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Fire and ice: Moon water from ancient volcanoes?
A new study suggests that astronauts may one day drink moon water from ancient volcanoes. The water might exist as layers of ice beneath the surface.
May 30, 2022
Watch asteroid 7335 (1989 JA) sweep past today and tomorrow
Large asteroid 7335 (1989 JA) will safely pass our planet on May 27, 2022, coming closer than it will again for the next 200 years.
May 26, 2022
Starliner is safely back on Earth
Boeing’s Starliner returned safely from the International Space Station on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. It's touchdown marks a successful end to the OFT-2 mission.
May 26, 2022
How Webb will explore our own solar system
The greatly anticipated Webb telescope will be able to observe objects in our own solar system, as explained in anew NASA blog post.
May 25, 2022
Scientists grow plants in lunar soil
Scientists were able to grow plants in lunar soil. They weren't quite as robust as those grown in earthly soil. But it's a key step for future space missions.
May 22, 2022
Video: Starlink satellite train passes over
A sky photographer captured the a train of Starlink satellites on May 16, 2022, two days after Spacex launched them on May 14, 2022.
May 20, 2022
Voyager 1 mystery: Sending random data
Voyager 1, the most distant humanmade object from Earth, has been sending back strange data, a mystery scientists are trying to solve.
May 19, 2022
InSight mission’s fate sealed by Martian dust
NASA announced on Tuesday that it is winding down the InSight lander mission on Mars, due to increasing dust on its solar panels.
May 18, 2022
New 5.0 marsquake is biggest yet detected
NASA's InSight lander has just detected the biggest marsquake so far in its mission. Insight felt "the big one," a record magnitude 5.0, on May 4, 2022.
May 17, 2022
Baily’s beads seen during a solar eclipse
May 15, 1836: Francis Baily, an English astronomer, saw light shining through lunar ridges during an eclipse of the sun. These are now known as Baily's beads.
May 15, 2022
