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black hole jet
Science

The sustainable voyager’s guide to the galaxy

By Charlie Wood

artists impression of a polluted white dwarf star
NASA

Asteroids go to pieces when their host star dies

By Charlie Wood

Two stars colliding and making a colorful cloud of gas
NASA

Astronomers caught a star-on-star smack down

By Charlie Wood

A robotic arm putting together an antenna in space
NASA

NASA’s plan to build stuff in space just took its first step

By Charlie Wood

A closeup image of the sun's surface
NASA

These close-up photos of the sun could help us forecast space weather

By Charlie Wood

solar orbiter illustration in front of the sun
NASA

This new solar orbiter will peek at some of the sun’s most secretive spots

By Charlie Wood

lightsail 2's wing in the foreground, Earth and Australia in the background
Science

LightSail 2′s success could pave the way for more sun-powered spacecrafts

By Charlie Wood

spacex crew dragon capsule
NASA

SpaceX saves mannequins from fireball. Next up, astronauts.

By Charlie Wood

galaxy illustration of weird orbiting objects
NASA

There’s a bizarre group of shapeshifting objects at the center of the Milky Way

By Charlie Wood

egg nebula
NASA

Researchers trace galactic history in ancient grains of alien sand

By Charlie Wood

illustration of bubbles of clear space around stars
NASA

Young galaxies transformed the early universe by blowing bubbles

By Charlie Wood

artist's interpretation of the milky way with radcliffe wave
NASA

The biggest gaseous structure in our galaxy is filled with baby star factories

By Charlie Wood

an image of the helix nebula
NASA

Our newest alien comet may have been born out of a dying star’s vomit

By Charlie Wood

WASP-12b exoplanet
Deep Space

This pitch-black exoplanet is spiraling toward its doom

By Charlie Wood

artist's interpretation of a super puff exoplanet
Deep Space

These ‘super puff’ planets have the same density as cotton candy

By Charlie Wood

an image of a galaxy
NASA

How astronomers weigh the universe (and everything in it)

By Charlie Wood

the first image of a black hole
Black Holes

This year, space stole all the headlines. Here are our favorite stories

By Charlie Wood

starry night sky
Science

A hundred stars have disappeared—and researchers aren’t ruling out aliens

By Charlie Wood

image of an airplane in front of a night sky
Climate Change

Astronomers are struggling to study the stars without ruining Earth

By Charlie Wood

a meteorite in space
Biology

Meteorite-eating microbes could help us look for alien life

By Charlie Wood

Enceladus imaged by Cassini
Moons

Mysterious stripes on Saturn’s moon Enceladus may have a new origin story

By Charlie Wood

Illustration of a white dwarf eating a large planet.
Deep Space

White dwarf star spotted nibbling on the atmosphere of a nearby icy planet

By Charlie Wood

illustration of a probe nearing the sun
NASA

NASA’s solar probe reveals stunning results after swooping in close to the sun

By Charlie Wood

jupiter's great red spot
Science

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is doing just fine, thanks for your concern

By Charlie Wood

an infrared composite photo of titan
Moons

The first global map of Titan reveals Earth-like features with a peculiar twist

By Charlie Wood

image of moon lander
Private Space Flight

Five more companies will compete for NASA’s $2.6 billion moon purse

By Charlie Wood

artists impression of a cigar shaped interstellar objecct
NASA

‘Oumuamua isn’t aliens, but it may not be an asteroid either

By Charlie Wood

satellite streaks of light in a German sky
Private Space Flight

SpaceX’s cheap internet could cost us the night sky

By Charlie Wood

An illustration of the voyager spacecraft leaving the heliosphere
NASA

Voyager 2′s journey beyond the solar system reveals new cosmic secrets

By Charlie Wood

SpaceX and Boeing are one big step closer to launching astronauts into space
Private Space Flight

SpaceX and Boeing are one big step closer to launching astronauts into space

By Charlie Wood

NASA’s sending a rover named VIPER to map the moon’s ice deposits
Moons

NASA’s sending a rover named VIPER to map the moon’s ice deposits

By Charlie Wood

This spherical asteroid might be our solar system’s tiniest dwarf planet
Science

This spherical asteroid might be our solar system’s tiniest dwarf planet

By Charlie Wood

There’s a chance the black hole at the center of our galaxy is actually a wormhole
Black Holes

There’s a chance the black hole at the center of our galaxy is actually a wormhole

By Charlie Wood

NASA’s all-female spacewalk hints at a stronger, more gender-equal space program
NASA

NASA’s all-female spacewalk hints at a stronger, more gender-equal space program

By Charlie Wood

Here’s how life could thrive on a planet orbiting a black hole—and other alternative suns
Black Holes

Here’s how life could thrive on a planet orbiting a black hole—and other alternative suns

By Charlie Wood

An experiment hinted at Martian life in the ’70s. So why did we stop looking?
Biology

An experiment hinted at Martian life in the ’70s. So why did we stop looking?

