Gravity, mass, and centrifugal force all contribute to the final shape of a planet. The ancient Greeks proved over...
Space
There is a place that we can go to learn more about the past of our own...
Private companies like Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin are offering trips to the stars for those who can...
Astronomers know a lot about what’s in outer space ā and think it’s possible it never ends....
The missions will use radar and a probe to learn about Earth’s hard-to-study and potentially prophetic neighbor....
As we explore further from our home planet providing water and food to astronauts will become more...
The Great Red Spot has been observed since 1831. Continuous observation began in 1879. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew...
The story of oceans is the story of life. It reaches deep into the universe and places...
JPL manages NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, which tracks comets and asteroids that drift close to...
Comets’ influence on cultures is not limited simply to tales of myth and legend. By Noah GoldmanCollege...
What is inside a comet’s nucleus? Marshmallows? Chewy caramel? Nuts? Introduction A comet’s nucleus is in the...
New data challenges the long-held theory that all of Mars’s water escaped into space. By Robert PerkinsContent...
The remote world has already bulked up to five times the mass of Jupiter. The above illustration...
Once biological neighbors are identified, our planetās philosophies and religions will need to adapt. How will humankind...
It’s time for a hard look at the system for managing space traffic. A rocket from the...
By Mark Garcia More than 500,000 pieces of debris, or āspace junk,ā are tracked as they orbit...
The maps of the Moon that were created at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory have long since...
A fundamental decision that led to the successful lunar landings came largely as a result of one...
Weāre not exactly sure what the universe was up to in the first few nano-moments into the...
Apollo 8 was the moment that humanity realized a dream conceived in our cultural imagination over two...
U.S. space exploration inspired a generation of students and innovators, but NASAās role has diminished, and the...
The technologies behind weather forecasting, GPS and even smartphones can trace their origins to the race to...
While the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing is an opportunity to celebrate a remarkable technological...
In the space beyond Earth’s atmosphere, countries are focusing on nationalist pursuits and ignoring the consequences for...
It has been 10 years since Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched the commercial space age. What hurdles must...
Is there hope humanity will once again push beyond Earth? By Ryan P. Smith Few moments in...
America had completed a series of successful launches into space and achieved many firsts well before Sputnik....
Artist depiction of an asteroid on a collision course with Earth.Ā By Mopic/shutterstock.com An asteroidĀ onĀ a collisionĀ courseĀ withĀ EarthĀ is inevitable. Astronomer...
It is theoretically possible that habitable planets exist around pulsars – spinning neutron stars that emit short,...
A new approach to dating the birth of our solar system could help find other similar systems. Flickr/Dmitry...