Curiosity Sees Bizarre Spikes on Mars

By Matthew Williams - June 07, 2022 09:56 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new picture taken by NASA's Curiosity rover has revealed something interesting - a pair of spikes protruding from the ground.

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Ingenuity has Lost its Sense of Direction, but It'll Keep on Flying

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - June 07, 2022 06:29 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Juno's Entire 42nd Flight Past Jupiter in One Amazing Mosaic

By Nancy Atkinson - June 07, 2022 02:12 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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This is the Last Selfie InSight Will Ever Take

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - June 07, 2022 12:28 AM UTC | Missions

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Astronomers Just Practiced What Would Happen if a Potentially Dangerous Asteroid was Detected

By Matthew Williams - June 06, 2022 08:05 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Perseverance is Seeing A LOT of Dust Devils

By Nancy Atkinson - June 06, 2022 05:44 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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First Images From JWST are Coming on July 12th

By Evan Gough - June 06, 2022 04:16 PM UTC | Telescopes

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Watch an Entire Flight by Ingenuity, From Take-off to Landing, Covering 704 Meters

By Andy Tomaswick - June 06, 2022 09:32 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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Does a "Mirror World of Particles" Explain the Crisis in Cosmology?

By Brian Koberlein - June 05, 2022 01:00 PM UTC | Cosmology

A mirror universe model might explain why measurements of Hubble constant disagree.

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Hubble Sees a Surviving Companion Star After its Partner Went Supernova

By Paul Sutter - June 03, 2022 04:48 PM UTC | Stars

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What is the Best Radiation Shielding for the Surface of Mars?

By Matthew Williams - June 03, 2022 03:59 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study takes a look at potential methods for radiation shielding that could inform the creation of Martian habitats

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The Early Solar System was Total Mayhem

By Evan Gough - June 03, 2022 11:57 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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See All Naked Eye Planets This Month... in Order

By David Dickinson - June 03, 2022 11:30 AM UTC | Planetary Science

June 2022 offers early risers the chance to trace out the naked eye planets, from Mercury to Saturn.

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Astronomers Find 116,000 New Variable Stars

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - June 03, 2022 12:45 AM UTC | Stars

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Objects That Share the Same Orbit are Common in the Solar System. But we've Never Seen co-Orbital Exoplanets. Why?

By Andy Tomaswick - June 03, 2022 12:34 AM UTC | Exoplanets

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A Pulsar has Been Found Turning so Slowly Astronomers Didn't Even Think it was Possible: Once Every 76 Seconds

By Matthew Williams - June 02, 2022 06:17 PM UTC | Stars

Using the MeerKAT array, an international team of astronomers has detected a new class of radio-emitting neutron star!

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The Stars in Other Galaxies are Generally Heavier Than the Milky Way's Stars

By Paul Sutter - June 02, 2022 04:49 PM UTC | Stars

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Even if you can't see Auroras, You Can Sometimes Hear Them. Here's What They Sound Like

By Andy Tomaswick - June 01, 2022 10:27 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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NASA Will Rent Future Spacesuits From Longtime Supplier and Newcomer

By Alan Boyle - June 01, 2022 07:36 PM UTC | Space Policy

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Dark Stars: The First Stars in the Universe Could Have Been Powered by Annihilating Dark Matter

By Paul Sutter - June 01, 2022 04:49 PM UTC | Stars

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