Oct 28 NASA Twins Study spots thousands of genes toggling on and off in Scott Kelly By Rashmi Shivni When astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth after a year floating about the International Space Station, he was noticeably different from his identical twin, Mark Kelly. Continue reading
Sep 26 OSIRIS-REx probe snaps Earth photo on way to space mining adventure By Nsikan Akpan NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe offers a new vantage of Earth on its way to the asteroid Bennu. Continue reading
Sep 14 Let Cassini live forever with these desktop and smartphone wallpapers By Julia Griffin After 20 years and 5 billion miles traveled, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will plummet Friday into Saturn, but you can keep the mission alive with these NewsHour-crafted backgrounds for your computers and smartphones. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch 8:25 Why NASA’s Cassini will take a fiery swan dive into Saturn By PBS News Hour Some 800 million miles away, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has orbited Saturn and captured images of its rings and icy moons. After nearly 5 billion miles traveled and 20 years of sending revealing data from the gas giant, Cassini is winding… Continue watching
Sep 13 Analysis: Why NASA’s Cassini probe had to be destroyed By Fedor Kossakovski The death of NASA's Cassini spacecraft is a matter of life or… well…life. Continue reading
Jul 26 Billions of rogue planets wander the universe without a home By Lee Billings, Scientific American New results suggest free-floating giant planets are less common than previously believed, but hint at vast numbers of smaller castaway worlds… Continue reading
Jul 12 Here are Juno’s first closeup photos of the Great Red Spot By Nsikan Akpan Less than 48 hours ago, NASA's Juno spacecraft got its first up-close-and-personal view with Jupiter's Great Red Spot, and today, the space agency has released photos from the flyby. Continue reading
Jul 10 Juno spacecraft to fly over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot By Larisa Epatko On Monday, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will fly over Jupiter’s most distinguishable and intriguing feature, its swirling Great Red Spot. Continue reading
May 31 NASA reveals first mission to ‘touch the sun’ By Nsikan Akpan NASA wants to send a probe directly into our sun's atmosphere. Continue reading
May 29 NASA eyes a possible landing on Jupiter’s Europa By Ben Burress, KQED NASA is setting its sights on a much deeper look at Jupiter’s moon, Europa, and the mysterious -- potentially life-supporting -- ocean hidden beneath its icy crust. Continue reading