An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers who discovered it using telescopes from NASA and the European Space Agency, or ESA. Four planets orbit LHS 1903 — a red dwarf star, the most common type of star in the universe — and are
An anomalous plume is visible from one of the Vulcan’s solid rocket motors during the launch of the USSF-87 mission on Feb. 12, 2026. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. United Launch Alliance said an issue affected one of the four solid rocket boosters that helped propel its Vulcan rocket into space Thursday on a mission for
Base of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket where the tail service masts feed propellants into the rocket’s core stage. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now. NASA is loading liquid hydrogen aboard its Space Launch System moon rocket at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday for an unpublicized but crucial test of the repairs made to a
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An artist’s impression of a galactic center shrouded in dust. | Credit: Peter Z. Harrington Woven through the universe are forces, often unseen, that dictate its grand design. For example, at the very heart of nearly every galaxy,
Explore We’ve got smart rings, smart watches, and now … smart underwear. It was developed by a team of researchers led by biologist Brantly Hall of the University of Maryland in the form of a small device equipped with electrochemical sensors that can clip directly onto your underwear. What does this device measure? Farts, of
When solar storms erupt from the sun and reach Earth, their intensity is measured against a historical benchmark: the Carrington Event. Now, a portrait of 19th century British solar astronomer Richard Carrington has been discovered — providing, at long last, an image of the man for whom the event was named. On September 1, 1859,
Chinese researchers have uncovered a vibrant ecosystem 10 kilometers beneath the Pacific Ocean, shattering long-held assumptions about life in extreme depths. What they found was far from the barren, lifeless seafloor that scientists once expected at these crushing depths. For years, the deep-sea ecosystems of the Pacific, especially in deep trenches, were a mystery. Scientists
Two nearly spherical dinosaur eggs recovered from eastern China have drawn international attention not because of what they preserved, but because of what they did not. When researchers sectioned the 13-centimeter specimens from Anhui Province, they discovered that their interiors were completely filled with calcite crystals, not embryonic remains. The eggs were excavated from the
Water flowing out. Data flowing in. A water system activation at the Thad Cochran Test Stand (B-2) on Jan. 30 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, helped capture critical data to support testing a new SLS (Space Launch System) stage expected to fly on the Artemis IV mission. The activation milestone
In Yellowstone National Park, a bulge the size of 279 football fields has risen by an inch since last July. With no signs of slowing down, the bump that’s roughly 19 miles across may cause some worry that the iconic locale’s hibernating supervolcano is readying for an apocalyptic reawakening. Although impressed by the situation, the