May 04 WATCH: NASA launches InSight, the first lander for peering deep into Mars By Rashmi Shivni InSight could become the first probe to dig deep into Mars' interior to explore how the Red Planet’s geology evolved over billions of years, including the planet’s so-called “marsquakes.”… Continue reading
Apr 19 Who is Jim Bridenstine, NASA’s new administrator? By Nsikan Akpan Congressman. Museum owner. Climate change denier. These are some of the words used to describe Jim Bridenstine, who was confirmed Thursday as the 13th NASA administrator. Continue reading
Apr 16 WATCH LIVE: TESS, NASA’s new exoplanet hunter, launches on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket By Jason Steffen, The Conversation NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will monitor more than 200,000 stars to discover thousands of exoplanets, ranging from Earth-sized to gas giants. Continue reading
Mar 30 What to do if this Chinese space station crashes into your house this weekend By Nsikan Akpan Though chances of a human collision are low, here's what to do if the Tiangong-1 lands near you -- and how you'd sue for damages. Continue reading
Mar 27 James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble’s $8.8 billion successor, faces lengthy delay By Lee Billings, Scientific American On Tuesday, NASA officials revealed James Webb Space Telescope’s launch date has slipped from spring of 2019 to approximately May 2020 — a delay that could cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Continue reading
Mar 01 5 overlooked stories that are worth your time By Hannah Grabenstein These days, it’s hard to stop politics from flooding your news feed. We take a moment every week to bring you important stories beyond the White House and the Capitol. Here’s what we’re reading now… Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch: The super blue blood moon makes first appearance since 1866 By Travis Daub, Nsikan Akpan If cloudy skies are blocking your view or you can’t manage to roll out of bed for an early morning viewing, we’ve got you covered. Watch the first super blue blood moon to appear over the U.S. in more than… Continue reading
Jan 18 2017, a year of extreme disasters, was also one of the hottest on record By Rashmi Shivni Scientists worry that the extreme weather events seen in 2017 will only get worse as the planet heats up. Continue reading
Jan 06 John Young, NASA’s longest serving astronaut, dies at 87 By Michael D. Regan Young was a vanguard of NASA's space program in a career that spanned more than four decades during which he walked on the moon, commanded the first space shuttle flight and became the only astronaut to enter space as part… Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch 7:20 Can humans cope with long space travel? Astronaut Scott Kelly spent a year as a guinea pig By Miles O'Brien A year in space isn’t for the faint of heart. Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, author of a new book, “Endurance,” sits down with science correspondent Miles O’Brien to discuss the physical effects of a long space mission and what… Continue watching