The Universe Sparkles in Gamma Rays in this New NASA Animation
We've come a long way since gamma rays were discovered. The late 1800s and early 1900s were a time of…
Planets Might Protect their Water Until their Star Settles Down
Creating rocky planets is a messy, dangerous, hot business. Planetesimals accrete together, which creates heat and pressure on the newborn…
The Best Way to Learn About Venus Could Be With a Fleet of Balloons
Interest in the exploration of Venus has kicked up a notch lately, especially after a contested recent discovery of phosphine,…
ExoMars is Back on Track for Mars in 2028
The ExoMars Rover mission is back on track for its mission to Mars, but Russia won't be a part of…
Perseverance Watches Carefully as Ingenuity Lifts Off for its 47th Flight
In some of the best footage yet, the Perseverance rover has taken new video of the Ingenuity helicopter taking off…
Potentially Active Volcanoes Have Been Found on Venus
Using archival radar images taken in the 1990s by NASA’s Magellan spacecraft, scientists have found evidence of recent active volcanism…
Didymos is Spinning So Quickly That Rocks are Detaching at its Equator and Going Into Orbit
Asteroid Didymos is spitting rocks out into space. Last fall, when NASA’s DART mission impacted Didymos’ moon Dimorphos in a…
The State of Suborbital Space Science
Think there's nothing to learn through suborbital flight and that space science is only done in orbit? Think again. Recently,…
Prelude to a Supernova: The James Webb Captures a Rare Wolf-Rayet Star
Massive stars are sprinters. It might seem counterintuitive that stars 100 or 200 times more massive than our Sun could…
NASA and Axiom Space Do a Partial Reveal of the Spacesuit That Will be Worn on the Moon
NASA and Axiom Space Inc. provided a first, limited look at the new spacesuits that will be worn by the…