NASA has shared a throwback picture of Earth and its only natural satellite - known as the Moon - which was captured by the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on the agency's … [+1350 chars]
The next crew of astronauts heading to the space station An update on our Artemis I mega Moon rocket and spacecraft And celebrating our home planet a few of the stories to tell you about This Week… [+5241 chars]
Ridges that criss-cross the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa indicate there are shallow pockets of water beneath, boosting hopes in the search for extra-terrestrial life, scientists said Tuesday.… [+3974 chars]
Ridges that criss-cross the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa indicate there are shallow pockets of water beneath, boosting hopes in the search for extra-terrestrial life, scientists said Tuesday.… [+3974 chars]
Aerospace and defense powerhouse SpaceX famously launches rockets into orbit, then turns them around and lands its flight-proven rockets back on Earth. In the annals of space travel, it's the only pr… [+4292 chars]
Two of the biggest earthquakes have been detected by a seismometer placed by NASA's InSight lander on Mars. These earthquakes reported a magnitude of 4.2 and magnitude 4.1. According to data availab… [+2027 chars]
NASA's Perseverance Rover first landed on the surface of Mars just over a year ago, on February 18th, 2021. Perseverance landed in the Jezero Crater on Mars and, in its first science campaign, has c… [+2067 chars]
A total lunar eclipse is heading Canadas way in mid-May. Slated for the night of May 15th, the eclipse should be visible from coast to coast, though, as usual, local weather conditions and time zone… [+4606 chars]
Tomorrow, Sunday, April 24, marks the 32nd birthday of the Hubble Space Telescope. Since its launch in 1990, the telescope has helped uncover secrets of the universe as well as produced some absolute… [+2163 chars]
Extremely fast cosmic explosions puzzling scientists may be outbursts arising from dying stars, new research suggests. Dubbed fast blue optical transients (FBOTs), because of their "blue" heat and v… [+3546 chars]
Astrophysical plasmas have the remarkable ability to preserve magnetic topology, which inevitably gives rise to the accumulation of magnetic energy within stressed regions, including current sheets. … [+4634 chars]
In the ultrahigh vacuum of a scanning tunneling microscope, a hydrogen molecule is held between the silver tip and sample. Femtosecond bursts of a terahertz laser excite the molecule, turning it into… [+4368 chars]
