A cloud above the clouds: US, China race to make space a computing platform
In 1957, the Soviet Union kicked off the Cold War’s space race, shocking the world by sending Sputnik,…
Snuffleupagus, a newly described species, is an adorable little predator
LISTEN | Full interview with fish scientist Graham Short: As It Happens6:36Snuffleupagus, a newly described species of fish,…
The Apollo astronauts left mirrors on the Moon that scientists still bounce lasers off 57 years later, and the round-trip measurement is precise enough to track the Moon drifting away from Earth at the speed your fingernails grow
On a quiet night at the Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico, a pulse of green laser light…
Scientists Are Turning Ocean Trash Into Roads – and It’s Actually Working
Researchers in Hawaii are exploring an innovative way to turn discarded fishing nets and household plastic waste into…
Webb detects methane on the giant planet TOI-199b- Earth.com
Most exoplanet atmospheres NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has analyzed belong to worlds where iron evaporates. Hot Jupiters…
Rescuers Pull Two Tiny Babies From Under Shed — Then Discover What’s Hidden Beneath Them
It’s not unusual to see fox kits emerging from their dens in the spring to play and explore…
The Cassini spacecraft was deliberately flown into Saturn in 2017 because NASA refused to risk contaminating Enceladus, and in its final 90 seconds its thrusters fought the atmosphere so it could keep sending data home
On September 15, 2017, Cassini ended its life exactly where mission planners had sent it: inside Saturn. The…
What will happen if the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies collide?
When it comes to the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, there’s a whole “will they or won’t they”…
Scientists discover a shortcut to the moon that NASA missed
Getting to the moon is partly a fuel problem. Plotting the most efficient path between two points in…
Hubble Captures Galaxy Cluster – NASA Science
Look closely at this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and you’ll see galaxies of various shapes and…
Seal pups were dying from a ‘corkscrew killer’ on a Canadian island. It turned out to be cannibals.
Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia, is home to the world’s largest gray seal breeding colony…
Musk’s Wildest Pay Targets: Mars Colony, Robot Fleet And More
Topline SpaceX’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission to take the company public added to a growing…