Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability ...

With 'Project Hail Mary' opening in theaters, here are several essential films that explore the strange, high-stakes ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured rare images of a comet as it was breaking apart in November 2025. Credit: NASA / ESA / Dennis Bodewits / Joseph DePasquale For practically as long as NASA's Hubble ...

Jellycat released a new line of space-themed characters ranging from comets to plants and even space-cowboy peanut. Needless to say, our team is obsessed.

An upcoming book from presenter and author Dallas Campbell collects both iconic and lesser-known images of space, from ...

Now entering the pantheon of lost-and-alone movies is “Project Hail Mary,” a hugely entertaining — and just plain huge — ...

In a series of experiments at Johns Hopkins University, Lily Zhao fired tiny samples of a microorganism with a room-sized gas ...

Preparing to send people back to the moon is a complex business, with astronaut safety at the top of the list of priorities. In the image above, NASA crew members are testing a new generation of ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed the idea of data centers in space being a viable option in the next few years as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk pursues their deployment. "I honestly think the idea with the ...

A San Diego high school senior is a finalist in the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search competition for her research on how astronauts’ wounds might be able to heal. Leanne Fan, 18, a ...

As the use of AI skyrockets, the need for data centers and cooling has risen along with it, and some have suggested an outside-the-box solution: data centers in space. "There is no doubt to me that, a ...