Astronomy
The Moon has a New Once-in-a-Century Crater
The lunar surface is more dynamic than you might think
The Crescent Nebula: A Gas Bubble Surrounding a Violently Dying Star
A light show that will get even more dramatic in time
Why Elon Musk’s “Self-Growing” Moon Cities Are Tragically Flawed
There’s simply not enough water
Mercury Has Gotten Smaller Than We Thought
The first planet from the sun has been hiding its wrinkles
Genetically Engineered Yeast Could Transform Martian Soil into Living Building Materials
Living yeast yurts on Mars!
The Moon May Have Been Created in Just Five Hours
Researchers played out the impact between Earth and the hypothetical ancient planet Theia
After an 8-Year Journey, Orbiters Are About to Give Us a Fresh Look at Mercury
But the BepiColombo twin orbiters aren’t the first spacecraft to visit our system’s smallest planet. Here’s what we’ve seen already
Many Space Missions Are Searching for Life Beyond Earth—But Are We Prepared for the Fallout If They Succeed?
Several space missions are searching for extraterrestrial life, which could come in the form of microbes
Astronomers Spot a Strange Atmospheric Wave Above Saturn’s South Pole
And it could stick around for decades
