Mar 20 It’s the spring equinox. What in the heavens is happening? By Associated Press The events have been marked and celebrated around the world for centuries. Continue reading
Mar 06 Another private lunar lander has touched down on the moon, but may have fallen over By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the moon’s south pole or lying sideways like its first spacecraft from a year ago. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 4:52 Blue Ghost lunar landing highlights NASA’s partnership with the private sector By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas NASA’s partnership with the private sector took a key step forward with a successful moon landing. The Blue Ghost lunar lander, built by the company, Firefly Aerospace, stuck the landing safely early Sunday, making it the first commercial spacecraft to… Continue watching
Mar 02 Private lunar lander successfully touches down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business on Earth's celestial neighbor ahead of astronaut missions. Continue reading
Feb 25 Scientists (mostly) rule out this newly discovered asteroid hitting Earth in the next decade By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press There’s still a 1.7 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, according to NASA. Continue reading
Feb 10 In our cosmic neighborhood, space telescope spots rare ‘Einstein ring’ of light around galaxy By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles a galaxy 590 million light-years away. Continue reading
Feb 01 The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded By Timothy J McCoy, Sara Russell, The Conversation In 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale of rock, ice and water that hints at how life could have formed on Earth. Continue reading
Dec 31 Out-of-this-world space missions to watch in 2025 By Zhenbo Wang, The Conversation In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world. The new year’s missions will expand humanity’s horizons even further. Continue reading
Dec 25 Watch 6:43 How a newly discovered galaxy could offer clues on how our Milky Way Galaxy formed By Miles O'Brien Scientists have found the beginnings of a young universe that may offer insights into the beginnings of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Geoff Bennett and Miles O'Brien discussed why scientists are excited by the discovery, one that has a little… Continue watching
Dec 22 NASA prepares for Parker Solar Probe to make its closest-ever approach to the sun By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. Plans call for the NASA spacecraft on Tuesday to hurtle through the sizzling solar atmosphere and pass within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the… Continue reading