Here’s a pebble-sized sample from asteroid Bennu, protected inside a clear container, now on display at…
Category: Earth Sky
Giant volcano on Mars hiding in plain sight
The newly discovered giant volcano on Mars is just south of the planet’s equator, in eastern…
Interstellar signal linked to aliens was just a truck
This artist’s concept shows a meteor streaking toward Earth. In 2014, an interstellar meteor struck Earth…
Europa has enough oxygen to support a million people
View larger. | NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Europa during its close flyby on…
A ‘new star’ from a nova outburst is expected soon
Artist’s conception of red giant star and white dwarf. A stream of material flows from the…
A message to Europa from the people of Earth
Here’s one side of a commemorative plate mounted on NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. It features U.S.…
What are Hubble and Webb looking at right now?
The Space Telescope Live webapp gives up-to-the-minute details about what the Hubble and Webb space telescopes…
How ice shells of ocean moons provide clues to habitability
View larger. | The Cassini spacecraft caught this view of the surface of Enceladus. A new…
Earth-passing asteroid seen in new radar images
View larger. | NASA scientists used the Goldstone Solar System Radar in California to capture these…
1st-ever metal scar on a cannibal star
Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have found a metal…