NASA's James Webb telescope reveals 'fluffy' planet where it rains sand

This giant, "fluffy" exoplanet has clouds filled with sand that rains down like water does on Earth, scientists have discovered.

SpaceX delays second Starship launch to Saturday

When SpaceX attempted to launch Starship the first time, the test flight ended with an epic explosion over the Gulf of Mexico.

Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend: How and when to watch

The aerial spectacle happens annually in November and peaks towards the middle of the month. Here are the best ways to see it.

Nightly Roundup: Police shooting investigation; man sets house on fire

From an active investigation following a West Valley police shooting to a shocking twist in a barricade situation, here's a look at some of our top stories.

Horse gets loose in cargo hold of plane
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A plane traveling from New York to Belgium had to turn around shortly after taking off because a horse got loose on the plane!

SpaceX targets Friday for second Starship launch after FAA grants launch license

The Starship and Super Heavy booster launch window in Texas opens at 7 a.m. CT. If the launch goes as planned Starship will land in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii.

DoD's secret spaceplane to launch on SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

The launch on Dec. 7 will mark the first time the Boeing X-37B spaceplane hitches a ride to orbit with SpaceX. The record-breaking spaceplane will fly unclassified and classified experiments.

Watch: Auroral beads dance across starry sky

Video captured beautiful auroral beads dancing across a star-filled sky in Alaska. 

Webb Telescope image of Pandora’s Cluster reveals hidden clues of most distant galaxies yet

Two of the galaxies in Pandora's Cluster are nearly 33 billion light years away, the second-and-fourth-farthest galaxies ever observed. Researchers say one galaxy looks like a "peanut" and the other a "fluffy ball" in the JWST images.

New NASA image shows the most colorful view of the universe yet

The image of MACS0416 was produced using observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA rocket launches into Alaskan northern lights

While a rocket launching into the northern lights puts on a spectacular show, it wasn’t just by happenstance. The timing of this launch had to be just right to get the necessary scientific data.

Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman dies at 95

Frank Borman led the first team of American astronauts to circle the moon.

New pictures of galaxies by European space telescope 'dazzle' like nothing seen before

We've seen photos of these celestial landscapes before, but the "razor-sharp astronomical images" that Euclid provides show details that are new to the human eye.

NASA: Record-breaking black hole discovered by Webb and Chandra telescopes

The discovery using NASA's Webb telescope is exciting for black hole research because there is still much unknown about these enigmas of the universe. Astronomers believe black holes formed within the first billion years after the Big Bang.