Sign Up for Our Amazing Newsletter!
A daily update by email. Science news, great photos, sky alerts.
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Crash landing on Mars … on purpose
NASA has successfully tested a new Mars lander concept called SHIELD, which is specifically designed for intentionally crash landing on Mars.
October 26, 2022
Was Mars a blue water world before Earth?
Researchers say that early Mars likely had a thick hydrogen atmosphere that allowed water to exist for millions of years, even before Earth had oceans.
October 26, 2022
Secrets of Saturn’s rings revealed by the sun
A new study uses solar occultation data from NASA's Cassini mission to better understand the composition, formation and other secrets of Saturn's rings.
October 25, 2022
Super-fast jet blasts from neutron star collision
Astronomers discovered and measured a super-fast jet, thought to be the result of 2 neutron stars colliding. The jet is moving at 99.97% the speed of light!
October 23, 2022
Liquid water on Mars beneath polar ice?
Is there liquid water on Mars? A new international study supports the initial reported discovery in 2018 of water beneath Mars' south polar ice cap.
October 20, 2022
Time-lapse movie of the sky from NASA’s NEOWISE
The NEOWISE space telescope has been taking all-sky images for 12 years, creating a movie of the sky that astronomers can use to watch the changing cosmos.
October 20, 2022
Venus balloon aerobot completes 1st test flights
Engineers and scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory successfully conducted 2 test flights of a robotic Venus balloon prototype.
October 17, 2022
A supernova warning sign: When massive stars dim
Scientists have found a supernova warning sign. They said massive stars - from 8 to 20 solar masses - will dramatically dim before exploding.
October 16, 2022
Earth-like ocean planets plentiful for red dwarf stars?
Researchers in Japan say that Earth-like ocean planets orbiting red dwarf stars may be fairly common. Up to about 10% may have oceans similar to our own.
October 14, 2022
Ringed star shows light can push matter
Wolf-Rayet 140 is a unique binary ringed star system that shows its intense light pushes dust into these rings as the pair of stars orbit each other.
October 13, 2022
