Don’t Miss “Prime Time” for the Perseid Meteor Shower
The best-known meteor shower of the year should be a good time this year on the peak night of August 11, with no bright Moon…
The best-known meteor shower of the year should be a good time this year on the peak night of August 11, with no bright Moon…
About a year ago, a failure on the Integral spacecraft meant it fired its thrusters for likely the last time. In the days since, the…
Ten years of data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory combined with numerical models reveal the deep low musical notes of the Sun. These motions were…
Vanderbilt astrophysicist Karan Jani has led a series of studies that make the first case for a gravitational wave infrastructure on the surface of the…
Clustered at the center of this image are six luminous spots of light, four of them forming a circle around a central pair. Appearances can…
In 2012, NASA landed the rover Curiosity in the Gale crater on Mars because the crater was thought by many scientists to be the site…
Bulk metallic glass could slash prices of collaborative robots and lead to advanced 3D printed metals. Where are the robot assistants we were promised? For…
Mars is calling! NASA is seeking applicants for participation as a crew member during the first one-year analog mission in a habitat to simulate life…
This image was taken on March 22, 2021, in the Lunae Planum region [16.74°N, 300.9°E] of Mars by the CaSSIS camera on the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars…
The rover continues to explore Jezero Crater while the team assesses its recent activities. Data sent to Earth by NASA’s Perseverance rover after its first…
The first direct seismic observations from NASA’s InSight lander, presented in three studies in this issue, provide clues to the composition of Mars. Researchers across…
New research published in Nature has revealed the solution to Jupiter’s “energy crisis,” which has puzzled astronomers for decades. Space scientists at the University of…
Jupiter may be the bully planet of our solar system because it’s the most massive planet, but it’s actually a runt compared to many of…
Using observations from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have identified an unprecedented collection of pulsating red giant stars all across the sky. These…
On August 5, 2011, NASA’s Juno spacecraft launched on a five-year interplanetary journey that took it to the giant planet Jupiter. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
Astronomers spotted an unusual set of rings in X-rays around a black hole with a companion star. These rings are created by light echoes, a…
The planet: TOI-1231 b The discovery: A planet some 90 light-years away from Earth is oddly reminiscent of our own Neptune – that is, a…
A member of the Perseverance rover’s science team explains why the aerial image offers science advantages over ground-level images. Ask any space explorer, and they’ll…