Sun Unleashes Powerful X-Class Solar Flare With More Expected
An X 1.2 class solar flare recorded on Jan. 5, 2022. NASA/SDO An intense solar flare exploded on the surface of the sun late Thursday from a complex sunspot…
Ancient bones, teeth found in shipwreck burial ground help explain genetic ancestry of Scandinavians
Researchers say that the Viking Age left an imprint on the genetics of present-day Scandinavians. In an international study published Thursday in the journal Cell, scientists found that DNA from…
Yes, Mars Really Is Home to This Wild Wavy Landscape
These defrosting dunes on Mars look like they were laid down by a baker with a tube full of frosting. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our…
NASA Webb Telescope Spots Milky Way-Like Galaxies From Long Ago
Hubble’s view (left) and Webb’s view (right) of barred spiral galaxy EGS-23205 as it was about 11 billion years ago. NASA/CEERS/University of Texas at Austin The James Webb Space Telescope…
NASA’s Pumped About 2023: Here’s Why
Starliner after its return from a flight test. NASA hopes the Boeing spacecraft will carry crew to the ISS in 2023. NASA/Bill Ingalls It’s going to be tough for NASA…
How Supersonic Tech Got Into Cardiac Devices and Saved Lives
Robert Bryant at work, circa 2012. Sean Smith/NASA Robert Bryant was part of a team at NASA in the early 1990s tasked with coming up with a new material for…
Tiny Satellite Called Mario Couldn’t Be More Mario If It Tried
JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata snapped a view of the Mario CubeSat shortly after it was deployed from the ISS. NASA/Koichi Wakata The Mario movie based on the Super Mario Bros. game is…
Tiny Satellite Named Mario Couldn’t Be More Mario If It Tried
JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata snapped a view of the Mario CubeSat shortly after it was deployed from the ISS. NASA/Koichi Wakata The Mario movie based on the Super Mario Bros. game is…
What Is a ‘Bomb Cyclone’? Here’s Why It’s So Destructive
The bomb cyclone on Wednesday, Jan. 4, moving toward the coast of California. NOAA Satellites Beginning Wednesday and on into Thursday, areas of Northern and Southern California have been undergoing excessive…
What Is a ‘Bomb Cyclone’? Here’s Why It’s So Threatening
The bomb cyclone as it moves toward the coast of California, taken on Wednesday, Jan. 4. NOAA Satellites On Wednesday and Thursday, areas of Northern and Southern California are poised…