Articles by

Lisa Grossman

Check out some of the weird rocks that have turned up on Mars

As the Mars rover Perseverance crested the top of Witch Hazel Hill, its operators back on Earth...

JWST spots the earliest sign yet of a distant galaxy reshaping its cosmic environs

The James Webb Space Telescope has caught a distant galaxy blowing an unexpected bubble in the gas...

The nearest single star to Earth has four small planets

The nearest single star to the sun, Barnard’s star, has a brood of planets all its own....

New baby pictures of the universe deepen a cosmic mystery

The clearest pictures yet of the newborn cosmos strengthen the prevailing model of the universe but deepen...

The Blue Ghost lander just witnessed a lunar eclipse — from the moon

The privately-owned Blue Ghost moon lander, built by Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace, has captured rare views...

Two privately-owned spacecraft make contact from the moon

This is a developing story and will be updated as we learn more. This year’s hot destination...

The Milky Way’s black hole is constantly bubbling

The black hole at the Milky Way’s heart neither slumbers nor sleeps. Instead, the ring of plasma...

A private mission to Venus aims to look for signs of life

BOSTON —Droplets of Venus’ clouds may someday come to Earth. Researchers are testing a device that can...