Antarctica’s ‘hummingbird’ revealed in stunning new NASA radar
article A new radar image captured by the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite reveals an Antarctic landscape…
2 meteor showers are about to peak on the same night — what to know about the Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids
Two meteor showers will peak together overnight on Thursday, July 30, into Friday, July 31 — but skywatchers…
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return from Space Station
Concluding an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Williams returned to Earth on…
Humanity’s first look at the surface of Mars shared on 50th anniversary of historic NASA landing — Space photo of the week
About 40 minutes after it landed on Mars on July 20, 1976, NASA’s Viking 1 lander sent this…
I’m not an astronaut, but I went to the International Space Station (sort of)
NEW YORK — I’m the kind of person who, every so often, falls into accidental daydreams about the…
At the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the air is so thin and so dry that astronomers can see light from galaxies billions of light-years away with a clarity impossible at sea level — which is why 11 countries have built 13 major telescopes on what is technically a dormant volcano
At the summit of Mauna Kea, above roughly 40 per cent of the Earth’s atmosphere and close to…
Overnight Science News: The serendipitous discovery of a cosmic collision crater
Tonight’s edition focuses on easy reading science stories. There’s only one dire climate chaos wildfire report and it’s…
Inside the High-Tech Effort to Keep Satellites Alive
A two-armed space robot blasted off on a private salvage operation Tuesday to slap life-extending jetpacks on…
Where To Get Safe Eclipse Glasses For Aug. 12’s Solar Eclipse
Topline It’s time to find your old solar eclipse glasses from the “Great North American Eclipse” on April…
July full Moon: How and when to see the 2026 Buck Moon
Based on current forecast models, there is a good chance of seeing the Buck Moon across much of…
Could This Be the First Moon Found Outside Our Solar System ?
Table of content Table of content The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has announced a potential discovery that could…
Total solar eclipse meets Perseid peak on August 12, 2026
For about two minutes on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 12, the Moon’s shadow will sweep across the…