Across astronomy and astrobiology, a quiet but profound shift is underway. Instead of assuming the galaxy teems with ...

A theoretical study reveals how functionalized crown ethers selectively capture light gadolinium isotopes, offering a cleaner, more efficient path for ...

NASA's MAVEN orbiter lost contact after observing an interstellar visitor dubbed 3I/ATLAS during its close approach to Mars, ...

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the ...

The potential for sending payloads and people to Mars is therefore becoming plausible in a way that it never has before. Mars ...

The 26-foot-tall (8-meter-tall) cargo lander is expected to embark on its first flight during the first quarter of 2026, ...

After a rudderless year and an exodus of around 4,000 employees due to Trump administration cuts, NASA got what may be its ...

Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed as a ...

Mars once had sprawling river systems that rivaled major watersheds on Earth, and scientists have now identified the biggest ...

Tantalising signs of past microbial life showed up on Mars this year, but to truly know whether they contain the answer to ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

Here is a look at just a few of the biggest developments in astronomy that The Debrief has been tracking in 2025.