Satellite images show just how bad California’s wildfires really are
Horrifying images are emerging from the Napa Valley in California right now, as a two-day-old wildfire is rampaging through the region. 15 people are already …
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NASA’s Juno orbiter captures stunning photo of Jupiter, Io, and Europa
It’s been some time now since NASA’s Cassini orbiter crashed on Saturn and left us all wanting more of its fantastic photos and observations, but …
Massive Martian waterbody that dwarfed the Great Lakes once dominated Mars
Scientists have known for some time that Mars once had lots and lots of water — in fact, some of it is still there — …
NASA might actually modify the DNA of astronauts going to Mars
Astronauts are some of the bravest men and women on the face of the planet, but the first crew to venture past the Moon and …
Stunning NASA photos reveals how badly Hurricane Maria damaged Puerto Rico’s power grid
Puerto Rico is in the middle of an incredible crisis thanks to the unspeakable destruction Hurricane Maria wrought. Aside from the physical toll and damage …
NASA forced to push back launch of Hubble’s successor
We’re going to have to wait a little bit longer to see glorious new photos of the most impressive sights in space. NASA’s top-of-the-line James …
Russia and the US pledge to work together on a lunar space station
Tensions between the governments of the United States and Russia are undeniably high as of late, but that isn’t stopping scientists in both countries from …
Gorgeous new video shows the northern lights as seen from space
Anyone lucky enough to have seen an aurora in person can tell you that it’s a breathtaking sight, but even the stunning, swirling green stripes …
Scientists spot odd pair of asteroids locked in a watery dance
While NASA is hard at work getting a fancy probe to steal rocks from a nearby asteroid, researchers with their eyes on the rocky belt …
NASA wants you to help astronauts breathe, and it’ll pay $100,000
It’s not often that the incredibly bright minds at NASA are forced to look for solutions from the general public, but the agency just launched …
NASA is about to send a spacecraft to steal rocks from an asteroid
When it comes to studying samples of otherworldly material, scientists on Earth are in a bit of a bind. We’ve brought rocks back from the …
‘Martian’ scientists emerge from eight months in isolation on Hawaiian volcano
Hawaii is one of the most popular vacation destinations on the planet so it’s obviously a pretty great place to spend some time, being cooped …
Well, NASA’s Cassini is dead
If you woke up this morning feeling a little down for a Friday, that might be because the entire scientific and space watching community is …
Watch live as NASA tracks Cassini’s fatal plunge into Saturn
The Cassini orbiter has provided us with some spectacular sights of Saturn and its moons over the years, but one of the spacecraft’s most important …
Astronomers discover a pitch black planet that reflects almost zero sunlight
When you imagine planets outside of our solar system you might dream up ocean worlds, thick plains of ice, or boiling seas of molten rock. …
There’s so much manmade junk in Earth orbit that satellites are in serious danger
Advancing technology and miniaturization go hand-in-hand. That’s great when it comes to smartphones and ultra-thin laptops, but it’s becoming a real problem in space. We’ve …
Hurricane Irma did a real number on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful storm, and even though it weakened significantly as it made its way towards landfall in Florida, the hurricane still …
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is on its death dive, and you can track it live
It’s been NASA’s plan for months, but now that it’s here it’s an incredibly bittersweet moment: Cassini, the spacecraft which has sent back some jaw-dropping …
SpaceX is launching the US Military’s mysterious X-37B spaceplane into orbit today – watch it live here
SpaceX launches have become something of a routine over the past year or so, but if you think there’s nothing interesting about yet another launch …
The final countdown has begun for NASA’s Cassini
In less than 10 days, NASA’s heroic Cassini orbiter will make its suicidal dive into the surface of Saturn, bringing an end to a truly …
Scientists finally solve centuries-long mystery of star that disappeared 14 days after its discovery
Mapping the cosmos as we see it from Earth is a never-ending job, but one of the nice things about stars is that they tend …
Spare a thought for Voyager 1 and 2, which have been hurtling through space for 40 years
In late August and early September of 1977, NASA sent two messengers into space. Their extended mission, to travel as far away from Earth as …
NASA’s Cassini dove past Saturn’s rings and sent back this gorgeous video
NASA’s Cassini orbiter continues to send back some stunning shots of Saturn even as its days are rapidly coming to an end. The spacecraft’s latest …
NASA’s next Mars spacecraft is going to look inside the planet, and nobody knows what it might find
NASA’s Mars rovers regularly send back awesome images of the red planet, not to mention an incredible wealth of scientific data, but that’s not stopping …
Astronaut pee could be turned into plastics
Astronauts are masters at recycling, and the brave space farers aboard the International Space Station already repurpose urine and the humidity they exhale into drinking …
Largest-ever asteroid is about to fly by Earth
Near-Earth objects make passes by our planet on a fairly regular basis, but the space rock that’s going to cruise by on September 1st is …
Don’t believe this insane ’15 days of darkness’ rumor that NASA has already debunked
Ah, the internet. It’s given us complete freedom to communicate with basically whoever we want and provides a wealth of information to anyone who takes …
The ISS delivers a view of the solar eclipse you just have to see
Now that all the eclipse hype has died down you probably think it’s time to move on with your boring old non-eclipse life and get …
This is the only eclipse photo you need
If your friends are anything like mine, every single social app that encourages over-sharing is full of blurry eclipse photos right now. As it turns …
How to safely watch the solar eclipse if you don’t have eclipse glasses
You’re probably aware that a total solar eclipse is going to pass over the US today, giving hundreds of millions of people the rare opportunity …
