Outer Space
Ocean Wind and Waves Have Grown Stronger Over the Last Three Decades
Decades of satellite data show changes in the ocean that could lead to more destructive storm surges and coastal erosion
NASA Detects First 'Marsquake'
A 2 to 2.5 magnitude quake on the Red Planet is the first seismic activity detected outside the Earth and the Moon
NASA’s Flying Telescope Spots Oldest Type of Molecule in the Universe
An infrared telescope mounted in a Boeing 747 has detected the first type of molecule to form after the big bang
Christina Koch Is Scheduled to Spend 328 Days in Space—a Record for Women Astronauts
‘It feels awesome,’ Koch said of the milestone
NASA Prepares to Build Spacecraft Bound for a Metal Asteroid
The Psyche spacecraft, headed to an asteroid with the same name, will explore a metal world thought to be the leftover core of a destroyed planet
An Interstellar Meteor May Have Collided With Earth in 2014
Researchers have identified an object that, they theorize, was traveling too fast to have originated within our solar system
Scientists Find a Tiny Speck of Comet Inside a Meteorite
The little fragment found in Antarctica was protected from the elements and preserves the chemical signature of the early solar system
What the Obsolete Art of Mapping the Skies on Glass Plates Can Still Teach Us
The first pictures of the sky were taken on glass photographic plates, and these treasured artifacts can still help scientists make discoveries today
The Largest Unnamed Object in the Solar System Needs a Title—and You Can Help
2007 OR10 needs a snazzier moniker; the public can now choose between ‘Gonggong,’ ‘Holle’ and ‘Vili’
The First Group of Female Cosmonauts Were Trained to Conquer the Final Frontier
Two decades before the first American woman flew to space, a group of female cosmonauts trained in Star City of the Soviet Union
NASA's Study of Astronaut Twins Creates a Portrait of What a Year in Space Does to the Human Body
Wide-ranging research compares astronaut Scott Kelly to his earthbound twin brother, Mark
Astronomers Capture First-Ever Image of a Supermassive Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope reveals the silhouette of a black hole at the center of a galaxy 55 million light-years away
Exoplanet Core Orbiting a Dying Star May Help Astronomers Understand What Lies in Store for Our Solar System
It's likely the planetesimal orbiting a white dwarf 410 light years away was the core of a minor planet caught in its immense gravity
Raging Rivers May Have Washed Over Mars for Billions of Years
A study of 200 river systems shows the waterways persisted even while the atmosphere was disappearing and the Red Planet was drying up
There's a Dark and Stormy Vortex Brewing on Neptune
It is the sixth massive dark and stormy vortex found on the planet since 1989 and the only one astronomers have watched develop
Rita Rapp Fed America’s Space Travelers
NASA’s food packages now in the collections of the Air and Space Museum tell the story of how a physiologist brought better eating to outer space
NASA Considers a Rover Mission to Go Cave Diving on the Moon
The deep caverns and pits that dot the lunar surface could hold clues to the moon's history and perhaps provide shelter for future human exploration
NASA Releases Opportunity Rover's Final Panorama Photograph
The little Mars explorer was hit by a duststorm in June, 2018 and never recovered, but it did send back 354 images from on its final days
Streams of Stars Snaking Through the Galaxy Could Help Shine a Light on Dark Matter
When the Milky Way consumes another galaxy, tendrils of stellar streams survive the merger, containing clues about the universe's mysterious unseen matter
After a Successful Test Flight to the International Space Station, SpaceX Looks Ahead to Launching Astronauts
SpaceX's new Crew Dragon spacecraft could launch the first astronauts from U.S. soil in almost a decade
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