Perseverance Checks In From Mars With A Selfie, The Mounting Pollution From Satellite Launches, And More Science Stories
NASA’s Perseverance rover took its sixth ever selfie from the red planet during a recent excursion west of…
NASA’s New AI Processor Is 500x Faster Than Current Space Computers
Small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, NASA’s High Performance Spaceflight Computing processor packs the…
Scientists Discover Earth and Mars May Be Siblings, Formed from the Same Cosmic Material
A recent study indicates that Earth’s composition closely matches Mars, challenging long-held assumptions about where our planet’s building…
Hubble Captures Rare Galaxy Caught in Dramatic Evolutionary Shift Across Cosmic Time
Astronomers have used the NASA Hubble Space Telescope to capture a striking image of NGC 1266, a galaxy…
Elon Musk explains why he cannot be fired from SpaceX
Air Force One, the official call sign for a U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the President, now runs…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Finds Water Left a Surprising Mark on Mars Rocks
NASA’s Perseverance rover has found that water played a major role in forming minerals across Mars’ Jezero Crater.…
Most astronauts who spend more than six months in orbit come home describing the same shift in how they see Earth — and even the ones who were briefed on it in advance say the actual feeling caught them off guard
The phenomenon has a name. The author and space philosopher Frank White coined the phrase “the Overview Effect”…
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is flying to a metal asteroid. So, why did it just visit Mars?
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars on Friday (May 15), diving closer to the Red Planet than either…
NASA still maintains some of the Voyager spacecraft code in a 1970s-era programming language that almost nobody on Earth fully understands anymore, and the handful of engineers who do are now in their 80s
The popular version of this story has hardened into a fixed shape. NASA still runs the Voyagers on…
Science breakthrough: Scientists discover SHORTCUT to the Moon
Scientists have uncovered a mathematical breakthrough that could provide lunar expeditions with a shortcut to the moon. The…
Northern Lights Alert: 10 States May See Aurora On Saturday Night
The northern lights glow beyond Perry Lake Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, near Perry, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Copyright…
Don’t Miss Monday’s Must-See Sky Show As A Crescent Moon Cuddles Venus
A delicate crescent moon pairs with brilliant Venus after sunset Monday, creating one of May 2026’s easiest and…