This was the Psyche spacecraft’s view of Mars on May 3, 2026. But Mars is about…
Category: Earth Sky
Skylab – America’s 1st space station – 53 years later
Skylab, America’s first space station, launched on May 14, 1973. Its highly publicized crash back to…
Will Pluto become a planet again? The ongoing debate
Is Pluto a planet? Scientists and the public have debated this question since its reclassification as…
Brown dwarf population doubles to more than 6,000
Artist’s concept of a brown dwarf, larger than planets such as Jupiter, but not massive enough…
Huge black holes form in mergers, study says
This illustration shows 2 black holes spiraling toward a colossal collision. A new study says mergers…
Nearby super-Earth is super-hot and airless
View larger. | NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft captured this view of Mercury on December 1, 2011. The…
Surprise! Tiny world with an atmosphere in outer solar system
Artist’s illustration of a small world passing front of a background star. When astronomers in Japan…
Over 10,000 new exoplanet candidates revealed!
Artist’s illustration depicting dozens of exoplanets. A new survey of data from NASA’s TESS space telescope…
Today in science: Neil Armstrong’s close call
This amazing footage from 1968 shows Neil Armstrong’s close call while training for his moon landing.…
Could violent stellar flares make planets more habitable?
View larger. | This artist’s illustration depicts a highly active red dwarf star firing off such…