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Scientist Finds Saturn Doing Something Never Seen Before in Our Solar System: ‘Hiding in Plain View for 40 Years’
Using data from several space missions and the Hubble telescope, an astronomer discovered that Saturn's rings are heating its own atmosphere—something that has never...
Your Inspired Weekly Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’
Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly...
Company to Make History With World’s First 3D-Printed Rocket Launch
A private space tech firm will become the first entity to launch a 3D-printed rocket, which is technically the largest 3D-printed object as well.
Totally...
Rare Chance for You to See a ‘Messier Marathon’ Stargazing Event This Month
A minor meteor shower and a few conjunctions offer some great beginner stargazing events this March, but the really exciting opportunity in the heavens...
Mars Rover Team Excited After Finding… ‘Rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. METEORITE!’
Always keen to anthropomorphize their robots, NASA put out a social media post of one of their Mars rovers coming upon an exciting discovery.
Putting...
Huge Meteorite Found in Antarctica–One of the Biggest Ever Recovered
A meteorite containing the oldest material in the solar system has been discovered in Antarctica.
It is one of the biggest ever found—and sheds new...
Life Might Be Found on One of Saturn’s Moons Without a Spacecraft Even Needing to Land
Evidence of life on the icy Saturnine moon of Enceladus could be uncovered by a robot spacecraft sampling plumes of methane jetting out of...
50 Years Ago, Apollo Crew Gave Humanity a Christmas Gift: Our First Gaze at ‘the Blue Marble’ Still Inspiring us Today
The astronauts of the Apollo 17 mission left a Christmas gift under the tree for all of humanity as they traveled on their way...
Stargazing in December: Check Out the ‘Mars Ballet’, a Meteor Shower, and The ‘Cold Moon’
If you don't mind the nip of the cold, this month's celestial phenomena are ones to watch, and include a Nutcracker ballet between the...
Machine Just Turned Martian Atmosphere Into Pure Oxygen Just Like a Little Tree
A small device brought recently to Mars just created breathable oxygen out of the Red Planet's carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere.
While the Perseverance Rover's search for...
Scientists Had Never Seen This Elusive Whale Alive—Until Now
It's a common refrain to say we know more about the surface of Mars than we do about the deepest parts of our oceans,...
Astronomers Detect Radio Pattern ‘Like a Heartbeat’ From a Galaxy Far Away
(Written by Jennifer Chu, MIT News)
Astronomers at MIT—and universities in Canada and the US—have detected a strange and persistent radio signal from a far-off...
World’s Oldest Martian Meteorite is Traced to the Precise Crater Where it Originated
Artificial intelligence has traced the world's oldest Martian meteorite to the precise crater on the Red Planet where it originated.
Nicknamed "Black Beauty," it formed...
Ice May Be Hiding in Ancient Moon Volcanoes
Billions of years ago, a series of volcanic eruptions broke loose on the moon, blanketing hundreds of thousands of square miles of the orb's...
Plants Have Been Grown in Lunar Soil For The First Time Ever
Food has been grown in soil collected from the moon for the first time, paving the way for human migration across the solar system.
Pioneers...
A Total Lunar Eclipse is Coming With a Flower Blood Moon – How to See the Night Sky Spectacle
Night sky fans, on May 15-16 look up to see the blood-red spectacle that is a total lunar eclipse.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the...
Scientists Figure Out the Origin of Splendid Dunes on Jupiter’s Icy Moon
Scientists have long wondered how Jupiter’s innermost moon, Io, has meandering ridges as grand as any that can be seen in movies like Dune.
Now,...
Spectacular Aquariid Meteor Shower This Week – See Dozens of Shooting Stars Per Hour
There's an excellent chance to watch a meteor shower in the pre-dawn hours next week.
From May 4th, 5th, and 6th, at a few hours...
The Planets are Prepping for An Epic Alignment – Here’s How to Watch it Shape Up
From now until early July, the five nearest planets to Earth will slowly join a celestial conga line across the pre-dawn sky.
These rare, but...
Pluto Has Giant Ice Volcanoes that Could Hint at Existence of an Underground Ocean With Life
As spacecraft New Horizons recently sauntered past Pluto, images sent back to Earth made their way into the hands of a team that confirmed...