In mid-May, a giant wall of dust paraded across parts of the U.S. Midwest, and, thanks to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) East…
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Mars Odyssey orbiter captures volcano peeking above morning cloud tops
Arsia Mons, an ancient Martian volcano, was captured before dawn on May 2, 2025, by NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter while the spacecraft was studying the Red Planet’s atmosphere, which…
Atlas V rocket to launch Amazon’s 2nd batch of Kuiper internet satellites on June 13
Amazon’s second fleet of internet satellites now has a target launch date. The stack of 27 satellites, part of Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation, is scheduled to launch on a United…
Private lunar lander from Japan falls silent while attempting a moon touchdown
This image taken from video shows flight controllers at ispace Mission Control in Tokyo awaiting confirmation of their private lunar lander touching down on the moon Friday, June 6, 2025.…
Watch an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier make a close pass of Earth on June 5
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (424482) 2008 DG5 close encounter: online observation – 5 June 2025 – YouTube Watch On A potentially hazardous asteroid roughly the size of an aircraft carrier is…
Private Japanese lunar lander heads toward a touchdown in the moon’s far north
This image provided by ispace, inc. shows the Resilience lander circling the moon, Wednesday June 4, 2025. Credit: ispace, inc. via AP A private lunar lander from Japan is closing…
James Webb Space Telescope unveils fiery origins of a distant, hellish exoplanet
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered the tumultuous history of a distant, hellishly hot exoplanet that’s being stretched and scorched by its star. The planet, known…
‘Crazy idea’ about cooling effects of Pluto’s haze confirmed by new Webb data
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured this image of Pluto’s surface shrouded in atmospheric haze. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI The first observations of Pluto by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal dramatic…
When the sun dies, could life survive on the Jupiter ocean moon Europa?
Can life survive in the solar system once the sun dies and becomes a red giant star? New research suggests there may be a narrow window of possibility for life…
