Lightning bolts on Jupiter are up to 100 times stronger than Earth’s
On Jupiter, a storm doesn’t just brew, it can simmer for centuries. The planet’s atmosphere is a perpetual…
Asteroid Bennu’s Rugged Surface Baffled NASA, We Finally Know Why
In one of the biggest surprises of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be…
Earth’s distance from the Sun found to dramatically alter seasons
A strip of cool water stretches west from South America along the equator, helping set the pace for…
Saturn’s Rings Came From a Two-Moon Collision About 100 Million Years Ago, Study Says
Of the solar system’s planets, Saturn piques the human imagination with its signature rings and impressive moon count…
New observations show that Jupiter is smaller than expected
The largest planet in our solar system may actually be smaller than we thought. New measurements taken by NASA’s…
NASA to end support for planetary science groups
WASHINGTON — NASA is ending financial support for several planetary science groups as part of a broader drawdown…
China advances plans for dual solar system boundary missions
HELSINKI — China has published coordinated papers outlining dual missions to the solar system’s edge, suggesting the long-studied…
Food System Design Challenge
NASA is getting ready to send four astronauts around the Moon with Artemis II, laying the foundation for…
Flight Engineers Give NASA’s Dragonfly Lift
In sending a car-sized rotorcraft to explore Saturn’s moon Titan, NASA’s Dragonfly mission will undertake an unprecedented voyage…
Voyager 2 Caught Uranus on a Bad Weather Day in 1986, Study Finds
When Voyager 2 made its historic flyby of Uranus in 1986, the spacecraft captured the best data humanity…
Time moves faster on Mars than on Earth, study finds
On Earth, knowing the time feels simple. Your phone pings the same second as a GPS satellite and…
NASA Selects 2 Instruments for Artemis IV Lunar Surface Science
NASA has selected two science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the Moon during…