A New Tool for 'Weighing' Unseen Planets

The NEID instrument will help scientists determine the density of distant planets, which can…

New map of Milky Way reveals giant wave of stellar nurseries

Astronomers at Harvard University have discovered a monolithic, wave-shaped gaseous structure—the largest ever seen in our…

SOFIA Reveals How the Swan Nebula Hatched

A new view of the Swan Nebula from SOFIA reveals that parts of it formed separately…

Geographers find tipping point in deforestation

Geography researchers have identified a tipping point for deforestation that leads to rapid forest loss. Researchers…

Swains Island W8S DXpedition Set for March 10 – 25

Click here for original story, Swains Island W8S DXpedition Set for March 10 – 25 …

NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2019 Annual Report

NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2019 Annual Report Click here for original story,…

Indigenous peoples key to saving threatened forests

More than a third of the world’s vanishing pristine forests are managed by indigenous peoples under…

Temperatures rise across Europe's far north

From the Norwegian fjords to Russian cities, record warm temperatures with less snow and rain have…

NASA sees Tropical Storm Blake's center off Australia's Kimberley Coast

NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean on January 7 and found the center…

A waxing crescent Moon

A waxing crescent Moon is pictured as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above the…