Many coastal areas around the world are home to lush green meadows — all thanks to seagrasses. As the only flowering plants growing in marine environments, these meadows are magic: One square kilom… [+4164 chars]
NASA will attempt another countdown rehearsal of the Space Launch System in early June, but the space agency warned that multiple tests of its finicky rocket might be necessary. SLS returned to the … [+4079 chars]
Many coastal areas around the world are home to lush green meadows — all thanks to seagrasses. As the only flowering plants growing in marine environments, these meadows are magic: One square kilom… [+4164 chars]
ORLANDO, Fla. —Friday's early morning SpaceX launch from the Kennedy Space Center went off without a hitch and also produced an incredibly cool phenomenon known as a "space jellyfish." As the Falcon… [+1930 chars]
A weak solar storm could brush past Earth on Saturday (May 7), potentially leading to minor radio blackouts, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported in a new space weath… [+2006 chars]
One of spring's busiest meteor showers, called the Eta Aquarids, is peaking this weekend. To catch the "shooting stars," just step outside and look to the southern night sky. The Eta Aquarids reach… [+2478 chars]
ByFrancis Reddy, NASAs Goddard Space Flight CenterMay 6, 2022 This illustration shows the accretion disk, corona (pale, conical swirls above the disk), and supermassive black hole of active galaxy 1… [+8954 chars]
Physicists sometimes come up with crazy stories that sound like science fiction. Some turn out to be true, like how the curvature of space and time described by Einstein was eventually borne out by a… [+9691 chars]
ASTRONAUTS' brains are changing as a byproduct of the zero gravity conditions. Side effects of space travel are under close watch as governments and private industry ramp up efforts to take people o… [+2304 chars]
A data visualization of particle collisions at the LHC at CERN. (Image credit: CERN) Scientists are investigating the elusive neutrino with a new experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Scie… [+3457 chars]
A crewed Mars mission could happen sooner than you think. Astronauts will likely make it to the Red Planet's surface before the end of the 2020s, SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynn… [+2473 chars]
Flung into freefall for months on end, our bodies adjust in ways that makes for a long list of health concerns for space travelers. The latest evaluation of microgravity's warping effect on our biol… [+3513 chars]
