As Many as 300,000 Meteorites Await Discovery in Antarctica
Finding Meteorite Hotspots in Antarctica As many as 300,000 meteorites await discovery atop the continent’s ice, and now scientists have a map showing where to…
Finding Meteorite Hotspots in Antarctica As many as 300,000 meteorites await discovery atop the continent’s ice, and now scientists have a map showing where to…
The NASA-funded experiment will test two technologies that could eventually enable quantum computers to communicate with each other no matter where they are located. A…
NASA satellite data illuminates a critical relationship between low humidity and the outbreak of flu in the U.S. What triggers an outbreak of the influenza…
The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft is speeding towards its historic first close pass of the Sun. On March 14, the spacecraft will pass the orbit…
Firefighters contended with strong winds and dry weather as blazes raced through coastal counties. Amid dry weather and strong winds, thousands of firefighters raced to…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover snapped this view of a hill in Mars’ Jezero Crater called “Santa Cruz” on April 29, 2021, the 68th Martian day,…
With its solar arrays installed, the spacecraft is close to its final configuration ahead of a planned August launch. NASA’s Psyche mission is almost ready…
These icy bodies are the leftovers from planet formation. In the distant reaches of the solar system lies a region called the Kuiper Belt. Beyond…
The ACS continues to deliver ground-breaking science. When astronauts installed the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on March 7, 2002, the Hubble Space Telescope was…
An energetic outburst from an infant star streaks across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This stellar tantrum — produced by an extremely…
What’s Up for March? Meet the morning planets, the nearest star cluster, and some do-it-yourself exoplanets. Saturn joins Venus and Mars this month in the…
During its first operating cycle, the James Webb Space Telescope will set its sights on the TRAPPIST-1 system, an incredible collection of seven rocky exoplanets…
Launching a new Earth-observing satellite, things continue to line up for the James Webb Space Telescope, and imagining the future of aviation … a few…
Earlier this year, the discovery of a potentially hazardous asteroid took astronomers on a roller coaster ride. On January 6, 2022, astronomers at the Mount…
As NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completes its latest swing around the Sun, it’s doing so in full view of dozens of other spacecraft and ground-based…
Add your name here to have it included on a flash drive that will fly aboard Artemis I. Artemis I will be the first uncrewed…
The James Webb Space Telescope is taking exoplanet studies to the next level, helping us characterize the atmospheres of Earth-sized alien worlds for the first…
A design quirk in the X-ray observatory has made it possible for astronomers to use previously unwanted light to study even more cosmic objects than…