Catching Up With Perseverance on Mars
Episode description: NASA’s robotic explorers are looking for signs of ancient life on Mars. In its five…
Almost everyone assumes Venus is our nearest neighbour, but averaged across its orbit the planet closest to Earth is actually Mercury
Most people would say Venus is Earth’s nearest planetary neighbour. Averaged across its orbit, though, the planet that…
The asteroid that ended the dinosaurs did not just leave a crater, it turned the sky into a weapon, and the worst damage may have come after the impact itself was already over
About 66 million years ago, an asteroid roughly 10 to 12 kilometres across struck a shallow, sulfur-rich carbonate…
Longest solar eclipse of the century: The 6-minute 23-second total eclipse will darken the daytime sky |
The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century visible from accessible landmasses will take place on August…
Spacewalking With Scott Wray, Artemis EVA Training Lead
Scott Wray’s experience with spacewalks started when he was about 6 years old. A tent resembling a lunar…
Be a Clump Scout and Help Reveal Secrets of Stellar Nurseries
In the mid-20th century, astronomers discovered strange “clumpy” galaxies filled with mysterious bright blobs – massive stellar nurseries…
NASA’s $4 Billion Roman Space Telescope Heads To Florida For Launch
WFIRST, shown here in an artist’s rendering, will carry a Wide Field Instrument to provide astronomers with Hubble-quality…
Scientists locate source of mysterious radio signals after 20 year search: A vampire star and its victim
The clashing magnetic fields of a white dwarf star and its neighboring red dwarf star are the source…
Much of what we know about the scale of the universe rests on a method worked out by a woman employed as a human computer at Harvard for a few cents an hour
Much of what we know about the scale of the universe rests on a method worked out by…
Student-powered ‘moon’ rovers put to the test photo of the day for June 2, 2026
A team navigates an obstacle course on an Earth-bound rover as part of NASA’s 2026 Human Exploration Rover…
Paper Claims the “Asteroid” Japan’s Probe Is Approaching Is Actually a Derelict Spacecraft
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Paper Claims the “Asteroid” Japan’s Probe Is Approaching Is Actually a Derelict Spacecraft
After successfully rendezvousing with near-Earth asteroid Ryugu in June 2018 and sending a sampled cache of rocks back…