Earth and Mars were formed from material originating largely from the inner solar system; Only a small percentage arose outside the orbit of Jupiter. Photo: NASA/Moon and Planetary Institute The uni… [+2982 chars]
Early risers can catch as many as 30 meteors an hour, weather permitting, during an overnight shower peaking Friday (May 6). The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, which originates from Halley's Comet (1P/H… [+2585 chars]
Stephen King unfurled a map on the hood of a colleague's car in Winchester, England. Traveling across the countryside, in the middle of World War II, the car's crankshaft had given out, stranding the… [+22129 chars]
Looks like fun! Space Ride Charming footage from from the interior of the International Space Station shows what happens to the astronauts inside when the ship fires its thrusters. Thats cool on i… [+1503 chars]
The molecules of life, DNA, replicate with astounding precision, yet this process is not immune to mistakes and can lead to mutations. Using sophisticated computer modeling, a team of physicists and … [+4688 chars]
These dark streaks, also known as "slope streaks," on Mars resulted from dust avalanches. They were captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using its High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment… [+318 chars]
The black hole at the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster generates sound. This happens due to pressure waves emitted by black holes causing ripples in the cluster’s hot gas. However, humans cannot … [+2231 chars]
The European Space Agency (ESA) has just released a brand new image of the sun taken by the Solar Orbiter. In total, the composite image is made up of 25 photos taken thy the Orbiter’s ultraviolet im… [+2387 chars]
This image shows a wider view of the interacting galaxies NGC 1512 and NGC 1510 as seen by the Dark Energy Camera on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory … [+2441 chars]
NASA is targeting June 7 for the launch of SpaceX's 25th cargo resupply mission (CRS-25) to the International Space Station (ISS). The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will lift off with the Cargo Dragon resup… [+1263 chars]
image: The microstructures in a radially arranged microarray , as seen here, can perform complex traveling waves of locally interacting posts .view more Credit: Joanna Aizenberg/Harvard SEAS For y… [+4649 chars]
