Jupiter's Great Red Spot Storm Isn't Dying Anytime Soon By Samantha Mathewson Despite the apparent shrinkage of clouds in Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the storm itself is still going strong, new research suggests.
Physicists Have Finally Seen Traces of a Long-Sought Particle. Here's Why That's a Big Deal. By Meredith Fore It was predicted four decades ago, but only found now.
Solar Wind Plays Haunting Music on Earth's Magnetic Field By Elizabeth Howell When the sun's particles hit Earth during solar storms, our planet breaks into "song."
Your RNA May Have Come from Space, Meteor Study Suggests By Brandon Specktor The discovery of ribose sugar in ancient meteorites just made space rocks a little sweeter.
Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day By Space.com Staff NASA's Orion spacecraft is loaded inside the belly of the Super Guppy aircraft before heading to NASA's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, for testing.
Watch Clouds on Mars Drift by in Supercomputer Simulations By Meghan Bartels Weather models are a daily staple of life on Earth, but they can go interplanetary as well, sometimes with a boost from Earth's most sophisticated computers.
There's a Violent Battle Between Solar Wind and Cosmic Rays, and Voyager 2 Just Passed Through it By Brandon Specktor At the edge of our solar system, a fierce battle rages between solar wind and interstellar rays. NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has now passed through the frontlines.
Top Space Stories of the Week! By Doris Elin Urrutia These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.
China's Microsatellite Crash Site on the Moon Spotted by NASA Lunar Orbiter By Leonard David A NASA spacecraft circling the moon has spotted the scar left by a Chinese satellite's impact.
Ice Fossils in an Ancient Space Rock Reveal Clues About the Early Solar System By Chelsea Gohd Secrets about the solar system are revealed by remnants of ice from 4.6 billion years ago.
This 'Blob' of Radiation Might Be a Long-Lost Neutron Star By Brandon Specktor In 1987, a star exploded, creating the brightest supernova to light up Earth's skies in 400 years. That star's corpse has been missing for 30 years. Now, researchers think they've found it.
Black Holes Grow Hair, Then Go Bald Again By Stephanie Pappas New calculations suggest that some black holes can grow hair, but they can't keep it for long. Alas, they go bald again.
Could Weird Lunar Swirls Help People Settle the Moon? By Leonard David These strange features on the moon are associated with magnetic anomalies and may therefore help shield astronauts from radiation, some researchers say.
What If Space-Time Were 'Chunky'? It Would Forever Change the Nature of Reality. By Paul Sutter An ambitious new fleet of spacecraft could reveal whether space-time is smooth or chunky, and in doing so the ultimate nature of reality.
Physicists Just Created the Most Detailed Simulation of the Universe in History By Tim Childers An international team of scientists has created the most detailed large-scale model of the universe to date, a simulation they call TNG50.
Astronauts Enjoy Space Veggies and Look to the Future of Cosmic Salads By Chelsea Gohd With a new harvest of greens in space, astronauts advance space-based agriculture.
The Most Powerful Explosions in the Universe Emit Way More Energy Than Anyone Thought By Charles Q. Choi Gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful kinds of explosions known in the universe, can generate even more energetic light beams than astronomers previously realized, according to a set of new studies.
Earth-Like Planets with Giant 'Wrecking Ball' Neighbors Can Host Life After All By Charles Q. Choi A giant planet wildly careening around a star may not prevent an Earth-size planet from staying in a stable orbit friendly to life as we know it, a new study finds.
New Map of Saturn's Moon Titan Reveals a Liquid-Filled World By Elizabeth Howell A new geologic map of Saturn's large moon Titan reveals just how much liquid this world holds.
