A mosquito watches you through a lattice of microscopic lenses. You stare back, fly swatter in hand, closely tracking the bloodsucker with your humble single-lens eyes. But it turns out that the way … [+4001 chars]
The electromagnetic spectrum is a range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation. From long to short wavelength, the EM spectrum includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultravio… [+4993 chars]
After more than a year of accomplishments, NASA has extended flight operations for the Mars Innovation Creativity Helicopter through September. The space agencys $2.2 billion spacecraft touched down… [+3067 chars]
Scientists overseeing the largest particle accelerator on Earth switched it on for the first time in three years this weekend to solve some of the biggest mysteries in physics. The Large Hadron Col… [+4237 chars]
A solar storm impact in the form of a geomagnetic storm is expected to hit Earth by Tuesday, April 26. In the latest space weather event, a recent solar explosion has emitted highly energized partic… [+3545 chars]
Typically, when we talk about NASA, we envision a journey beyond the stars -- but NASA has new projects just for planet Earth. The new projects collected data about our home planet, which is reporte… [+329 chars]
Astronomy enthusiasts, you should see this video of planets in alignment! On Sunday, planets Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn were seen aligned on the night sky through a time-lapse video taken by … [+704 chars]
Michael Zanetti, a NASA planetary scientist at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, hikes the Cinder cone in Potrillo volcanic field in New Mexico in late 2021, testing the back… [+5996 chars]
Could SpaceX be heading to Uranus next? The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine seems to think it should. The organization has released its latest decadal survey of planetary sc… [+1810 chars]
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest and most powerful particle accelerator ever built, is ready to go back into service after a three-year overhaul and refit. On April 22, 2022 at 12:16 pm C… [+2606 chars]
Artists concept of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the Sun. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Is human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit a thing of the past? Will … [+5036 chars]
