NASA’s Webb telescope unveils stunning new view of Messier 77
The central region of Messier 77 is dominated by an extremely compact and energetic source that outshines the…
Forest Service says timber project’s impacts to endangered species minimal
Flathead National Forest is moving forward with a 7,500-acre timber project near Ashley Lake. The Rand Creek Project…
Michel Mayor, Nobel laureate in Physics: ‘People think humanity is eternal, but we are animals and we will become extinct’ | Science
Michel Mayor’s life could have ended in one of the worst deaths imaginable. In 1968, this Swiss mountaineering…
This New Image of Mars Is Not the Same Thing NASA Saw in 1976
Incoming views of Mars usually show its dusty, tan-colored surface littered with rocks, a familiar desert-like world that…
Wild Experiment Suggests Lasers and Graphene Could Propel Future Spacecraft
An experiment on board a parabolic flight showed promising results suggesting that graphene, a thin sheet of carbon…
Reading man sentenced in wildlife trafficking case involving endangered species parts
A Reading, Massachusetts, man was sentenced to prison for trafficking more than 100 wildlife parts from endangered and…
Some European Launcher Challenge funding remains in limbo
WASHINGTON — Nearly 140 million euros ($162 million) that European Space Agency member states allocated to a program…
Solar-Eclipsing Probe Back From the Dead After a Month of Silence
A pair of spacecraft has been flying in formation, creating an artificial solar eclipse to help scientists probe…
A Clever Software Patch Gave This Ice Satellite a Wild New Trick
On January 18, the Sun released a powerful eruption of high-energy particles that reached Earth in a jiff.…
High Resolution Stereo Camera Captures 3D Photos of Craters on Mars
Newly published high-resolution photos of Mars show some of the red planet’s many craters in exceptional, colorful detail.…
A Solar Superstorm Blasted Mars—and Its Atmosphere Freaked Out
When the surface of the Sun exploded with activity in May 2024, Earth was hit by the biggest…
Hubble and Euclid Team Up for Sharpest Ever Photos of Cat’s Eye Nebula
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) remarkable and relatively new Euclid space telescope teamed up with NASA and ESA’s…