The Arecibo Observatory may be no longer, but its thoughtful message continues to inspire astronomers and scholars worldwide.

NASA's Europa Clipper mission has launched to study Jupiter's icy moon Europa, which may harbor a potentially habitable ocean ...

Jupiter and four of its largest moons. (Photo by Bob Drieslein) On Oct. 14, 2024, NASA launched the ”Europa Clipper” aboard the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This ...

The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There’s nothing to walk ...

Scientists have published the first detailed analyses of the historic cache of lunar soil and rock that China retrieved from ...

She's working toward a master's degree in physics at Marshall University and serves as a NASA Solar System Ambassador, ...

The Europa Clipper mission, NASA's largest planetary science spacecraft to date, aims to determine if Jupiter's moon Europa ...

Barely nine months after the last cut, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will again reduce its workforce. On Wednesday, the ...

And private jets — used by only 0.003% of the population — accounted for almost 2% of the industry's emissions. The worst offenders, Gössling says, can pollute 550 times more than the average person ...

NASA-supported scientists have developed a method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons, which will ...

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

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