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Close pass from asteroid 2017 GM!
Asteroid 2017 GM is one of the 10 closest asteroids known so far to sweep past Earth, and then keep going. At its closest, it was less than 1/20th of the moon's mean distance.
April 4, 2017
Asteroid close encounter on April 2
The near-Earth asteroid 2017 FU102 has a very close, but safe, encounter with Earth on April 2, 2017, sweeping to within just over half the moon's distance.
April 2, 2017
Watch Thursday’s spacewalk
Two ISS astronauts will be outside the space station beginning about 8 a.m. EDT (12:00 UTC) on March 30. The spacewalk is expected to last about 6.5 hours. Links to live viewing here.
March 30, 2017
Watch SpaceX rocket launch Thursday
The launch window for the reused - "flight proven" - Falcon 9 rocket opens at 18:27 EDT (22:27 UTC) on March 30. There's a two-and-a-half-hour launch window. Links to the live launch here.
March 30, 2017
Watch a full rotation of the moon
Wonderful video from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a NASA spacecraft in a polar orbit around the moon since 2009. The moon as you've never seen it!
March 28, 2017
Another Planet 9 search! You can help
This one will use images of the sky visible from Earth's Southern Hemisphere. You can help from anyplace on the globe. The search is for a 9th major planet in our system, nicknamed Planet 9.
March 27, 2017
7 Earth-sized worlds? What we really see
A reality check from astrophysicist Brian Koberlein on what we actually see of the 7 recently discovered Earth-sized planets orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1.
March 21, 2017
Bodies freed from gravity’s grip
Life on Earth is used to gravity. So what happens to our cells and tissues in space?
March 17, 2017
Moon shadow path in 2017 solar eclipse
Fly along with the moon’s shadow in this NASA video depicting the path of the August 21, 2017 total eclipse of the sun.
March 14, 2017
Most US wildfires ignited by people
A study reports that 84% of U.S. wildfires between 1992 and 2012 were started by things like discarded cigarettes, unattended campfires, and arson.
March 9, 2017
