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Check out this week’s asteroid impact exercise
Follow the action as asteroid scientists, space agencies and civil protection organizations participate in a drill - simulating an asteroid impact about to happen - during this week's virtual Planetary Defense Conference.
April 26, 2021
Martin Rees and Frederick Lamb on humanity’s fate
From nuclear weapons to biowarfare to cyberattacks, humanity has much to overcome. Martin Rees and Frederick Lamb discuss the obstacles we must face as we look forward to humanity's future on Earth.
April 22, 2021
Saving a humpback whale
Take 3 minutes to watch a feel-good video of a team of responders saving a humpback whale in distress.
April 22, 2021
Celebrate Earth Day 2021 with NASA
For Earth Day 2021 (April 22), NASA highlights science and technology that is helping us live more sustainably on our home planet and adapt to natural and human-caused changes. Here's how to participate.
April 20, 2021
Listen to a spiderweb
Spiders are master builders, expertly weaving strands of silk into intricate 3D webs. Now, scientists report they have translated the complex structure of a web into music. Listen here.
April 18, 2021
A case against killing spiders
An entomologist explains why it's a good idea to be nice to the spiders you encounter and consider a live-and-let-live policy.
April 18, 2021
Earliest known honey jars in Africa are 3,500 years old
An ancient people with a sweet tooth - the Nok culture of sub-Saharan Africa - used terracotta pots to hold honey 3,500 years ago. They may be the earliest confirmed honey collectors in Africa.
April 16, 2021
Astronaut Soichi Noguchi sets a new space record
Congratulations to Japan's astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who this month was awarded the Guinness World Record for the longest time between spacewalks: 15 years and 214 days.
April 16, 2021
Martian hill named to honor Curiosity scientist
NASA has given the name Rafael Navarro Mountain to a hill in Gale Crater on Mars, where the Curiosity rover has been exploring since 2012. Navarro, a mission scientist, died in January 2021 from Covid-19.
April 15, 2021
Egyptologists unearth a 3,000-year-old ‘lost golden city’
The long-sought "lost golden city" of Aten has been found near Luxor, Egypt, in the Valley of Kings. "The mission expects to uncover untouched tombs filled with treasures," the scientists said.
April 9, 2021
