Nancy Atkinson
Here’s Perseverance, Seen From Space
The Mars Perseverance rover is on the move! The HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the rover from…
Landsat 9 Joins a Fleet of Earth Observation Satellites
Earth has a new eye in orbit to monitor our changing planet. Landsat 9 launched on September 27, 2021…
No News Here, Just a Beautiful Globular Cluster Captured by Hubble. That is all.
Here’s some beauty for your timeline: a stunning and ancient globular cluster captured by the venerable Hubble Space Telescope. The…
This is the Reactor That Could Make it Possible to Return From Mars
Remember when engineers proposed one-way trips to Mars, because round trips are just too expensive to bring people back to…
Chang’e-5 Returned an Exotic Collection of Moon Rocks
Scientists have begun studying the samples returned from the Moon by China’s Chang’e-5 mission in December 2020, and a group…
NASA’s InSight Experiences its Most Powerful Marsquake so far: Magnitude 4.2, Lasting 90 Minutes
NASA’s InSight lander has detected one of the most powerful and longest-lasting quakes on the Red Planet since the start…
These are the new Space Force Uniforms, So Say We All
The U.S. Space Force has released prototypes of its service dress uniforms for its Guardians. The reaction on social media…
3,600 Years ago, a 50-Meter-Wide Meteor Exploded in the Sky and Destroyed a City Near the Dead Sea
An archeological dig has uncovered evidence of a massive cosmic airburst event approximately 3,600 years ago that destroyed an entire…
By Using Dashcams and Security Cameras, Astronomers Were Able to Track Down the Location of a Meteorite
OK, all you meteorites that are falling to Earth … You are being watched! The ever-expanding use of security cameras,…
Accurately Forecasting the Weather on Mars and Titan
Even meteorologists who forecast the weather on Earth admit that they can’t always accurately predict the weather at a specific…