Carolyn Collins Petersen
European Satellite Measures Exactly How Much Ice Has Been Lost from Glaciers
As global warming heats up our atmosphere a degree at a time, the world's glaciers are paying the price. In…
Ingenuity Snaps Another Shot of Perseverance on the Move
Our favorite Martian helicopter did it again. The tiny Ingenuity chopper recently did its 51st flight on Mars. It traveled…
What Would be in a Moon Salad?
Imagine you're a lunar astronaut, putting in a hard day's work building your lab or excavating moon rocks. You get…
A Supermassive Black Hole and its Jet, All in a Single Picture
In May 2022, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) team released the first-ever radio image of M87's central black hole. It…
China’s New Solar Observatory is Almost Ready for its Trials
There's a new solar observing facility taking shape in China. It lies far up on a mountain near Mangya City…
If a Star Has Less Metals, it Might Have a Better Chance to Spark Life
In the hunt for habitable worlds around other stars, planetary atmospheres provide fertile places to look. But, as a group…
Mount Everest from Space
Earth is a favorite target for the cameras and astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This week, NASA shared…
NASA Was Hoping for 5 Helicopter Flights on Mars. Ingenuity Just Completed its 50th!
The Ingenuity chopper on Mars is the little helicopter that just keeps on going. It's doing that, even as it…
Neutron Star Behaves Like a Mini-quasar
There's a wobbly X-ray-bright binary object in our galaxy called Hercules X-1 that's blowing a mighty wind off to surrounding…
NASA Plans Threaten the Future of New Horizons
The New Horizons mission currently flying through the Kuiper Belt could be facing an unexpected change of plans. NASA’s Science…