NASA plans radar and seismic tests for a hidden lunar cave that could shelter future astronauts
NASA selected GIMLI to investigate whether the Marius Hills Pit opens into an underground lunar lava tube.Radar, seismic…
NASA releases trove of Moon data from historic Artemis II flight
Artemis II astronaut Jeremy Hansen captures images during the lunar flyby.Credit: NASA Planetary scientists have fresh ‘Moon joy’…
Scientists find evidence for several Earth axis shifts during the age of dinosaurs
A new study finds evidence that Earth may have undergone several episodes of rapid true polar wander during…
Scientists Thought Mars’s North Polar Ice Was 25% Dust. They Were Way Off
When NASA’s Mars Phoenix mission successfully sampled ice from the Martian arctic regions, it made astrobiological history. This…
Gravitational forces inside Earth drag some decades out — and make others fly by
Zhang, H. & Dumberry, M. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10999-2 (2026). Article Google Scholar Istas, M., Gillet, N., Finlay, C. C.,…
NASA’s Moon Orbiter Spots New, ‘Once-in-Century’ Moon Crater
It started as a routine data-quality check. But as Robert Wagner, a scientist with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter…
Our Sun Might Actually Be a Planet Killer
Stellar evolution can be really chaotic, so it’s no surprise that a planet or two—or more—gets sucked into…
NASA Completes Astronaut-Deployed Science Instrument for Lunar Surface
NASA has declared “wrenches down” on the first completed payload designed for Artemis astronauts to deploy on the…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft finds temperatures surging just below Io’s volcanic surface
NASA’s Juno spacecraft measured heat beneath Io’s surface for the first time, finding temperatures rise sharply within just…
Rocks From the Moon’s Far Side Are Rewriting Lunar History
Moon rocks returned from a rarely sampled region are offering a new view of the Solar System’s turbulent…
Solar Storms Create a Risk for Mars Exploration Scientists Hadn’t Expected
It took seven months to confirm that NASA’s Opportunity rover was dead. The U.S. space agency’s little robotic…
Inside the strange physics of why time stops at the speed of light
A clock aboard a fast-moving spacecraft does not break, lag or malfunction. It ticks normally for everyone inside.…