Space & Physics

From ghosts to skeletons and even spiders, the cosmos is full of scary surprises

It’s Halloween, and nothing is scarier than our terrifying universe

Blasted off Mars by a giant impact long ago, the meteorite Teghaza 001 eventually fell to Earth in the Sahara Desert. Now it’s revealing previously hidden chapters of Mars’s deep past

Finding alien life could shake some people to their very souls, but different religions can take very distinct approaches to the existence of extraterrestrial life

Scientific American talks to author John Scalzi about his tentacle-filled 20th novel, its balance of hope and cynicism—and the possibility of a Chappell Roan crossover

Located farther away from Earth than Pluto, the object was hidden in the light of the Milky Way’s stars

Another bombshell result shows how artificial intelligence is fueling fierce competition at the frontiers of math and physics

The results resolve major problems in math, physics and computer science. But like other recent AI-generated “slop drops,” the releases are already controversial

The mission, scheduled for the summer of 2027, will include be pivotal in deciding whether SpaceX or Blue Origin supplies the lunar lander for the first crewed trip to the lunar surface in decades

The latest batch of declassified files includes eyewitness sightings from earlier this year of a flying black triangle performing inexplicable aerial maneuvers

Although Phobos and Deimos may look like lumpy space potatoes, they’re actually moons of Mars. No one knows how they formed, but a newly launched spacecraft should soon offer answers

A misidentified constellation could revise the timeline for Vincent van Gogh’s creation of his iconic painting