China’s First Mars Rover May Have Run Into Trouble on the Dusty Planet
Hello, Zhurong rover and Tianwen-1 lander. This selfie came from a remote camera set on the surface of Mars. CNSA This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series…
Grim 2022 US Climate Report Details $165 Billion in Disaster Costs
NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite captured this view of Hurricane Ian south of Florida on Sept. 26, 2022. CIRA/RAMMB/NOAA Extreme weather and the ongoing impacts of the global climate crisis took a…
What Is a ‘Bomb Cyclone’? Here’s Why It’s So Brutal
Record rains, brought on by a series of atmospheric river storms, hit the Central Coast and Santa Barbara County, causing damage and flooding at the popular Western-style Alisal Ranch and…
Astronomers Have Unveiled Our Galaxy’s Farthest Frontier
Our Milky Way’s center is normally hidden from standard, optical telescopes due to clouds of dust and gas. But the Spitzer Space Telescope’s infrared cameras penetrated much of the dust, revealing stars…
NASA Moon Camera Illuminates Secret Details of Shadowy Crater
ShadowCam is a hypersensitive camera designed to see into shadowy areas of the moon, like the interior of Shackleton crater seen here. NASA/KARI/Arizona State University The moon doesn’t have a…
A Comet, ‘Ring of Fire’ Eclipse and Many Meteors: What to See in the Sky in 2023
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as observed from Mount Fuji, Japan. SpaceWeatherGallery.com/Akihiro Yamazaki For skywatchers, one of the headline attractions of the year is already here, as the brightest comet of…
Astronomers Might’ve Found the Edge of Our Galaxy
Our Milky Way’s center is normally hidden from standard, optical telescopes due to clouds of dust and gas. But the Spitzer Space Telescope’s infrared cameras penetrated much of the dust, revealing stars…
China’s Historic Zhurong Mars Rover May Have Gone Silent
Hello, Zhurong rover and Tianwen-1 lander. This selfie comes from a remote camera set on the surface of Mars. CNSA This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series…
Sun Unleashes Intense X-Class Solar Flare, With More Blasts Expected
An X 1.2 class solar flare recorded on Jan. 5, 2022. NASA/SDO A powerful solar flare exploded on the surface of the sun late Thursday from a complex sunspot that…
First Ever Honeybee Vaccine Approved to Target Deadly Disease
The vaccine targets American Foulbrood, a deadly disease caused by a bacteria known as Paenibacillus larvae. Getty Images/NurPhoto The US Department of Agriculture approved a vaccine for honeybees on Jan.…