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5 moon-landing innovations that changed life on Earth
The technologies behind weather forecasting, GPS and even smartphones can trace their origins to the race to the moon.
July 19, 2019
What will Earth’s next supercontinent look like?
Here are 4 different scenarios of what planet Earth might look like when the next supercontinent forms.
July 18, 2019
Ancient hyenas roamed the Arctic
The ice age hyenas may have hunted caribou and horses, or scavenged carcasses of mammoths on a cold treeless tundra, says a study of 2 fossil teeth.
July 18, 2019
Enceladus’ ocean right age to support life
The subsurface ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus seems possibly habitable in many ways. Now a new study has determined it's the right age to support life, too.
July 17, 2019
Join space scientists marking Apollo anniversary
Join online as leading space scientists discuss the legacy of Apollo 11 during the mission's 50th anniversary this week.
July 17, 2019
Apollo 11 launch pad
A satellite image from January 2019 shows launch pad 39A at Cape Canaveral, Florida. From there - on July 16, 1969 - a Saturn V rocket carrying the crew of Apollo 11 launched humanity's historic voyage to the moon.
July 17, 2019
Record wettest 12 months for US, again
Wet conditions from July 2018 through June 2019 resulted in a new 12-month precipitation record in the US
July 16, 2019
Partial lunar eclipse on July 16-17
Unfortunately, North America misses out on this eclipse entirely. It's visible from South America at early evening July 16 - from Europe and Africa, later in the evening July 16 - and in Asia and Australia before sunup July 17.
July 16, 2019
The eclipse that marked the start of the Iroquois Confederacy
The total solar eclipse of August 22, 1142, may have coincided with the birth of the Iroquois Confederacy, oldest democracy in North America and possibly on Earth.
July 15, 2019
