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Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider — the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator — have observed a real-life transmutation of lead into gold.

See the best photos of May 2025's full Flower Moon as it rose over landmarks and landscapes worldwide in a dazzling lunar display.

The White House says NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is a waste of money, but experts say the mission could help it achieve its goal of putting humans on Mars.

On 12 March 2013, Galileo satellite GSAT0104, alongside its fellow In-Orbit Validation (IOV) satellites, made history by enabling the first position fix by Europe’s independent satellite navigation system Galileo. Now, after 12 years of service mostly in the area of Search and Rescue, GSAT0104 makes history again by becoming the first satellite in the Galileo constellation to be decommissioned.

SpaceX launched 26 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California Monday night (May 12), on the first leg of a spaceflight doubleheader.

SpaceX continues to push the boundaries of rocket reuse, launching a batch of Starlink satellites atop a Falcon 9 that was flying for a record 28th time.

Europe's Proba-3 satellites have demonstrated ultra-precise formation flying in orbit for the first time, a milestone with big implications for both science and future space missions.

New data from space telescopes has been transformed into cosmic soundscapes, turning the mysterious activity around black holes into a symphony of the universe.

A network of Cold War-era infrasound sensors can help scientists reconstruct trajectories of falling space objects.

"It is pulp science fiction, and nobody got it. We never stood a chance".

A streak shot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as it took flight from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Monday, May 12, 2025. Image: SpaceX

Update May 13, 12 a.m.: SpaceX confirms successful deployment of the Starlink satellites.

After a strong VR-native version last year, Alien: Rogue Incursion – Part One is invading PS5 and PC with a traditional flat-screen edition in 2025.

A new study offers key insights into Mars' water cycle, but the findings are based on seismic data from just one region, highlighting the need for future missions to confirm the results across the planet.

The huge antenna for Europe's newly launched Biomass forest-monitoring satellite has been successfully deployed, a big milestone for the mission.

Star Wars' latest animated anthology series reintroduces old faces and takes us back to the underworld. Here's our ranking of all six episodes of Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld.

ESO's Extremely Large Telescope at Cerro Armazones in Chile's Atacama Desert is seen from directly above while its construction continues.

The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its infrared eyes toward Jupiter, capturing auroras hundreds of times brighter than those on Earth glowing on the gas giant's poles.

Learn the original fate of the infamous “gravity drive” starship in IDW’s new five-issue summer shocker that emerges from hell in August 2025.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured new details of the auroras on our Solar System’s largest planet. The dancing lights observed on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth. With Webb’s advanced sensitivity, astronomers have studied the phenomena to better understand Jupiter’s magnetosphere.

NASA's deletion of websites related to women in STEM and other DEIA programs erased this woman's story from the internet. NASA put it back online, but then they fired her.

When and where to catch the 2025 full Flower Moon rise tonight (May 12).