Space Exploration
Interplanetary Travel Lessons From DAWN
NASA's DAWN mission laid the foundation for interplanetary travel. Find out how.
Space Exploration
NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Look Farther into Space
JWST will peer into our universe's history by observing the most distant planets and stars. It...
Frontiers
More Geysers on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
NASA's Cassini space probe has provided more evidence of a subsurface ocean on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Frontiers
What Ever Happened to the Moon’s Magnetosphere?
The astronauts who brought back moon rocks half a century ago also revealed a lunar mystery:...
Space Exploration
The Next Frontier: Aerospace Medicine
Aerospace medicine helps humans push the bounds of what is possible, as we continue to explore...
Frontiers
Red Planet Road Trip: Space Travel to Mars Meets Speculative Sightseeing
When regular space travel to Mars becomes a reality, what would a Red Planet road trip...
Science
Ready, SETI, Go! Analyzing the Arecibo Message
What is the Arecibo Message? Let's unpack this powerful, interstellar communication — and what it means...
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Juno Spacecraft May Extend Jupiter Mission
NASA mission planners might be giving the go-ahead for a new Jupiter mission using the existing...
Frontiers
Ceres: From Asteroid to Ocean World
Since its discovery on January 1, 1801, what was originally taken for a comet and later...
Science
Does Pluto Have Storms?
Pluto has turned out to be a far more complicated world than once imagined. But does...
Black Holes
Planet 9, a Black Hole Mystery, and Planets Beyond
Is the mysterious, much-searched-for Planet 9 really a black hole?
Black Holes
The Graviton: The Quantum Particle That Makes the World Round
The search for the graviton is a core challenge of contemporary physics.
Frontiers
When Quantum Mechanics and Relativity Collide
The two greatest achievements of modern physics — quantum mechanics and Einstein's theory of general relativity...
Frontiers
Mars Exploration? 3 Problems Science Needs to Solve First
Humans have long fantasized about Mars exploration and colonization. That dream could become a reality now...