Robots Might Jump Around to Explore the Moon
LEAP (Legged Exploration of the Aristarchus Plateau) is a mission concept study, funded by ESA, to explore challenging lunar terrains…
China uses drag sail to clear up space junk successfully.
Scientists at the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) have devised an ingenious way to combat the growing problem of…
Alaska Has New Lakes. Unfortunately, They’re Releasing a lot of Methane
A NASA scientist is finding newly formed lakes in Alaska that are belching greenhouse gases at a high rate. The…
Jupiter’s Atmosphere is Surprisingly Hot
Jupiter's upper atmosphere should be pretty cold, but it is surprisingly quite hot.
A Fascinating Look at Jupiter's Clouds Where the Light Intensity is Converted Into 3D
Using images taken by JunoCam, a team of citizen scientists have created a 3D animation of Jupiter's atmosphere
Watch a Nicely Stabilized Video of DART Flying Past Didymos and Slamming Into Dimorphos
Here’s one of the best videos we’ve seen of the last minutes of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission…
As Hurricane Ian Bears Down on Florida, NASA Decides to Roll Artemis 1 Back to the Assembly Building
As a result of the latest weather predictions regarding Hurricane Ian, NASA managers met on the morning of September 26…
Upcoming Missions Could Search for Ancient Alien Technology Within the Solar System
In a recent report, researchers with the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center recommend that we search for extraterrestrial intelligence here…
Another Ghostly Spiral Galaxy Revealed by JWST
The famous American baseball player once said, "You can observe a lot just by watching." That's certainly true of the…
Climate Change is Making the Skies Worse for Astronomy
Light pollution. Satellite trains and radio frequency interference. Encroaching civilization. These all pose threats to ground-based astronomy. But, did anyone…