Space

The final full moon of 2025 treated stargazers to a high-flying lunar spectacle as the “Cold Moon” glowed among the stars of the constellation Taurus on Dec. 4. December’s full moon was the third in a string of “Supermoons” — full moons that occur when the moon reaches its closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit. Around this time, it can appear up to 14% larger and 30% brighter…

Scientists have inched a step closer to solving an enduring mystery in physics — why the universe contains any matter at all — thanks to a newly combined analysis from two of the world’s leading neutrino experiments. By pooling nearly 16 years of measurements, the NOvA experiment in the United States and the T2K experiment in Japan have produced the most precise picture yet of how neutrinos…

The northern lights could light up skies across the U.S. tonight, as a high-speed solar wind stream from a coronal hole and an incoming coronal mass ejection (CME) are forecast to hit Earth, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center. The combination of the incoming solar wind and the CME released during Monday’s X-class solar…

The Cyber Monday sales are behind us, but there are still bargains to be had if you hurry. This beginner-friendly ZWO Seestar S30 smart telescope is $50 off at Amazon and it’s the perfect way to bring the cosmos closer. You can get the ZWO Seestar S30 on sale for $349 from Amazon. We rank it as the best portable smart telescope; its size means you can tuck it in the provided case and drive to…