NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return to Earth: Live updates
NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission will return pieces of asteroid Bennu to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023. Follow the historic landing live here.
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How NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will help protect Earth against asteroid Bennu and its flyby in 2182
Asteroid Bennu is the space rock with the highest known probability of hitting Earth in the next 200 years. NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will help us protect ourselves.
What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2023
Reference See the phase of the moon tonight and the rest of the moon phases for 2023, and when you can see them.
Astronauts on ISS gaze into the eye of Hurricane Nigel (photos)
Astronauts and satellites tracked Hurricane Nigel from space as the storm made its way across the Atlantic Ocean.
Will NASA's OSIRIS-REx stick its asteroid sample landing? Scientists are 'very much confident' as zero hour nears
Scientists with NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission are confident that the planned Sept. 24 asteroid sample landing will go as planned.
US Space Force launch may have accidentally punched a hole in the upper atmosphere
A rocket carrying a Space Force surveillance satellite may have created a hole in the ionosphere as it shot into space. The launch was carried out with just 27 hours' notice, which is a new record.
James Webb Space Telescope detects 1st evidence of carbon on Jupiter's icy moon Europa
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a source of carbon, a vital ingredient for life, on Jupiter's icy moon Europa.
Satellite spots marine heat wave off the California coast (image)
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite recorded higher sea levels off California, indicating a marine heat wave.
See Artemis 2 astronauts explore moon-like crater in Canada (photos)
Artemis 2 moon astronauts went to Canada for a geology trip to a crater, similar to what they will see on their lunar trip in 2024. Joining them were other astronauts and top geology experts.
We need a better way to map Earth's magnetic field. Finding it could win 1 of these teams $2 million
Three teams have progressed through to the final round of the MagQuest Challenge to design a better way of measuring the shifts in the geomagnetic field.
Don't panic if you see balloons hovering during America's two upcoming solar eclipses
During the two upcoming solar eclipses, the National Eclipse Ballooning Project (NEBP) will be livestreaming and doing science above 99.5% of the atmosphere.
When is the Winter Solstice and what happens?
Reference Winter Solstice has long marked a time of rebirth, behind it are fascinating astronomical events.
New Horizon Prize in Physics awarded to scientists chasing mysterious black hole photon spheres
Alexandru Lupsasca and Michael Johnson won the physics prize for their work on photon spheres — weird rings of light around black holes that may reveal a theory of quantum gravity.
Hypothetical 'dark photons' could shed light on mysterious dark matter
These massive particles could shed light on dark matter by revealing how this mysterious substance interacts with "normal" matter.
$100,000 Breakthrough physics prize awarded to 3 scientists who study the large scale structure of the universe
Mikhail Ivanov, Oliver Philcox, and Marko Simonović won the New Horizons Award for their work on large scale structures — the strands and filaments of our universe which contain buried clues to its most fundamental properties.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe flies through major coronal mass ejection — and survives to tell the tale
The sun-kissing spacecraft watched as dust particles were displaced across 6 million miles (9.7 million kilometers).
Evidence of mysterious 'recurring nova' that could reappear in 2024 found in medieval manuscript from 1217
The star T CrB flares up every 80 years. A document from 1217 could help confirm its regularity.
What is the average temperature on Earth?
Reference Earth's global average surface temperature is approximately 59 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius). But it's on the rise.
New Hubble telescope image reveals intergalactic bridge between two merging realms
A faint "bridge" of gas connects two colliding galaxies in a new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope.
