Jessica Watkins, a planetary scientist and NASA astronaut, will travel to the International Space Station on April 15 and will most likely be in space when the agencys Artemis 1 mission to the moon l… [+5579 chars]
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — On March 17-18, NASA rolled its Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket out of the Kennedy Space Centers (KSC‘s) Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and 4.2 miles to Launc… [+5559 chars]
Asteroid 2013 BO76, which was approaching Earth on Thursday, has not impacted the planet, but it was the closest asteroid to pass Earth in 2022. The asteroid maintained its course at a speed of 50,00… [+2093 chars]
This animation shows the path light will follow as it hits the primary James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) mirror, and is reflected to the secondary, and then in through the aft optics assembly where t… [+4807 chars]
How did we come to be? How was the universe created? Those are questions that astrophysicists have pondered and explored for many years. Now, scientists at MIT, Harvard University, and the Max Planc… [+4370 chars]
On Thursday, a potentially basketball-sized meteor streaked through the sky over Canada, capturing the attention of a slew of cameras and producing some spectacular videos. At around 2:46 a.m., a fi… [+3126 chars]
Asteroid 2013 BO76, which was approaching Earth on Thursday, has not impacted the planet, but it was the closest asteroid to pass Earth in 2022. The asteroid maintained its course at a speed of 50,00… [+2093 chars]
As NASA prepares to send humans to Mars sometime in the 2030s, figuring out how to keep astronauts healthy during the three-year mission has been a challenge. But researchers from the University of … [+2655 chars]
Astronomers have spotted an enormous and mysterious object more than a million light-years across, called an odd radio circle (ORC). ORCs were first identified in 2019, and now researchers have relea… [+2184 chars]
Skip to content Researchers have mapped the genetic ties between every person who ever lived, in the "first draft" of our shared family history. Genetic research has exploded in the past two decad… [+6207 chars]
Just a few days ago we enjoyed the beautiful view of the so-called Worm Moon in Yucatán, which preceded the spring equinox, and this Monday, March 28th, there will be another beautiful astronomical e… [+998 chars]
Asteroid Sar2594 (now officially called 2022 FD1) grazed Earths atmosphere at 08:10 UTC on March ... [+] 25, 2022 and passed through Earths mighty shadow in space as it cruised over the South Pacific… [+2110 chars]
