Space Exploration

Chandrayaan-3 Makes Historic Touchdown on the Moon

The successful lunar landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission makes India only the fourth country to achieve the feat

Jatan Mehta

Space Exploration

Russia’s Luna-25 Lander Has Crashed into the Moon

Luna-25, Russia's first moon mission in nearly a half-century, was the vanguard of a planned series of lunar probes

Elizabeth Howell and SPACE.com

Quantum Physics

Will Scientists Ever Find a Theory of Everything?

Physicists are on an ever urgent quest to find a fuller understanding of what makes the cosmos tick, which they call a theory of everything

Sarah Scoles

Astronomy

Rare ‘Pinwheel’ Stars Are a Beautiful Astronomical Puzzle

The doomed class of stars named Wolf-Rayets produce mysterious pinwheel shapes

Peter Tuthill

Space Exploration

Can Russia’s Luna-25 Moon Mission Transcend Earthly Politics?

In the latest chapter of an ongoing “moon rush,” Russia’s Luna-25 mission will attempt the nation’s first lunar landing in nearly 50 years

Meghan Bartels