Big news, explained for curious kids.
Space Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft zooms past asteroid Torifune today in one of the closest asteroid flybys ever attempted, traveling at 12,000 mph.
Space NASA's Hubble telescope photographed LH 95, a glowing stellar nursery holding 2,500 baby stars still being born in a nearby dwarf galaxy.
Space On July 4, 2026, Mars and Uranus appeared incredibly close together in the pre-dawn sky — one of the best chances to spot Uranus in decades!
Space NASA's LINK spacecraft launched July 3 to rescue the Swift Observatory from falling back to Earth. Here's the incredible rescue story for kids!
Space NASA released four stunning space images in red, white, and blue to celebrate America's 250th birthday — and you can even hear the universe sing!
Space The sun shot powerful solar flares toward Earth this week. NOAA says Northern Lights could glow across 26 U.S. states the night of July 3–4, 2026!
Space Saturn's iconic rings nearly vanished last year, but they're slowly tilting back into view! NASA says July 2026 is a great time to spot the ringed planet in the sky.
Space Scientists discovered a rocky super-Earth just 25 light-years away orbiting in its star's habitable zone — could it hold liquid water? Here's what we know!
Space NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just released a dazzling new photo of baby stars shooting out colorful jets of gas — just in time for the 4th of July!
Space Astronomers discovered two giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy! Meet the super-puff planets TOI-791 b and c, found 1,110 light-years away.
Space NASA is sending a robot spacecraft with three arms to catch a falling space telescope and push it back to safety. Learn how this space rescue works!