The Moon is far smaller than Earth, yet some of its mountains rise to astonishing heights. Lower gravity and a lack of active plate tectonics allow lunar peaks to grow in ways that aren’t possible on ...

The sight of an open expanse stretching into infinity is a tonic for clearing cluttered minds. Promising silence, solitude ...

Every now and then, I fall down a late-night rabbit hole reading space facts, and the 30 on this list are the ones that truly messed with my brain. Fair warning: you might need a minute to recover ...

Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system, holds an outsized secret that some researchers believe could reshape how ...

SpaceX is looking to dramatically expand the boundaries of Starbase headquarters, which was incorporated as its own Texas city in 2025, for Starship.

A stellar black hole is one that’s created from the gravitational collapse of particularly massive stars, typically greater than eight solar masses. For context, one solar mass is about equivalent to ...

NASA's top planetary defense expert reveals the biggest threat isn't Hollywood-style doomsday rocks, but undiscovered 'city-killer' asteroids. While large and small threats are known, an estimated 25, ...

In a stunning revelation that has captivated the scientific community, astronomers have disclosed that the comet 3I/Atlas, ...