Out in the Kuiper Belt, the massive doughnut of debris beyond Neptune, about one in 10 kilometer-scale objects have surprised scientists with their unexpected shape. Rather than resembling a ball, ...

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The universe is filled with innumerable astrophysical objects, each one different from the last. But even amid this vast diversity, some stand out as truly bizarre. A pair of astronomers recently ...

Russia inherited the legendary Soviet space machine—but today, it’s facing a brutal reality check. Between sanctions, financial strain, and major reliability issues, the country is struggling to keep ...

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Astronomers have puzzled for years over a strange pattern in the outer solar system. A surprising number of icy bodies far beyond Neptune resemble snowmen, made of two rounded lobes stuck together.

The rationale behind Golden Dome’s mandate for space-based boost-phase defense made some sense. If orbiting interceptors could hit an enemy missile very early in flight—before it could deploy ...

Randomization and chaos exist throughout the known universe. Yet, while the state of all things does fundamentally devolve to pure chance, scientists have constantly researched the variables governing ...

What began as a summer learning project has turned into a scientific discovery. An American high school student has identified nearly 1.5 million previously unknown objects in space. He made this ...

A subtle twist between atomically thin magnetic layers can generate unexpectedly large and complex spin structures.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Depositphotos.com Blue Origin, the private aerospace venture backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, unexpectedly ...