NASA shuts down 49-year-old Voyager 1 instrument to keep it alive
On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent a command to turn…
NASA video shows how much ground a Mars rover has covered, literally
When NASA makes a new timelapse video, it’s not for reminiscence or clout chasing on the Internet. The…
Which is the most common type of planet in the galaxy? Scientists reveal ‘super-Earths’ |
According to Kepler observations, the most abundant kind of planets in the Milky Way is the super-Earths. These…
What’s Up: May 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower brings shooting stars before dawn, the Moon meets brilliant Venus after sunset, and…
All Four Sentinel-1 Satellites Are Now Live — and Europe’s Earth Watch Just Got Stronger
Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar mission is now operating at full capacity. The fourth and final satellite in the…
NASA returned to a strange “hand” spinning in deep space until its extreme power began revealing something scientists still can’t fully explain
It looks almost intentional. A giant hand, stretching across space. Fingers extended. A glowing palm at its center.…
Record-Setting Retreat of Hektoria Glacier
To say something moves at a glacial pace is to imply sluggish, unhurried change. But what transpired over…
how engineers built a spacecraft that could survive touching the Sun and what it has revealed about stellar physics
Engineers wrapped the heat shield in white ceramic paint, bolted it to the front of a car-sized spacecraft,…
SpaceX will pay Elon Musk a bonus if he gets at least 1 million people to live on Mars — here’s the plan
Investors have paid a lot of attention to Elon Musk’s pay package at Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), but they…
Hubble captures evolving star birth in the Trifid Nebula
Hubble just captured a new close-up of the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region about 5,000 light-years from Earth.…
We’re Launching So Much Stuff At The Moon That We’re Littering It With Space Junk Now
George Rose/Getty Images Earth used to look pretty…
Scientists discover 27 potential new planets that orbit two stars in solar systems far, far away | Astronomy
Astronomers have discovered 27 new potential planets that orbit two stars, like the fictional desert planet Tatooine from…