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Formation - NASA Science
NASA· 20 minutes agoHow did the Moon form? Several theories about our Moon’s formation vie for dominance, but almost all share that point in common: near the time of the...
NASA Mars imagery captures auroras covering planet
Newsweek· 17 hours agoA Mars orbiter has snapped spectacular aurora light shows rippling across the Red Planet's atmosphere, stretching across the entire globe. Just like Earth, Mars skies light ...
NASA-Led Study Provides New Global Accounting of Earth’s Rivers
NASA· 6 days agoA study led by NASA researchers provides new estimates of how much water courses through Earth’s rivers, the rates at which it’s flowing into the ocean, and how much both of those figures have ...
Astronomers map 8,000 kph winds on a giant alien exoplanet
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoThe tiny blue orbits inside the orbit of Mercury represent the actual size of the TRAPPIST-1 system....
NASA on Alert: Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars
SciTechDaily· 22 hours agoThe Sun will be at peak activity this year, providing a rare opportunity to study how solar storms...
NASA’s Webb Maps Weather on Planet 280 Light-Years Away
NASA· 2 days agoAn international team of researchers has successfully used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to map the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b. Precise brightness measurements over ...
NASA's latest speed test logs its laser-based comms system at 25 Mbps—a connection speed usually...
PC Gamer via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTo get around this, JPL led an experiment using both the JPL laser facility and the DSN Goldstone...
In Depth - NASA Science
NASA· 7 days agoAn exoplanet, or extrasolar planet, is a planet outside of our solar system that usually orbits another star in our galaxy.
The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe equipment planned to help bring samples back from Mars. NASA/JPL A critical NASA mission in the...
Science Highlights - NASA Science
NASA· 4 days agoWith four years on the Red Planet, InSight captured the ‘vital signs’ of Mars, giving the planet its first thorough checkup since it formed 4.5 billion...