This article was originally published at The Conversation. (opens in new tab) The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Samantha Lawler (opens in ne… [+5221 chars]
ByGordon Johnston, NASAJune 12, 2022 Artists concept of a strawberry supermoon. The Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Supermoon; the Mead, Honey, or Rose Moon; the Flower, Hot, Hoe, or Planting Moon… [+26329 chars]
Today, Sunday June 12, private rocket company Astra will launch two satellites for NASA. The two small CubeSats will be launched using an Astra Rocket 3.3 from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaver… [+1994 chars]
A spiral galaxy is curled up like a sleeping serpent in a striking new image from the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). ALMA's high altitude … [+1924 chars]
Asteroid dust collected by a Japanese space probe contains organic material that shows some of the building blocks of life on Earth may have been formed in space, scientists said Friday. Pristine ma… [+2634 chars]
Ive been getting to know an ash tree. Shes a veteran, pushing a century. A melding has happened and she is in the embrace of a hawthorn. Both are swathed in ivy so two sets of branches grow from what… [+2550 chars]
Geoffrey Notkin, meteorite hunter extraordinaire and host of the Science Channel's Meteorite Men TV series, knows a thing or two about how to find meteorites, where they come from and what they can … [+3198 chars]
Ive been getting to know an ash tree. Shes a veteran, pushing a century. A melding has happened and she is in the embrace of a hawthorn. Both are swathed in ivy so two sets of branches grow from what… [+2550 chars]
As paint thinner, ink and adhesives dry, they can release volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which can negatively impact health. Typically, one of those VOCs is xylene, which exists as three isomers … [+1867 chars]
Volcanoes are among the most awe-inspiring destructive forces on Earth, which is probably why they make for good movies. In the 1997 disaster film Dantes Peak ( now streaming on Peacock!), a slumberi… [+3111 chars]
A study on the moon map titled "The 1:2,500,000-scale geologic map of the global moon" has been accepted for publication in the journal Science Bulletin. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Scie… [+1097 chars]