If your GPS has been acting funny, take it up with the sun. Our star has…
Category: Solar System
Forty Years of Voyager
Long after they have stopped communicating with Earth, the twin Voyager spacecraft will forever drift among…
Out There: A Reverie for the Voyager Probes, Humanity’s Calling Cards
Launched 40 years ago, the spacecraft have sailed beyond the solar system, artifacts of a civilization…
It could be snowing on Mars right now
The Red Planet may have had intense snowstorms long ago when it was wetter, but a…
It could be snowing on Mars right now
The Red Planet may have had intense snowstorms long ago when it was wetter, but a…
The Illuminating Power of Eclipses
With the sun obscured, eclipses can be revelatory: Starting at least over 2,000 years ago, they…
Tethered satellites could see the moon’s weird swirls up close
The moon has bright coils of dust we can’t study without getting up close. A NASA…
Tethered satellites could see the moon’s weird swirls up close
The moon has bright coils of dust we can’t study without getting up close. A NASA…
Moon’s magnetic field lasted twice as long as we thought it did
Lunar rock shows the moon’s magnetic field lasted a billion years longer than we thought, which…
Moon’s magnetic field lasted twice as long as we thought it did
Lunar rock shows the moon’s magnetic field lasted a billion years longer than we thought, which…