NASA’s powerful new chip could let spacecraft think independently
Space missions still rely on computer chips that were designed years ago. They are dependable and can survive…
If you compressed the entire history of the universe into a single year, all of recorded history would fit in the final 14 seconds — and a single human lifetime would last only 0.2 seconds
Carl Sagan used to walk his Cornell students through a thought experiment he called the Cosmic Calendar, and…
NASA Satellite Images Show Huge Colored Plumes Staining the Ocean
NASA satellites are tracking an intriguing patch of colored plumes in the waters off the US’s Mid-Atlantic coast.…
Satellite pollution could soon become a major climate threat
Pollution is not just a problem on Earth anymore. Today, satellites help people watch movies, use GPS, check…
The International Space Station is travelling at 17,500 mph as you read this, and the astronauts inside it are aging measurably slower than you are
The International Space Station is moving at roughly 7.8 kilometres per second relative to the ground beneath it,…
A hidden layer of microbial life has been found beneath the Atacama Desert, and it may be the closest Earth can get to rehearsing the search for life on Mars
The Atacama Desert has long been useful to planetary scientists for a simple reason: it is not Mars,…
A Spacecraft Powered by Nuclear Heat Could Send Humans to Saturn in Just 220 Days, Bringing Titan Closer Than Ever
NASA’s Mars planning documents contain a quiet warning: a 375-day round trip may push astronauts past the allowable…
Europe Just Unveiled a Serious Rival to SpaceX’s Starship
SpaceX Starship ignition during its launch on IFT-5. Credit: Steve Jurvetson A DLR analysis suggests Starship may define…
Venus and a slender crescent moon steal the show after sunset on May 18
By now, you have almost certainly noticed dazzling Venus glowing in the western sky soon after sunset. On…
Watch an asteroid the size of a blue whale hurtle towards Earth live online May 18
Near-Earth Asteroid 2026 JH2 extremely close encounter: online observation – 18 May 2026 – YouTube Watch On A…
A Space Telescope Just Detected a Strange Cosmic Pattern Scientists Have Searched for Since 1912
A century after the discovery of cosmic rays, scientists may have identified a hidden principle governing how these…
Giant radio telescope sees Artemis 2 astronauts on Orion flying around the moon. ‘There are 4 people in those pixels.’
Here’s a unique view of NASA’s Artemis 2 moon mission. A giant radio telescope in West Virginia tracked…