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Gulf of Mexico 2018 dead zone forecast
NOAA scientists project that this summer’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone or ‘dead zone’ – an area of low to no oxygen that can kill marine life – will be about the size of Connecticut.
June 14, 2018
Coyote and apple in rural New Mexico
Coyotes prefer meat, but they'll also eat insects, fruit and grass if that's what's available.
June 14, 2018
Moon, Mercury, Venus June 14 to 16
On June 14, 15 and 16, 2018, the young moon swings by 2 planets - brilliant Venus and fainter Mercury - in the west after sunset. How to spot 'em, here.
June 14, 2018
ALMA spies 3 planets around a young star
Astronomers have evidence for 3 infant planets forming in a disk around a newborn star. They say their new observing technique could find some of the youngest planets in our galaxy.
June 13, 2018
What we inherited from bug-eating mammal ancestors
If you’re an advocate for insects in human diets, go ahead. Munch on a grasshopper. The genes needed to digest bugs are still in our genome, inherited from the tiny, furry distant ancestors of all mammals, including humans.
June 13, 2018
Watch spacewalk June 14
On Thursday, 2 astronauts aboard the International Space Station will conduct a 6 1/2 hour spacewalk. NASA's live coverage begins at 10:30 UTC (6:30 a.m. EDT). The spacewalk itself is scheduled to start at 12:10 UTC (8:10 a.m. EDT).
June 13, 2018
Northern lights and north star. STEVE?
Steve Bellavia caught this unusual aurora last night, pointing directly to the North Star. Could it be the newly identified Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, aka STEVE?
June 13, 2018
The strange case for life in other universes
More about the mind-boggling new studies suggesting that there could be many parallel universes beyond our own, where life is able to flourish.
June 12, 2018
Coyotes in the park
Coyotes are the most famous of the wild animals species that have returned to North American cities and towns in recent years. Encountering them can be unnerving.
June 12, 2018
From pulsar to magnetar? Or vice versa?
Since the 1970s, scientists have treated pulsars and magnetars as 2 distinct populations of objects. Now they think they might be stages in a single object's evolution. A new NASA ScienceCast has more.
June 12, 2018
