While many researchers have devised ways we might use Mars' carbon dioxide to terraform the planet and make it habitable, one new study suggests that…
Happy Birthday, NASA! Space Agency Born 60 Years Ago
NASA was officially born 60 years ago yesterday when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation bringing the agency into existence on July 29, 1958. …
Catch Comet C/2017 S3 PanSTARRS in Outburst
Comet C/2017 S3 PanSTARRS from July 22nd. Image credit and copyright: hodorgabor Comets are one of those great question marks in observational astronomy. Though we…
Alaska Launch Shrouded in Secrecy
Launch facilities at Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska on Kodiak Island. Credit: Alaska Aerospace Corp. WASHINGTON — A secretive California company carried out a suborbital…
Magellanic Clouds Loom Over the Futuristic Hotel from ‘Quantum of Solace’ (Photo)
This view from the Atacama Desert in Chile shows a sky featuring the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds above Residencia, the European Southern Observatory's hotel…
Weird Volcanoes Are Erupting Across the Solar System
This computer-generated view of the surface of Venus shows lava flows from the volcano Sapas Mons that extend hundreds of miles across fractured plains. Credit:…
Why the Private Spaceflight Industry Needs More Lawyers (Op-Ed)
Artist's concept of a possible colony on the moon. Credit: NASA Michael D. Shaw is a biochemist and freelance writer. A graduate of the…
NOAA Still Grappling with Instrument Problem on New Weather Satellite
NOAA says they have restored some performance in the primary Earth-facing instrument on the GOES-17 (formerly GOES-S) satellite, but have yet to fully correct the…
Typhoon slams into Japan, approaches disaster-hit regions
Typhoon Jongdari slammed into central Japan in the early hours of Sunday morning A powerful typhoon slammed into central Japan early Sunday, prompting local authorities…
NASA Completes Webb Telescope Review, Commits to Launch in Early 2021
Video: Administrator Bridenstine: NASA is Committed to Webb Telescope “The more we learn more about our universe, the more we realize that Webb is critical…