Is Earth’s Constant Companion a Stray Asteroid or a Chunk of the Moon?
Earth has a group of cosmic stalkers. Known as “co-orbitals”, these small bits of rock have a 1:1…
Northern Lights Alert: These States May See The Aurora Friday Night
Topline The northern lights may make another appearance in eight states Friday night, according to the National Oceanic…
NASA, SpaceX launch Dragon mission with 6,500 pounds of science and supplies to the space station – Spaceflight Now
A SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft, C209, is seen atop a Falcon 9 rocket at Space Launch Complex 40…
Helio and You: Seasons on Earth, Mars, and Beyond
Earth has four seasons – spring, summer, fall, and winter. Other planets (including Jupiter and the other giant…
Voyager 1 is still transmitting from beyond the heliosphere on 22 watts — less power than the bulb in your hallway — and the engineers who built it in the 1970s never expected we’d still be listening half a century later.
On 17 April 2026, mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California sent commands to switch off…
Researchers Mapped 30 Million Trips to the Moon. This One’s the Cheapest
As humanity seeks to expand its presence at and around the Moon, researchers have been hard at work…
Moon and Venus to align in uncommon conjunction. Here’s how to see it
In April, NASA’s Artemis II astronauts ventured near the moon and returned some stunning new photos of our…
Curiosity Shakes Loose a Pesky Rock
After NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled a sample from this rock on April 25, 2026, it withdrew its…
A Galaxy Cluster’s Wild Youth
If galaxy clusters were contestants in a pageant, then Abell 2029 would likely win the title of most…
‘The biggest El Niño event since the 1870s’: ‘Super’ El Niño is now the most likely scenario by the end of this year — and the humanitarian cost could be huge
A “super” El Niño is now the most likely scenario from October 2026 to February 2027, according to…
How Far Has NASA’s Perseverance Rover Traveled on Mars? The Answer May Surprise You
NASA’s Perseverance rover is living up to its name as its total distance traveled approaches the length of…
Mars orbiter captures striking images of ‘chaos and craters’ carved by ancient floods
Stunning new images from Europe’s Mars Express orbiter reveal a rugged Martian landscape carved by catastrophic floods that…