Astronomers have found a planet with clouds made of sand. : NPR

An artistic depiction of the planet WASP-107b. Observations by the James Webb Space Telescope suggest this…

A tool bag, which gave astronauts the slip, can be seen floating in space

The white tool bag can be seen with binoculars. Just look for the International Space Station…

Astronauts dropped a bag of tools in space, and you can see it with binoculars

During a space walk at the International Space Station, astronauts lost hold of a bag of…

NASA unveils rocks brought back from an asteroid : NPR

NASA held a briefing to reveal the rocks returned by the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission. The asteroid…

Asteroid rocks collected by NASA are rich in water and carbon : NPR

Small rocks and dust from an asteroid, outside a round sample collection device in a NASA…

A solar eclipse is more than a spectacle — for some it honors tradition : NPR

For a few minutes Saturday, the Moon will line up between the Earth and sun and…

On Saturday, much of the U.S. will get a view of a ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse : NPR

An annular solar eclipse, nicknamed the “ring of fire,” will sweep across much of the Western…

The rare ‘ring of fire’ eclipse : NPR

The “ring of fire” effect caused during the annular eclipse of the Sun over Albuquerque, N.M.,…

An eclipse chaser catches the ‘ring of fire’ event in New Mexico : NPR

NPR’s Scott Detrow talks with David Baron, who viewed Saturday’s “Ring of Fire” eclipse from the…

How albatrosses navigate, fossilized ocean worms, meteor shower : NPR

NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Aaron Scott of Short Wave about albatrosses’ impressive…