Nancy Atkinson
Warm Poles Suggest Enceladus’ Liquid Water Near Surface
One of the biggest surprises from the Cassini mission to Saturn has been the discovery of active geysers at the…
Closest Star Around A Black Hole Discovered
Imagine being caught in the clutches of a black hole, being whirled around at dizzying speeds and having your mass…
Brightest ‘Spot’ on Ceres is Likely a Cryovolcano
The bright regions on the dwarf planet Ceres have been some of the most talked about features in planetary science…
What the Oldest Fossil on Earth Means for Finding Life on Mars
Scientists have found evidence that life existed on Earth much earlier than previously thought and they say this discovery has…
You Can’t See the Great Wall of China From Space, But You Can See Their Giant Solar Farm
While the Great Wall of China is not readily visible from space (we debunked that popular myth here) there are…
Supernova Blast Wave Still Visible After 30 Years
30 years ago today, a supernova explosion was spotted in the southern hemisphere skies. The exploding star was located in…
NASA Fires a Rocket into the Northern Lights, for Science!
Not only is it aurora season in Alaska, its sounding rocket season! NASA started launching a series of five sounding…
Planet 9 Can’t Run Forever. Two Asteroids Give Up Some Clues
Last year, Caltech astronomers Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin found indirect evidence for the existence of a large planet in…
Here’s Something We Never Thought We’d See on a Comet: Shifting Dunes
The Rosetta mission’s close-up views of the curiously-shaped Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko have already changed some long-held ideas about comets. But here’s…
Drone Captures Amazing Footage of Falcon 9 Landing
Let's just take a moment to admire how amazing it is when science fiction becomes routinely real: https://www.instagram.com/p/BQtNTk4Brqp/ SpaceX CEO…