One of the most dramatic and memorable scenes from Interstellar comes from Miller’s planet - and if you don’t want a spoiler for an 11 year old movie, feel free to skip to the next paragraph. When the crew arrives on this potential new home for humanity, they are faced with a literal 1.2 km high wall of water bearing down on them quickly. It’s a great representation of how waves on other planets can act differently than on Earth. Admittedly, according to Kip Thorne, the scientific advisor for that movie, those waves are actually caused by the planet’s proximity to a local black hole rather than the wind that forms our waves here.
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Nebula sparkles in new Hubble snapshot | Space photo of the day for April 23, 2026
Hubble revisits the Trifid Nebula in a spectacular image, revealing it's expansive splendor.
Uranus’s Outermost Rings Are Made of Two Different Things
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a deep look at the rings around the ice giant Uranus and found a new mystery to be solved.
Japan's audacious sample-return mission to the Mars moon Phobos has made it to the launch pad
The complex MMX mission aims to shed light on the origins of Mars' two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, bringing Phobos material back to Earth in 2031.
Our recommended choice as the best beginner mirrorless camera has $400 off, and has just hit its best price of the year at Best Buy
Expert tester Kimberley Lane rated the Sony A7C II as a perfect camera for enthusiasts, which produced impressive astrophotography results without breaking the bank.
Making contact with ET? Aliens may already know we're here
Earth is dotted with many humongous, human-made structures. To an alien eye, they may be tell-tale signs of intelligent goings-on, betraying our existence and hinting at our capabilities.
Two Worlds Where the Sun Never Moves
Imagine a world where the Sun never rises and never sets! It feels like that here in the UK sometimes with what feels like a never-ending cover of cloud. On one side of a world like this, a permanent blazing day whilst on the other, an endless frozen night. No seasons, no dawn, no dusk just an eternal, pitiless divide. For more than three quarters of the stars in our Galaxy, this is the reality facing their planets. And now, for the first time, astronomers have mapped the climate of two such worlds in extraordinary detail.
The Stars Feeding our Galaxy’s Monster
There is a place at the centre of our Galaxy where the rules of physics are pushed to their limits. Squeezed into a region smaller than our Solar System sits Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole four million times the mass of our Sun. The space around it is a churning and chaotic environment where stars orbit at breakneck speeds, gas swirls through intense gravitational fields, and anything straying too close risks being torn apart and consumed. Yet for all its violence, one of the biggest mysteries here has been surprisingly simple; what on earth (pardon the pun) is feeding it?
'That's just not a winning strategy': Congress objects (again) to Trump's planned NASA budget cuts
Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle objected to President Trump's proposed NASA budget cuts during a House hearing on Wednesday (April 22).
Plato aces space-like tests
The European Space Agency Plato mission has successfully completed a series of tough tests under space‑like conditions. With this accomplishment, the spacecraft is on track to lift off in early 2027 and begin its search for terrestrial planets.
SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
File: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of the Starlink 9-10 mission on Nov. 8, 2024. Image: SpaceX
Update Apr. 22, 11:52 p.m. EDT (0352 UTC): SpaceX landed its booster on the droneship.
Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and the Forbidden Gap
When the first gravitational wave (GW) was detected back in 2015, scientists said they had opened a new window into the Universe. While most of astronomy is based on detecting electromagnetic energy, GW are different. They're ripples in spacetime predicted by Einstein.
From 'Starfield' to Artemis: designing moonbases in games and reality
Looking at the best games for building lunar settlements, and how they compare to NASA's real-life plans for Artemis Base Camp.
Space Discoveries
The universe is a place of endless mystery and wonder, constantly offering new and incredible discoveries. Modern astronomy, utilizing powerful telescopes and space probes, continues to unveil the secrets of distant stars, galaxies, and celestial phenomena. Each new finding deepens our understanding of the cosmos and our place within it.
MSL Curiosity Found New Organic Chemicals On Mars, Proof That The Planet Can Preserve Ancient Biosignatures
NASA's MSL Curiosity rover has found some more pieces of the puzzle that is Mars' ancient habitability. Evidence that the planet was once warm, wet, and habitable is growing, and now Curiosity has detected some new organic molecules. The rover found 21 organic compounds in rocks in Gale Crater with its Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument. Seven of them were detected for the first time.
Rocket Lab launches Japanese 'origami' satellite, 7 other spacecraft to orbit (photos)
Rocket Lab launched eight Japanese satellites to orbit on Wednesday night (April 22), including one that features an origami-folded antenna.
NASA still confident that Artemis astronauts will land on the moon in 2028 despite spacesuit delays
NASA says it's confident that new spacesuits will be ready for a moon landing in 2028, even though a new report raises the possibility of a multiyear delay.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Is Ready to Fly
NASA has announced that the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is all set for a September launch.
Happy Earth Day! Celebrate with these amazing photos of our planet from space, from Apollo 8 to Artemis 2
This Earth Day, we reflect on our home planet and look at Earth from space through history.
Meet the US Navy divers who welcomed the Artemis 2 astronauts home from the moon
Four Navy divers made a contribution to the historic Artemis 2 moon mission, welcoming its astronauts home to Earth and making sure they were safe and healthy.
