HAWC+ Reveals Magnetic Chaos Hidden Within the Whirlpool Galaxy
Not all appears as it would seem in the Whirlpool galaxy. One of the best-studied spiral galaxies and a delight to amateur astronomers, Messier 51, as…
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Orion Spacecraft Ready to Fuel Up for NASA’s Artemis I Mission Beyond the Moon
The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission is taking one more step closer to its flight to the Moon. On January 14, the spacecraft…
Earth’s Global Warming Trend Continues: 2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record
Earth’s average temperature has risen more than 1.2°C (2°F) since the late 19th century. Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 for…
Meet NASA Astronaut & Artemis Team Member Victor Glover [Video]
NASA astronaut Victor Glover is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts…
NASA InSight’s “Mole” Ends Its Journey on Mars – But the Mission Is Far From Over
The heat probe hasn’t been able to gain the friction it needs to dig, but the mission has been granted an extension to carry on…
Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Looking Out Into Space, Looking Back Into Time [Video]
This six-minute visual exploration of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field showcases the characteristics and contents of this landmark observation, as well as its four-dimensional nature…
Seawater Cutting Like a Knife Through Enormous Iceberg: A-68A Being Sliced to Pieces
Seawater has been cutting like a knife through A-68A, the enormous Antarctic iceberg drifting in the southern Atlantic Ocean. On January 11, 2021, the Visible…
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover to Capture Sounds From the Red Planet
Audio gathered by the mission may not sound quite the same on Mars as it would to our ears on Earth. A new interactive online…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Spots First Lunar Transit of 2021
On January 13, 2021, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, experienced its first lunar transit of the year when the Moon crossed its view of…
Stunning Martian Panorama Celebrates NASA’s Curiosity Rover’s 3,000th Day on Mars
As the rover has continued to ascend Mount Sharp, it’s found distinctive benchlike rock formations. It’s been 3,000 Martian days, or sols, since Curiosity touched…
Mount Fuji’s Missing Snow – Japan’s Iconic Mountain Looks Different
The lack of snow cover in December left Japan’s iconic mountain looking a little different than usual. Even as record snowfall has clobbered Japan’s western…
SpaceX Demo 2 Mission Launches into History
In this black and white infrared image, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission…
New Horizons Spacecraft Data Shows There Are Far Fewer Galaxies in the Universe Than Previously Thought
New measurements of the sky’s blackness show galaxies only number in the hundreds of billions. How dark is the sky, and what does that tell…
Massive Snowfall Blankets Spain – Heaviest Snowfall in the Region in 50 Years
Meteorologists declared it the largest snowfall in the region since 1971. Between January 7–9, 2021, a moist, low-pressure weather system over the ocean collided with…
Gravitational Wave Search Finds Tantalizing New Clue: Unexplained Fluctuations in Space-Time
An international team of scientists may be close to detecting faint ripples in space-time that fill the universe. Pairs of black holes billions of times…
Reshaping Coastal Louisiana: Barataria Bay Is Slowly Slipping Away
While there are efforts to reinforce its beaches and marshes, some of Barataria Bay is slowly slipping away. Sandwiched between the Mississippi River and Bayou…
Seeing the COVID-19 Pandemic From Space
Economic and social shutdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have led to noticeable changes in Earth’s environment, at least for the short term. NASA…
Sculpted in Sculptor: An Incredibly Beautiful Barred Spiral Galaxy
First discovered in 1798 by German-English astronomer William Hershel, NGC 613 is a galaxy that lies in the southern constellation of Sculptor 67 million light-years…