The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has returned an incredible 83 megapixel image of the Sun. ESA/ATG medialab If you only look at one space photo this year then this one has to be it. Her… [+2536 chars]
Reading time: 2 minutes – detected independent Why does the mighty T-Rex, with his terrifying personality and sharp teeth, have ridiculously small arms? Researchers have been grappling with this que… [+2118 chars]
Interplanetary spacecraft have returned hundreds of stunning photographs of Mars' surface over the last 50 years, but not a single sound. Thats all changed thanks to NASA's Perseverance rover. A new… [+2564 chars]
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently spotted Perseverance Mars rover and Ingenuity helicopter on the surface of the Red Planet from space. The pictures were captured by the HiRISE camera aboar… [+1615 chars]
A new study examined the effects of the supermassive black hole at our galaxy’s center on the atmosphere of planets in the Milky Way. To determine, scientists mainly focused on two fundamental mechan… [+3576 chars]
Researchers at UCLA have discovered a new form of space weather superfast electron rains that precipitate into the atmosphere from the radiation belts. The team says the events could affect satellite… [+1664 chars]
The Lyrid meteor shower is reaching its peak over Canada this month and the shooting stars can leave "persistent" trails across the sky! Usually, the Lyrid meteor shower is active between April 16 a… [+1336 chars]
Rocket Lab just sent two more private Earth-observation satellites skyward. A Rocket Lab Electron launcher lifted off Saturday (April 2) at 8:41a.m. EST (1241 GMT) from the company's Launch Complex … [+4252 chars]
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently spotted Perseverance Mars rover and Ingenuity helicopter on the surface of the Red Planet from space. The pictures were captured by the HiRISE camera aboar… [+1615 chars]
Jupiter's moon Europa is a prime candidate in the search for life. The frozen moon has a subsurface ocean, and evidence indicates it's warm, salty, and rich in life-enabling chemistry. New research … [+8759 chars]
The Mars Express orbiter has captured a series of images showing a stunning view of impact craters in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars. The European Space Agency (ESA) orbiter took the images of th… [+2134 chars]
Growing up in the Bronx during the 1960s and '70s, one of my mentors in astronomy was Dr. Kenneth L. Franklin, Chairman and chief scientist at New York's Hayden Planetarium, who wrote about celestial… [+6219 chars]
