls with foreign leaders, rap sessions with lawmakers, and long classified briefings with advisers, President Jimmy Carter would often escape to

​ In the continuing saga of billionaires and big rockets comes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos with his latest space vehicle, New Glenn.  The rocket, which stands taller than the Statue of Liberty, is named after NASA astronaut John Glenn, the

​ Early on Christmas Eve in 2024, a NASA craft swooped at blazing speed through the sun’s atmosphere. The Parker Solar Probe, equipped with a robust heat shield, made the closest-ever approach to our dynamic star, coming some 3.8 million

​ NASA’s Juno spacecraft zipped just 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) above the volcanic world Io in 2024. The extraterrestrial vistas, including a view of the most powerful volcano known to humanity, didn’t disappoint. “It’s absolutely stunning, stunning imagery,” Ashley Davies, a

​ No astronaut has ever stepped foot on Mars, but that doesn’t mean humans haven’t left their mark — literally.  Since 1971 when the Soviet Union’s Mars 2 spacecraft crash-landed onto the Red Planet, people have littered the Martian surface

​ NASA’s preparing to put astronauts on its new moon-bound spacecraft. Every system is being rigorously tested. The space agency released footage of engineers assessing the Orion craft’s essential launch abort system, wherein a cover must blast off the crew