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Mercury does not make sense. It is a bizarre hunk of rock with a composition that is unlike its neighboring rocky planets. “It’s way too dense,” said David Rothery, a …
Shards of the Planet Mercury May Be Hiding on Earth Read MoreNASA’s InSight spacecraft is not quite dead yet. But InSight, a stationary robotic probe on Mars, has been steadily growing weaker as dust accumulates on its solar panels. Mission managers …
NASA Begins Countdown for End of InSight Mars Mission Read MoreFinally a good reason to stay up on Sunday night: A total lunar eclipse. Lunar watchers throughout the United States can experience some heavenly wonder as Earth’s shadow covers the …
Total Lunar Eclipse and Blood Moon 2022: How to Watch Read MoreThe object resembles a flying saucer that crashed on Mars. And indeed it is. But it does not belong to aliens. Instead, the wreckage is the work of NASA, a …
NASA Sees ‘Otherworldly’ Wreckage on Mars With Ingenuity Helicopter Read MoreA year ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover was accelerating to a collision with Mars, nearing its destination after a 290-million-mile, seven-month journey from Earth. On Feb. 18 last year, the spacecraft …
On Mars, a NASA Rover and Helicopter’s Year of Surprise and Discovery Read MoreThis interview is part of our latest Women and Leadership special report, which highlights women making significant contributions to the major stories unfolding in the world today. The conversation has …
Making a Camera for the James Webb Space Telescope Read MoreSeveral years ago, on a cold, mid-March evening at about 10 pm, I took my dogs out for a walk beyond the lights of our home in Carbondale, Colo. The …
How to View the Northern Lights From New England and the Midwest Read MoreIt won’t just be SpaceX going to the moon if NASA officials get their wish. That could be a boon to the space dreams of Jeff Bezos. As part of …
NASA Plans to Give SpaceX Some Company on the Moon Read MoreIn July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft gave humanity its only close-up of Pluto. The spacecraft found that the dwarf planet, far from being a featureless and frigid orb, was …
Ice Volcanoes Reshape Pluto and Hint at a Hidden Ocean Read MoreStar light, star bright, how far you look tonight. Astronomers announced on Wednesday the discovery of the farthest and earliest star ever seen, a dot of light that shone 12.9 …
Hubble Space Telescope Spots Earliest and Farthest Star Known Read More