image: A conceptual animation showing electrons traveling down Earth's magnetic field lines, colliding into particles in in Earth's atmosphere to trigger the aurora.view more Credit: Credits: NASA'… [+4571 chars]
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was a significant milestone: the very first powered, controlled flight in the extremely thin atmosphere of Mars and, in fact, the first such flight in any world beyon… [+3761 chars]
On March 16, 2022, NASA has shared new images of Jupiter’s moons Io and Europa. This photo was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its 39th close flyby of the planet on January 12, 2022. Durin… [+903 chars]
On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The operators of the telegraphs reported receiving electrical shocks, telegraph paper catching fire, and being able… [+7458 chars]
The Moon is seen rising behind NASAs Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard. Credit: NASA / Aubrey Gemignani Edinburgh / Cape Canaveral, 21 March 2022. – NASAs Space Launc… [+1354 chars]
A research team led by Prof. Liu Baozhong from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) revealed that cytoskeletal molecules (actomyosin) play a key role in the early sh… [+2392 chars]
An experiment called Cislunar Highway Patrol System would operate beyond geosynchronous orbit, in the region near the moon WASHINGTON The Air Force Research Laboratory is asking companies to submit … [+1797 chars]
The opening of the ice-free corridor that linked Beringia to the North American interior happened potentially thousands of years after the first human migrations to the continent, according to new ev… [+7438 chars]
Scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a new tool that could lead to more efficient and cheaper technologies for capturing heat-trapping gases from the atmosphere and conve… [+4262 chars]
Astronomers have been facing a big problem in cosmology the study of the formation and behavior of the Universe itself for a while now. Literally the biggest: Where do the most supermassive black h… [+6760 chars]
Astronomers using data gathered from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have characterised a cataclysmic collision between two planetesimals in orbit around HD 166191. The star is located at a distance o… [+3244 chars]
Its been a busy year on Mars for NASAs Ingenuity helicopter, and its not about to slow down now. After 21 flights, the aircraft is still in excellent condition, so NASA has extended its mission throu… [+2582 chars]
