Strange stacked stones spotted on Mars photo of the day for May 21, 2026
NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted a stack of rocks on the Martian surface. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU) NASA’s Mars Perseverance…
SpaceX reliant on Starlink for growth, profit as it heads to Nasdaq
A Starlink user terminal being set up. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX is best known for its reusable rockets,…
How one disappointing night changed the way I plan my astrotourism adventures
Decades ago, when I was beginning my journey as a stargazer, I found myself at a so-called “night…
The Moon takes a bite out of the Sun over Canada this summer
Published on May. 21, 2026, 9:00 AM Unpack your eclipse glasses and cross your fingers for clear skies,…
Perseid meteor shower 2026 — When, where and how to see it
The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most prolific meteor showers of the year. The shower is…
SpaceX Is Hiring — and Elon Musk Says He’ll Read Your Application
Elon Musk is on the hunt for top talent. Loading audio narration… SpaceX’s AI division is hiring engineers…
The moon shines with a swarm of stars on May 21 as Jupiter, Venus and Mercury line up nearby
Look west after sunset tonight (May 21) to see the crescent moon shining alongside the Beehive Cluster in…
The international space station runs on a five-day work and two-day rest schedule deliberately mirroring the rhythm of an earth working week and the reason isn’t sentimental
In the final weeks of 1973, three astronauts aboard NASA’s Skylab space station were struggling. Gerald Carr, Edward…
Dante’s Inferno may describe Hell like a giant asteroid impact
Dante’s Inferno describes Hell as a massive funnel-shaped pit, nine terraced levels deep, narrowing toward a frozen core…
Scientists discover a strange “inside-out” planetary system that shouldn’t exist
Children often learn the order of the planets in our Solar System using quirky memory phrases like “My…
The Parker Solar Probe is still flying through the Sun’s corona at 430,000 miles per hour, fast enough to cross the continental United States in about 20 seconds, because a 4.5-inch carbon-foam shield keeps the spacecraft in the shade
The Parker Solar Probe is still the fastest object ever built by human hands, flying through the Sun’s…
New Eruption in the Bismarck Sea
It’s a truism among oceanographers that there is more accurate mapping of the surface of the Moon and…