An almost full Pink Moon is seen in the sky behind the Statue of Liberty as the sun rises on April ... [+] 26, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) Getty Images Wait. A pink… [+3776 chars]
If you live far enough north or south on planet Earth, you may be lucky enough to see the northern/southern lights (aurora borealis/aurora australis). You'll likely be starstruck by these dazzling li… [+3829 chars]
How do planets form? For many years scientists thought they understood this process by studying the one example we had access to: our own Solar System. However, the discovery of planets around dista… [+6653 chars]
April 14 Time: 7 p.m. PDT (10 p.m. EDT; 0300 UTC) NASA is working on a new set of Earth-focused missions to provide key information to guide efforts related to climate change, natural hazard mitiga… [+500 chars]
On Feb. 14, NASA's Lucy spacecraft, which is in the first few months of its journey to the Trojan asteroids, obtained a series of calibration images with its four visible-light cameras. The first tes… [+1801 chars]
Regardless of who we are or where we come from, everyone at some point in their lives ponders whether or not life exists beyond the Earth. For the first time in human history, we now possess the info… [+4042 chars]
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. An analysis of ocean water around the world has uncovered a trove of previously undiscovered viruses, researchers have reported. An international team of researchers tracked ocea… [+1679 chars]
The "corpse" of a sunspot exploded Monday (April 11), triggering a mass ejection of solar material that is headed in Earth's direction. The explosion comes courtesy of a dead sunspot called AR2987, … [+4092 chars]
video: Many brain regions found likely to be involved in encoding a memory (top) were also found to be involved in recall upon reactivation (bottom).view more Credit: Tonegawa Lab/MIT Picower Insti… [+8522 chars]
When completed, the GMT will stand 65 meters high and include seven of the largest parabolic telescope mirrors ever built. Each 27.6-foot (8.4-meter) diameter mirror has an 83.33-foot (25.4-meter) mi… [+1227 chars]
New York: Ice on the surface of the Moon, known so far to be dry and airless, is likely protected by ancient magnetic fields, according to a new study. Sunlight does not reach the polar craters on t… [+2299 chars]
An unseen obstacle in the cloud of gas around a supernova remnant 11,000 light years away is making the supernovas blast waves lopsided, according to two recent studies. Two teams of astrophysicis… [+9083 chars]
