Head away from city lights in late July to see the dense core of the Milky Way arcing towards the southwestern horizon against a blissfully dark sky as the waning…
Category: Space
How the moon’s hidden protection shields against solar wind erosion
Despite the wonderful images captured from the lunar surface that suggest otherwise, the Moon does have an atmosphere. It’s an incredibly thin, rarefied shell of gas known as an exosphere.…
Europe tests largest-ever Mars parachute in the stratosphere above the Arctic (video)
A giant parachute built for Europe’s beleaguered ExoMars mission has aced a drop test with a mock lander during a test campaign in the Arctic. The double parachute system consists…
How NASA saved a camera from 370 million miles away
The north polar region of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io was captured by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA’s Juno during the spacecraft’s 57th close pass of the gas giant on Dec.…
Amateur astrophotographer captures trio of breathtaking nebulas from the Central Australian Desert (photos)
Amateur astrophotographer and full-time wildlife conservationist Tim Henderson captured a trio of breathtaking nebula scenes adorning the pristine skies above the Central Australian Desert. Henderson was able to capture detailed…
Astronomers capture the birth of planets around a baby sun outside our solar system
This image provided by the European Southern Observatory on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, shows jets of silicon monoxide blowing away from the baby star HOPS-315. (ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. McClure et al. via…
Discover where the Eagle might have landed: How to find Apollo 11’s backup sites on the moon
On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong announced his historic arrival on the ancient lava plain of Mare Tranquillitatis with the following message to NASA: “Houston, Tranquility Base…
Weird space weather seems to have influenced human behavior on Earth 41,000 years ago
Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Our first meeting was a bit awkward. One of us is an archaeologist who studies how past peoples interacted with their environments. Two of us are…
10 unique tours and experiences for the 2027 ‘eclipse of the century’
If you want to experience the longest total solar eclipse for the next 87 years, make plans for Aug. 2, 2027. To enjoy a whopping 6 minutes, 21 seconds of…
Vision problems emerge as astronauts spend months in orbit
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough sets up optical coherence tomography hardware. Credit: NASA When astronauts began spending six months and more aboard the International Space Station, they started to notice changes…
