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This Is NASA's New Plan to Detect and Destroy Asteroids Before They Hit Earth
June 20, 2018 | ArticleNASA has updated its plans to deflect potentially hazardous Earth-bound asteroids — and none of them involve Bruce Willis.
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Japan's Hayabusa2 Asteroid Probe Snaps Best Pics Yet of Its Target Ryugu
June 20, 2018 | ArticleAs Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft approaches the asteroid Ryugu, the probe has grabbed its best photos yet of the rocky body — and they'll only get better.
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Image of the Day
June 20, 2018 | Image AlbumNASA's Curiosity rover took this selfie on Mars during a planet-wide dust storm that forced the Opportunity rover to enter a sleep mode on June 12.
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Did Plate Tectonics Set the Stage for Life on Earth?
June 19, 2018 | ArticleA new study suggests that rapid cooling within the Earth's mantle through plate tectonics played a major role in the development of the first life forms, which in turn led to the oxygenation of the Earth's atmosphere.
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Wow! This Fresh Meteoroid Impact on Mars Triggered a Dusty Avalanche
June 19, 2018 | ArticleA small space rock crashed into Mars recently, and NASA has captured an amazing view of its crater grave site, as well as the trail from an avalanche triggered by the impact.
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Dwarf Planet Ceres Has Way More Organic Molecules Than Originally Suspected
June 19, 2018 | ArticleOn the dwarf planet Ceres, organic molecules are more abundant than scientists originally suspected.
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Gravity Assist Podcast: InSight, with Bruce Banerdt
June 19, 2018 | ArticleNASA's new Chief Scientist, Dr Jim Green, talks to Bruce Banerdt, who is the lead scientist on the latest mission to Mars: InSight.
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Black Holes Could Actually Be Colliding Wormholes
June 19, 2018 | ArticleThe echoes of colliding wormholes would look different than the signal from merging black holes.
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The 4th Flavor? Scientists Close in on a New Kind of Neutrino
June 19, 2018 | ArticleThe history behind the discovery is a fascinating tale with twist and turns that would make Agatha Christie's head spin.
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Asteroid Defense: Scanning the Sky for Threats From Space
June 19, 2018 | ReferenceNASA and other organizations do regular scans of the sky to catalog any small bodies that are at risk of crashing into our planet.
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