Are We in for a Leonid Outburst Friday Night?
The November Leonid meteors may produce a surprise outburst this weekend.
Europe is Building a Communications Network Around the Moon
GPS and the world's other global positioning systems all have one very limiting disadvantage: they're global to only one world.…
NASA’s MAVEN Witnessed Auroras as Multiple Solar Storms Crashed into Mars
After orbiting Mars for eight long years, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft observed an extraordinary duo of…
Artemis 1 Sends Back Snapshots of Earth as It Speeds Toward the Moon
As it heads for the moon, NASA's Orion space capsule is sending back snapshots of Earth that evoke the "blue…
The Future of Mars Exploration Belongs to Helicopters
Even though there's no firm date for a Mars sample return mission, the Perseverance rover is busy collecting rock samples…
Mapping the Interiors of Meteorites to Learn how Earth got its Water
Locked within meterorites could be the key to understanding the origin of Earth's oceans. A new scanning technique could show…
Greenland’s ice Loss is Worse Than We Thought
A NASA_supported study says that Greenland's ice sheet is melting much faster than previously thought.
What Would Asteroid Mining do to the World's Economy?
A new study by a team of Chinese researchers examines the impact asteroid mining with have on global equity.
Artemis I is On Its Way to the Moon
It really, finally, actually happened. The long-waited Space Launch System (SLS) rocket carrying the Orion capsule launched successfully and is…
The X-37B is Back After 908 Days in Orbit. What was it Doing up There? That's Classified
At 5:22 AM Eastern Time on November 12, the Space Force’s (and Air Force’s) X-37B spaceplane landed back on Earth…