A newly released satellite image of Antarctica captured by the NISAR radar mission is giving scientists a closer look at hidden glacial features beneath the surface, according to NASA. Public access to data from the dual-band radar instruments aboard the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite officially opened, allowing researchers worldwide to track land and … Read more
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a giant exoplanet named Beta Pictoris d hidden within the Beta Pictoris system, 63 light-years from Earth, using a breakthrough spectroscopic technique that bypasses the star’s bright debris disk. According to NASA, the discovery makes this system only the second known planetary system to host at … Read more
NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured microscopic images and video aboard the International Space Station revealing that potassium chloride crystals grow in an unusual step-like structure known as “hopper growth” when formed in microgravity, according to NASA and social media posts shared by Pettit. On Earth, the substance—frequently used as a salt substitute in foods and … Read more
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft captured imagery of Mars during a gravity-assist maneuver, providing scientists with rare views of the planet’s southern highlands. The probe, currently en route to a metal-rich asteroid, utilized the planet’s gravitational pull to adjust its trajectory for a 2029 rendezvous, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Imaging Mars During the Psyche Gravity … Read more
NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are scheduled to conclude a 241-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, July 26. The crew will depart the station via the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft, with an expected parachute-assisted landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan at 6:26 a.m. EDT. Mission … Read more
A rare meteorite that struck a Hillsborough, New Jersey, home in 2024 has been identified by NASA and the SETI Institute as a CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite containing complex amino acids and organic compounds. Researchers suggest the rock, which originated in the asteroid belt, provides evidence that the chemical building blocks for life continue to be … Read more
NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) satellite observed a massive bloom of coccolithophores in the Black Sea on June 22, 2026, turning the water a brilliant turquoise. These microscopic organisms, which possess calcium carbonate plates, create a milky, reflective appearance visible from orbit, playing a significant role in the regional carbon cycle. The Mechanics … Read more
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasts that northern states may experience visible northern lights tonight, driven by a Kp index of 4. While auroral activity is expected to decline later in the week, residents in northern latitudes—particularly in Alaska, Washington, and the Upper Midwest—have the highest probability of viewing the phenomenon before activity … Read more
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a high-resolution image of Centaurus A, a galaxy located 11 million light-years from Earth. The observation, marking the fourth anniversary of the telescope’s mission, reveals new details of a galactic merger that occurred 2 billion years ago, including the mechanics of its supermassive black hole and ongoing … Read more
NASA plans to conduct the first-ever combustion experiments on the lunar surface through the Flammability of Materials on the Moon (FM2) project. According to NASA, these tests aim to determine how fire behaves in the moon’s gravity—roughly 16.667% of Earth’s—to establish safety protocols for future Artemis missions and permanent lunar bases. Why Lunar Gravity Creates … Read more