Ancient civilizations wrestled with the possibility of life beyond Earth, offering diverse cosmologies that reveal a persistent...
Universe
Explore the universe through astronomy and cosmology, including its origins, evolution, galaxies, stars, cosmic phenomena, and changing scientific interpretation.
Astronomers are already learning unexpected things about the early universe from the James Webb Space Telescope. If...
There’s a lot to look forward to in 2022. Introduction Space travel is all about momentum. Rockets turn...
Hubble’s findings are helping us understand how our universe has come to be the way it is...
Scientists have a good estimate on the staggering number of stars in the universe. Introduction Look up...
Gravity, mass, and centrifugal force all contribute to the final shape of a planet. The ancient Greeks proved over...
There is a place that we can go to learn more about the past of our own...
The missions will use radar and a probe to learn about Earth’s hard-to-study and potentially prophetic neighbor....
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...
Artist depiction of an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. By Mopic/shutterstock.com An asteroid on a collision course with Earth is inevitable. Astronomer...
By Dr. Martin Rees / 03.14.2018 Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics University of Cambridge Soon after...
Fig 1 By Dr. Frank Wilczek / 12.11.2015 Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
NASA By Paul Gilster / 04.08.2016 The human future in the cosmos could be all but limitless,...