NASA Traces Webb Space Telescope Glitch to Galactic Cosmic Ray
Adriana Manrique Gutierrez/NASA GSFC, CIL Space will throw you for a loop, even if you’re one of the fanciest and highest tech observatories ever made. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope…
Scientists Discover 319-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Brain
This artist’s rendering shows what Coccocephalus wildi might have looked like back when it lived over 300 million years ago. Márcio L. Castro A very long time ago, a fish…
Video shows ‘mysterious’ whirlpool spiral flying over Hawaii sky
A strange spiral was caught on video over Hawaii on Jan. 18. The official Twitter account of the Subaru Telescope on Maunakea, an optical-infrared telescope operated by the National Astronomical…
Bright Green Comet on 50,000-Year Journey Passes Earth This Week
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as observed from Mount Fuji, Japan. SpaceWeatherGallery.com/Akihiro Yamazaki Now’s the time to look for Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as it puts on quite a show while passing our planet…
NASA captures photo of ‘bear’s face’ on the surface of Mars
A strange formation that resembles a bear’s face was captured on the surface of the Red Planet by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter last month. Two perfectly placed craters make up…
‘Worst-Case Scenario’ Space Junk Collision Barely Avoided
A NASA illustration shows various bits of space junk in orbit. NASA Low-Earth orbit — home to satellites, spacecraft and the International Space Station — is full of debris. And…
Satellite, rocket stage nearly collide in possible ‘worst-case scenario’
Two large pieces of space debris – an old rocket body and a military satellite – nearly collided on Friday. LeoLabs, a private company that works to track satellites and…
See 4 Exoplanets Dance Around Their Star in Wondrous Time-Lapse Video
The faint blobs of light are exoplanets orbiting the star HR 8799. Jason Wang/Northwestern University We’ve been learning about exoplanets, or planets located outside our solar system, at a fast…
Potentially ‘Alien’ Comet Survives a Close Encounter With the Sun
Comet 96P/Machholz as seen in 2007. NASA Right before the bright green Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) makes its closest pass by Earth in 50,000 years, a bigger and stranger comet buzzed by…
NASA Mars Helicopter Snaps Awesome Views on Aerial Scouting Mission
This processed image shows one of Ingenuity’s aerial views from its 41st flight. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Image processing by Amanda Kooser/CNET This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series exploring the…