Science

NASA Spots Eerie ‘Spider’ Shapes in Mars Crater View

David Bowie was on to something with his Spiders from Mars. While there are no crawling arachnids in residence on…

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How to See the Full Harvest Supermoon Rise Tonight

If you're in Europe, the Americas or Africa, make a plan to get outside around sunset on Thursday. The rest…

1 year ago

Meteor Shower Season Heats Up With Daytime Sextantid Show

August's Perseid meteor shower may be the most well known of the year, but it's the last quarter of the…

1 year ago

NASA Opens Osiris-Rex Asteroid Sample Canister, Revealing Cosmic Bounty

On Tuesday, specialists from NASA and Lockheed Martin removed the lid from a canister filled with "black dust and debris"…

1 year ago

NASA astronaut returns to Earth after 371 days in space, a US record for longest continuous spaceflight

A NASA astronaut now holds the record for the longest U.S. spaceflight after returning to Earth Wednesday, but the feat…

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Antarctica Logs ‘Record-Smashing’ Low for Sea Ice, Says NASA

NASA may be famous for its space exploits, but it's just as concerned with what's happening on our own planet…

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Meteor Shower Season Heats Up as Orionids and Taurids Activate

August's Perseid meteor shower may be the most well known of the year, but it's the last quarter of the…

1 year ago

Peculiar Galaxies Collide in Haunting NASA Hubble View

Have you ever looked at an image from the Hubble Space Telescope image and got the feeling you're being watched?…

1 year ago

How to See the Full Harvest Supermoon Rise This Week

Traditionally, the full moon that takes place nearest to the northern autumn equinox has been known as the "harvest" moon…

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NASA Brings Home Asteroid Sample Swiped by Osiris-Rex Spacecraft

For the first time, NASA has returned some dust and other bits of an asteroid collected in space to Earth…

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