Science & Space News: Discoveries, Astronomy and Research

A spacecraft orbiting Mars has picked up a possible signal of hydrogen chloride gas leaking from rifts near Alba Mons, the largest volcano on the planet by surface area. The researchers read it as a sign of hot magma beneath the surface, ac

The 2026 Antarctic ozone hole ranked as the seventh largest in 48 years of monitoring, but Earth's ozone layer is still on track for long-term recovery, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported. Scientist

Mars may not be the geologically dead world many scientists have assumed. A spacecraft orbiting the planet has detected a volcanic gas leaking to the surface through fresh cracks in the Alba Mons region, according to Space.com, which sugges

NASA says it has successfully demonstrated technology that lets a spacecraft pick a safe landing spot on its own. The agency flew the system on a drone that performed simulated lunar descents and landings on Aug. 27, according to NASA. The

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have captured in visible light a long trail of dust called the Cat's Tail, which they think is the wreckage of a collision between two Pluto-sized bodies. According to Space.com, the feature is s

People who regularly took cold showers reported 31 percent fewer days off work because of illness than those who did not, according to a Swiss psychology study. ScienceAlert reported on the findings, which come from a pooled analysis of thr

The Southern Taurid meteor shower reaches a second peak overnight on Nov. 4-5, a window when unusually bright meteors called fireballs are more likely, according to Space.com and Live Science. The Northern Taurids follow with their own peak

A single gene-editing treatment might someday keep cholesterol in check for decades and replace daily pills. Two University of Michigan cardiologists warn that permanent changes to a person's genes carry risks that may take years to show up

A California company has three small spacecraft circling Earth at the same time for the first time, and one of them is growing crystals of a potential cancer drug in weightlessness. The Guardian reported that Varda Space Industries launched

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed the central and eastern United States in the dark hours before sunrise on Oct. 18, 2026. The image shows cities and highways glowing beneath a thin band of colored light on th

Astronomers say new radio observations offer fresh evidence that a small companion star, named Siwarha, is traveling through the extended atmosphere of Betelgeuse, the red supergiant that marks the shoulder of Orion. According to a summary

Two huge tsunamis that struck Lake Iseo in northern Italy in the Middle Ages were partly the result of human activity, according to a new study in Nature Communications. Computer simulations suggest waves in the northern part of the lake ex