Michigan may finally have a good chance at seeing a neat sky event. A total lunar eclipse with a few more novelties will occur next weekend. The total lunar eclipse will start Sunday, May 15 at 10:2… [+2028 chars]
NASA's next-generation observatory is entering the last stages of preparation before showing scientists an all-new view of the universe. Engineers are preparing to make final tweaks to the instrume… [+3368 chars]
Japanese Lantern Effect; Larry Johnson, CC license Night sky fans, on May 15-16 look up to see the blood-red spectacle that is a total lunar eclipse. A lunar eclipse occurs when the full moon slips… [+1653 chars]
A rare deep-sea fish has been spotted off the coast of northern California, prompting excitement among marine biologists who have attempted to track down the elusive creature for decades. The Bathop… [+1895 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]
The astronauts that flew to the ISS as part of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission are back on Earth after almost six months on the orbiting lab. They splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico aboard the Crew… [+1454 chars]
ByColumbia Climate SchoolMay 6, 2022 Lead author Chloe Gustafson and mountaineer Meghan Seifert install geophysical instruments to measure groundwater below West Antarcticas Whillans Ice Stream. Cre… [+9567 chars]
The fragmented nature of the specimen was a lucky break because it revealed the anatomy often hidden under a trilobites shell. Importantly, nine of the arthropods rarely fossilized appendages were pr… [+2229 chars]
An illustration of two trilobites (Olenoides serratus) mating on the seafloor during the Cambrian period, with the male (top) hugging the female below. (Image credit: Holly Sullivan, https://www.sul… [+6357 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]
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]
Much like YouTube turned a generation of watchers into creators, new advances in telescope technology are allowing amateur sky watchers to make real, meaningful contributions to science. Astrophotog… [+14294 chars]
