Lasers in moon craters could create a lunar GPS system

Scientists are exploring how lasers stabilized in the moon’s coldest, darkest craters could enable a GPS-like network to help future Artemis astronauts and spacecraft navigate the lunar surface with far greater precision. …

Galactic starlight will take your breath away | Space photo of the day for May 19, 2026

The galaxy M77 looks truly out-of-this-world in a new image by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Watch NASA’s new Mars helicopter rotor break the speed of sound (video)

NASA is testing the limits of future Mars aircraft as it works to develop a next-generation fleet of helicopters that will fly through the thin atmosphere of the Red Planet.

Watch an asteroid the size of a blue whale hurtle towards Earth live online TODAY

The livestream will begin at 3:45 p.m. EDT on May 18, bringing near real time views of the asteroid from robotic telescopes in Italy, weather permitting.

Astronomers find interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS hiding in images taken before its official discovery

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was almost called 3I/Rubin, after researchers found that the giant survey telescope coincidentally spotted this visitor from the stars over a week before it was officially discovered.

Mars orbiter captures striking images of ‘chaos and craters’ carved by ancient floods

ESA’s Mars Express orbiter captured dramatic new views of a rugged Martian landscape shaped by catastrophic floods billions of years ago.

Auroras over Australia look like sci-fi from space | Space photo of the day for May 15, 2026

An astronaut aboard the ISS captured the brilliant green and pink glow.

James Webb Space Telescope maps our universe’s largest structure in unprecedented detail

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have mapped the “cosmic web” of galaxies, the largest structure in the universe, with unprecedented detail.