Mars donut! Perseverance rover spots holey Red Planet rock (photo)
NASA's Perseverance rover has spied a big, donut-shaped rock on Mars. It might be a meteorite, scientists say.
NASA's Perseverance rover has spied a big, donut-shaped rock on Mars. It might be a meteorite, scientists say.
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In the early 20th century, a team of women went far beyond their job descriptions, not to mention the societal norms of the time, to revolutionize astronomy.
NASA has produced sounds from telescope data on five galaxies in Stephan's Quintet, a binary star system called R Aquarii, and a giant galaxy known as Messier 104.
The exoplanet LP 890-9c resides near the inner edge of its star's habitable zone, and if conditions are favorable it could potentially support liquid water and life.
The animations highlight emissions from different human and natural sources, with the main contribution coming from the burning of fossil fuels.
An exotic, ultracold state of matter on Earth is helping scientists study the behavior of "fuzzy" dark matter.
By shining a strong beam of light through two chemical compounds, scientists discovered a unique new state of matter made of particles called excitons.
Scientists have discovered a weird celestial object that's blurring the line between planet and star.
The atmospheric temperature spike, which was caused by successive geomagnetic storms, suggests the "solar maximum" is fast approaching.
Euclid will launch on July 1 to hunt for dark matter and dark energy, in a quest to understand the nature of our universe's history and future.
The Parker Solar Probe conducted its 16th perihelion pass on Thursday morning (June 22), cruising through the sun’s superhot outer atmosphere, called the corona.
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN spacecraft photographed the Red Planet in July 2022 and January 2023, showcasing its rapidly changing seasons.
Reference NASA is the United States space agency and was founded in 1958 to do human and robotic exploration of the solar system and to study the universe as well.
Reference Here we learn what causes the different colors in the aurora borealis (northern lights) and the aurora australis (southern lights).
Ocean water temperatures around the U.K. and Ireland are over 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) above long-term averages for this part of the year.
NASA has selected five science experiments that it will fund to study the sun and Earth during the Great American Eclipse of 2024.
The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft took this stunning sequence of images of its target planet Mercury during a gravity assist flyby designed to alter its speed.
A gamma-ray burst spotted near the core of an ancient galaxy was likely created by an odd demolition-derby-style collision of two stars or stellar remnants, a new study suggests.