Viral YouTube video explains NASA’s search for alien life
A new viral video details the efforts that NASA is making to find out whether we are alone in the ...
“End of an Era” – NASA Shuts Down Mineral Mapping Instrument on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
One of six instruments aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, CRISM produced global maps of minerals on the Red Planet’s ...
Elon Musk won’t stop tweeting his way into trouble
Despite criticism for continuing to engage with conspiracy theories, Elon Musk is posting through it. In the past five days, Musk has doubled down ...
When and how did Saturn’s rings appear and when will they disappear?
Saturn's rings are one of the treasures of the solar system, but they seem to be fleeting and not meant ...
A Star Was Caught Swallowing a Planet in an Astronomical First
For the first time, astronomers have identified the flare of light as a dying star engulfs and destroys one of ...
James Webb Space Telescope spies hot, gritty clouds in skies of huge exoplanet with 2 suns
NASA's prolific James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made yet another stunning discovery. The pioneering observatory just peered directly into ...
James Webb Space Telescope images: 12 astonishing views of our universe (gallery)
On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) smashed a probe into an asteroid moonlet called Dimorphos to ...
Designing a drone that can search for life on other planets
Nina Lanza is a planetary scientist in Los Alamos National Laboratory's Space Remote Sensing and Data Science group and principal ...
Venus grade: NASA seeks a lander battery tough enough to survive Earth’s evil twin
A new NASA video makes the case that Venus is Earth's "evil twin." The nefarious moniker is revealed to be, ...
SpaceX Dragon crew to blast off for ISS
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is to blast off early Monday for the International Space Station carrying two NASA astronauts, ...