Jan 05 New NASA missions to study 'fossils' of the solar system By Michael Rios Jupiter's Trojan asteroids are thought to be remnants of the material that formed the solar system's more distant planets. NASA plans to visit them in one of two upcoming missions. Continue reading
Dec 23 'Hidden Figures' and the journey to celebrate NASA's black female pioneers By Nsikan Akpan The story behind how Hidden Figures went from biography to Hollywood, as told by the author, cast and crew. Continue reading
Dec 15 WATCH: NASA successfully launches hurricane-monitoring satellites By Alison Thoet Eight NASA microsatellites tasked with tracking hurricanes dropped out of an airplane above the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday and shot into orbit around the Earth. Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch 10:30 Remembering John Glenn, space pioneer and American statesman By PBS News Hour Former astronaut and senator John Glenn has died at age 95. In every chapter of his life, whether on Earth or above it, Glenn accumulated achievements -- serving as a Marine fighter pilot in two wars and later launching into… Continue watching
Dec 08 John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, dies at 95 By Julia Griffin, Alexis Cox John Glenn, NASA astronaut, U.S. Senator and the first American to orbit the planet, died Thursday. He was 95. Continue reading
Nov 30 Column: Our planet will suffer if Trump shutters NASA Earth science By David Biello The end of ice on Earth is merely one thing we won’t be able to monitor if NASA stops using satellites to look at our home, author David Biello writes… Continue reading
Nov 23 Under Trump, NASA may lose climate research By Lee Billings, Scientific American President-elect Donald Trump’s next target in his political denial of human-driven global warming and climate change might be NASA’s $2-billion annual budget for Earth science. Continue reading
Nov 17 Pluto's heart may conceal an ocean By Lee Billings, Scientific American Astronomers have just found the best evidence yet of an entire ocean in an exceedingly unlikely place—the dwarf planet Pluto. Continue reading
Nov 16 National Geographic makes hazardous journey to 'MARS' in new miniseries By Nsikan Akpan The myriad strains of a future deep space journey percolate through ‘MARS’ — a new six-part miniseries on the National Geographic Channel. Continue reading
Nov 12 An epic supermoon is on the horizon By Ryan Connelly Holmes Look up early next week, and you will see a supermoon at its closest in a generation. Continue reading