NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has traveled to within just 3.86 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun’s surface — a new record — on Christmas Eve. You can follow Parker’s landmark moment on NASA’s Eyes On The Solar System … Read More
WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday directed NASA to establish a unified standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies, as the United States aims to set international norms in space amid a growing … Read More
The touchdown try is scheduled for 6:24 p.m. ET today (Feb. 22). We’re just hours away from what could be the first moon landing by an American spacecraft in 50 years, a success that would kickstart the nation’s hope to … Read More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Dec 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. military’s secretive X-37B robot spaceplane blasted off from Florida on Thursday night on its seventh mission, the first launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket capable of delivering it to a … Read More
In the blazing upper atmosphere of the Sun, a team of scientists have found new clues that could help predict when and where the Sun’s next flare might explode. Using data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, researchers from … Read More
BREVARD, Fla. NASA launched its massive Artemis I moon rocket early Wednesday, bringing the United States a step closer to landing on the lunar surface for the first time in 50 years since the end of the Apollo program. NASA teams proceeded … Read More
(J. Greaves/Cardiff University/JAXA via AP) Scientists may have found evidence that some type of life possibly exists on Venus, according to a new study. A study published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy reports the first detection of phosphine, which is a possible … Read More
A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert is arriving along the U.S. Gulf Coast this week after traveling across the Atlantic Ocean. The phenomenon happens every year – but the 2020 version is especially large and imposing, experts … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, First the good news. NASA predicts the large asteroid they’ve been watching will miss the earth. On the other hand, the locust plague in East Africa is being described in Biblical terms. Billions of locusts have swarmed … Read More
Increased sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean characterizes an El Niño, which is followed by weather changes throughout the world. Photo: NASA Goddard’s Scientific Visualization Studio The 2015 to 2016 El Niño event brought weather conditions that triggered … Read More