By Charlie Wood

NASA’s plan to save its stuck Mars drill involves a robot with a shovel
Mars

NASA’s plan to save its stuck Mars drill involves a robot with a shovel

By Charlie Wood

Saturn now has 82 known moons—so why did we only get one?
Moons

Saturn now has 82 known moons—so why did we only get one?

By Charlie Wood

Astronomers may have spotted strands in the ‘cosmic web’ linking galaxies
Science

Astronomers may have spotted strands in the ‘cosmic web’ linking galaxies

By Charlie Wood

Humans will definitely bring microbes to Mars—so we might as well bring our favorites
Mars

Humans will definitely bring microbes to Mars—so we might as well bring our favorites

By Charlie Wood

Elon Musk just unveiled SpaceX’s next step toward ‘Moon bases and Mars cities’
Mars

Elon Musk just unveiled SpaceX’s next step toward ‘Moon bases and Mars cities’

By Charlie Wood

Venus may have been habitable and Earth-like before greenhouse gas took over
Science

Venus may have been habitable and Earth-like before greenhouse gas took over

By Charlie Wood

This distant world is a lot like Earth, but you wouldn’t want to live there
Deep Space

This distant world is a lot like Earth, but you wouldn’t want to live there

By Charlie Wood

Comets could all come from the same place
Science

Comets could all come from the same place

By Charlie Wood

What the president can teach us about reading hurricane forecasts
Environment

What the president can teach us about reading hurricane forecasts

By Charlie Wood

European and SpaceX operators avoided a satellite collision… over email
Private Space Flight

European and SpaceX operators avoided a satellite collision… over email

By Charlie Wood

SpaceX hops toward the next generation of rockets with latest flight test
Mars

SpaceX hops toward the next generation of rockets with latest flight test

By Charlie Wood

We’re one step closer to tracking down another Earth
Deep Space

We’re one step closer to tracking down another Earth

By Charlie Wood

Pence says U.S. rocket companies will put astronauts in space this year. U.S. rocket companies aren’t so sure.
Science

Pence says U.S. rocket companies will put astronauts in space this year. U.S. rocket companies aren’t so sure.

By Charlie Wood

NASA is planning an interplanetary fishing trip
Moons

NASA is planning an interplanetary fishing trip

By Charlie Wood

Dwarf star planets could glow with life
Deep Space

Dwarf star planets could glow with life

By Charlie Wood

A flashing mystery is unfolding at the center of the Milky Way
Black Holes

A flashing mystery is unfolding at the center of the Milky Way

By Charlie Wood

Tardigrades that crash-landed on the moon may still be alive, but they’re not having fun
Animals

Tardigrades that crash-landed on the moon may still be alive, but they’re not having fun

By Charlie Wood

Rodent astronauts suggest trips to Mars will make us anxious, forgetful, and afraid
Health

Rodent astronauts suggest trips to Mars will make us anxious, forgetful, and afraid

By Charlie Wood

Texas-sized plasma ‘cannonballs’ could help solve one of the sun’s biggest mysteries
Science

Texas-sized plasma ‘cannonballs’ could help solve one of the sun’s biggest mysteries

By Charlie Wood

This mind-blowing 3D map reveals the Milky Way’s perplexing curves
Science

This mind-blowing 3D map reveals the Milky Way’s perplexing curves

By Charlie Wood

This vampire stump’s lust for life hints at an arboreal superorganism
Environment

This vampire stump’s lust for life hints at an arboreal superorganism

By Charlie Wood

door options
Health

When faced with tough choices, your brain secretly tips the scales

By Charlie Wood

A person looks up at the Milky Way
Science

Why is the night sky dark?

By Charlie Wood

The Voyager spacecraft fly in front of the heliosphere
Science

Voyager 2 can finally probe the rarified plasma surrounding our solar system

By Charlie Wood

InSight's solar panel sits in front of a Martian landscape
Mars

Listen to the very first sounds recorded on Mars

By Charlie Wood

A handful of large dishes point skyward
Deep Space

Dust to dust: How Earth’s most advanced observatory is unraveling our origins

By Charlie Wood

Purple jellyfish float in the dark
Animals

The new jellyfish genome proves you don’t need weird genes to be a weirdo

By Charlie Wood

a map of southern Alaska showing the center of the earthquake
Environment

Anchorage suffered a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, but was spared a tsunami

By Charlie Wood