NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with author Samantha Harvey about her new book Orbital, which examines the…
Exploring the limitations of asteroid crater lakes as climate archives
Drill core from borehole taken in 1981 from the Nördlinger Ries. There are distinctive layers of…
Unlocking neutron star rotation anomalies: Insights from quantum simulation
Ultracold quantum gases made of dipolar atoms form an ideal platform for simulating mechanisms inside neutron…
NASA’s Psyche Delivers First Images and Other Data
The mission team has celebrated several successes since its launch from Kennedy Space Center on Oct.…
A Glimpse into the Barred Spiral Galaxy
NGC 2903 spiral galaxy using 32 inch Schulman telescope on Mt. Lemmon, AZ. Credit: Joseph D.…
Was going to space a good idea?
Credit: NASA In 1963, six years after the first satellite was launched, editors from the Encyclopedia…
NASA Engineers Push Limits of Physics to Focus Light
Photon sieves focus extreme ultraviolet light and can enable Sun science. A pair of precision-orbiting small…
Saturn and Jupiter Conjunction – NASA
The Moon, left, Saturn, upper right, and Jupiter, lower right, are seen after sunset from Washington,…
This Planet is Way Too Big for its Star
Scientists love outliers. Outliers are nature’s way of telling us what its boundaries are and where…
How we’re searching for alien life at previously unexplored frequencies
Credit: NASA Is there life beyond Earth? The question has turned out to be one of…