See Jupiter glow beside the waxing moon after sunset on May 20
Look west after sunset on May 20 to witness the waxing crescent moon line up with bright Jupiter.…
Earth’s Second Moon Could Be a Lost Piece of the Moon, Scientists Say
For decades, astronomers have tracked a small group of space rocks that share Earth’s orbit around the sun.…
The Carrington Event of 1859 was a solar storm so intense that telegraph operators kept sending messages after disconnecting their batteries because the storm itself was powering the lines — and a Lloyd’s of London risk model estimates a comparable event today could cost the U.S. up to 2.6 trillion dollars
In late August and early September 1859, Earth was struck by a sequence of geomagnetic disturbances, the largest…
Galactic starlight will take your breath away photo of the day for May 19, 2026 – Space
Galactic starlight will take your breath away photo of the day for May 19, 2026 SpaceNASA’s Webb Telescope Captures…
SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch updates: 1st Starship V3 will now launch on May 21
Refresh 2026-05-19T06:03:00.677Z SpaceX Starship Flight 12 will now launch on May 21 The 12th test flight of SpaceX’s…
NASA Built a Box That Could Survive the Moon’s Deadliest Night
A suitcase-sized seismometer developed at Goddard Space Flight Center could become the first American device to endure the…
NASA Maps Confirm The World Is Both Brighter And Darker
May 19, 2026 Global light levels climbed even as key regions reduced nighttime light output In recent…
Will the future of work for Gen Z include space?
In some regards, young people are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to the…
Scientists Identified Asteroids That Could Help Humans Build Permanent Cities on Mars
A team of researchers from EPFL in Switzerland has explored whether asteroids could supply the metals and fuel…
An astronaut aboard the ISS has captured a fireball in the atmosphere
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing the cupola inside the ISS. NASA has recently unveiled an image…
Moon is getting farther away from Earth each year, report finds
(NewsNation) — With the Artemis II mission in the rear mirror, new information has emerged about how far…
In 1982 the Soviet Union landed a probe on the surface of Venus that survived 127 minutes in heat that melts lead and pressure dense enough to crush a submarine — long enough to scan back two panoramas of flat basaltic rock under an orange-tinted sky before the heat finally ended the mission.
In March 1982, a Soviet lander survived nearly four times its design life on the surface of Venus,…