Look up! The Full Strawberry Moon of June 14 may appear ever-so-slightly bigger and brighter than usual when it rises this month, making it a "supermoon" by most definitions. Depending on which bree… [+3467 chars]
ByNASAJune 3, 2022 NASA is planning to send a lander and rover to the beautiful Gruithuisen Domes, as seen in this controlled mosaic, and LROC images will help guide the way. The domes are located a… [+7185 chars]
ByNASAJune 3, 2022 NASA is planning to send a lander and rover to the beautiful Gruithuisen Domes, as seen in this controlled mosaic, and LROC images will help guide the way. The domes are located a… [+7185 chars]
Scientists at the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution announced today that ribonucleic acid (RNA), an analog of DNA that was likely the first genetic material for life, spontaneously forms on … [+4910 chars]
This animation shows the Juno spacecraft's perspective of Jupiter during a flyby on April 9, 2022. (Image credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by AndreaLuck © CC BY) Han… [+3043 chars]
Placeholder while article actions load William E. Stoney Jr., an aeronautical engineer who made important contributions to NASAs mission during the space race as a developer of early rockets and a l… [+3873 chars]
How many of what kinds of stars live in other galaxies? It seems like a simple question, but it's notoriously hard to pin down because astronomers have such a difficult time estimating stellar popula… [+3201 chars]
Scientists who study the cosmos have a favorite philosophy known as the "mediocrity principle," which, in essence, suggests that there's really nothing special about Earth, the sun or the Milky Way g… [+4970 chars]
Optical illusions have been around forever and are fun to solve. They trick our eyes and brains into seeing something that doesn't exist in reality. While some of them are headscratchers, others are … [+1970 chars]
