What Kind of an Impact did DART Have on Dimorphos? The Science Results are Here

By Matthew Williams - December 21, 2022 02:16 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA has released the preliminary analysis of the DART mission's impact (literally) on Dimorphos!

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Comet Impacts Could Have Brought the Raw Ingredients for Life to Europa's Ocean

By Evan Gough - December 21, 2022 10:48 AM UTC | Astrobiology

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For the First Time, Astronomers Spot Stars in Galaxies that Existed Just 1 Billion Years After the Big Bang

By Matthew Williams - December 20, 2022 03:22 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Using data from the JWST, an international team of astronomers have made the first observations of stars in quasars that existed 1 billion years after the Big Bang.

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We Could Spread Life to the Milky Way With Comets. But Should We?

By Evan Gough - December 20, 2022 01:37 PM UTC | Astrobiology

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Hubble and Spitzer Team up to Find a Pair of Waterworld Exoplanets

By Matthew Williams - December 19, 2022 07:14 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Using data from Hubble and Spitzer, an international team has discovered two new waterworlds in one system.

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Giant Exoplanet is Spiraling Inward to its Doom

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - December 19, 2022 05:57 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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JWST Sees Furious Star Formation in a Stellar Nursery

By Evan Gough - December 19, 2022 02:10 PM UTC | Stars

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Gravitational Wave Observatories Could Search for Warp Drive Signatures

By Matthew Williams - December 19, 2022 12:01 PM UTC | Physics

A new study shows how gravitational wave observatories could be used to search for technosignatures throughout the galaxy

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Could Space-based Satellites Power Remote Mines?

By Andy Tomaswick - December 18, 2022 05:49 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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Accident on the ISS, JWST Deep Field, Space Habitat Goes BANG!

By kuingul-gmail - December 17, 2022 12:37 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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Aztecs Used an Extremely Accurate Solar Observatory to Manage Their Farming

By Matthew Williams - December 16, 2022 05:51 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

A new study demonstrates how the Mexico (Aztecs) kept track of solar cycles to guide their agricultural practices

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Are Planets Tidally Locked to Red Dwarfs Habitable? It's Complicated

By Evan Gough - December 16, 2022 05:13 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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Juno has Been Touring Jupiter's Moons on its Extended Mission. Next Stop: Volcanic Io

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - December 16, 2022 04:19 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Avatars Return to the Movies — and Find a Real-Life Foothold

By Alan Boyle - December 15, 2022 10:06 PM UTC | Site News

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NOAA's New Weather Satellite is Operational, and its Pictures of Earth are Gorgeous

By Evan Gough - December 15, 2022 06:46 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Earth's Water is 4.5 Billion Years Old

By Evan Gough - December 15, 2022 05:13 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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A Soyuz Capsule on ISS is Leaking Coolant Into Space

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - December 15, 2022 03:26 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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Here's a new Image of the Carina Nebula From Hubble

By Nancy Atkinson - December 15, 2022 03:20 PM UTC | Stars

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Where are the Best Places to Land Humans on Mars?

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - December 15, 2022 02:34 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Watch a NASA Supercut of the Entire Artemis I Mission, From Launch to Landing

By Nancy Atkinson - December 15, 2022 01:56 PM UTC | Missions

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