Dune patterns in California desert hold clues that help researchers map Mars’ shifting sands

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a…

Go behind the gory scenes of Hulu’s ‘Alien: Earth’ with gruesome aliens and crawling eyeballs (video)

On-Set Dispatches: First Look | Alien: Earth | FX – YouTube Watch On “Alien: Earth” doesn’t crash onto FX/Hulu until next month but the more we see of creator Noah…

NASA says it will lose about 20 percent of its workforce

NASA is making deep cuts in its workforce. The US space agency NASA will lose about 3,900 employees under Donald Trump’s sweeping effort to trim the federal workforce—at the same…

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 170 — Atomic Space Batteries!

Atomic Space Batteries! – Dr. Robert O’Brien of USRA – YouTube Watch On On Episode 170 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by are…

European Vega C rocket ferries satellites into orbit

Credit: ESA – M. Pedoussaut A rocket carrying carbon dioxide- and Earth-observing satellites successfully blasted off from South America late Friday. The Vega C rocket, operated by French firm Arianespace,…

How to watch two meteor showers peak together in late July

This image provided by NASA shows comet 96P Machholz which orbits the Sun about every 6 years, and is suspected to cause the Southern Delta Aquariids meteor showers. Credit: NASA/ESA/SOHO…

Senegal becomes 56th country to sign Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration

Senegal has officially joined the Artemis Accords, becoming the 56th nation and the fourth African country to commit to a shared vision for peaceful and transparent space exploration. The signing…

The future of construction on Earth is extraterrestrial

Texas A&M Professor Dr. Nancy Currie-Gregg plants a flag for the new Texas A&M University Space Institute during a groundbreaking ceremony last fall. The facility in Houston is set for…

New moon of July 2025 sees Saturn swim with the fishes tonight

The new moon arrives on July 24, a day after the moon and Jupiter make a close pass in the dawn sky. The exact timing of the new moon phase…

Scientists and engineers craft radio telescope bound for the moon

LuSEE-Night undergoes final assembly at the Space Sciences Laboratory, following the completion of all major components by Brookhaven Lab and other collaborators. Credit: Space Sciences Laboratory The U.S. Department of…