Earth's minimoon is gone but not forgotten: Report By Chelsea Gohd For a brilliant (albeit brief) period of time, Earth had two moons — our tried and true satellite and a miniature space rock pulled into our orbit.
Satellite track emissions drop over China, Italy during coronavirus outbreak By Chelsea Gohd As satellites orbiting Earth have observed, as coronavirus has progressed, there has been less air pollution over Italy and lowered nitrogen-dioxide emissions over China.
Putting string theory to the test By Paul Sutter String theory hopes to be a literal theory of everything — a powerful idea that could completely revolutionize our understanding of the physical world. But it has never been directly tested.
Newfound Comet ATLAS is getting really bright, really fast By Joe Rao For years, amateur astronomers have been waiting for a bright, naked-eye comet to pass by Earth — and finally, such an object may have arrived.
Japan's asteroid-smashing probe reveals a surprisingly young space rock By Charles Q. Choi A cannonball that a Japanese spacecraft fired at an asteroid is shedding light on the most common type of asteroid in the solar system, a new study reports.
One-month free trial: ABCMouse teaches and entertains kids By Jeanna Bryner A great way to keep children busy and learning when stuck indoors.
Hunting for dark matter — inside the Earth By Paul Sutter The answer to the dark-matter mystery may be under our feet.
How a 'muon accelerator' could unravel some of the universe's greatest mysteries By Paul Kyberd The fact that we are here at all is one of the greatest puzzles of physics.
Vernal equinox 2020: Google doodles celebrate Earth's changing seasons By Meghan Bartels Spring is coming early to the Northern Hemisphere (and fall to the Southern) and Google has two new balloon-themed doodles to celebrate the changing seasons.
How will NASA deal with the moon dust problem for Artemis lunar landings? By Leonard David Scientists and engineers are trying to work out ways to tamp down lunar dust so billowing clouds don't pose a problem to astronauts landing on the moon in 2024.
Slooh will livestream astronomy lesson for K-12 students during coronavirus outbreak By Samantha Mathewson Slooh astronomers will livestream a free astronomy lesson on Thursday (March 19) for K-12 students who are homebound during the coronavirus pandemic.
Event Horizon Telescope, which hunts black holes, cancels 2020 observations due to coronavirus By Meghan Bartels The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a global network of telescopes to cancel its annual observations of black holes, which last spring published the first ever image of such an object.
This gorgeous picture of Jupiter from NASA is just what we need right now By Elizabeth Howell Even as Earth is in turmoil, NASA continues to share amazing pictures from across the solar system — allowing us to (virtually) travel far while staying in place.
'Infinite subrings' may be next frontier for photographing black holes By Mike Wall Black-hole photography could be even more powerful and revelatory than scientists had thought.
Weird! Mercury's scorching temps may actually lead to ice. By Elizabeth Howell Could Mercury's close orbit to the sun help the planet generate ice? This sounds like a paradox, but a new study shows how it could happen.
Coronavirus prevention measures take their toll on astronomy By Meghan Bartels As a frightening pandemic sweeps across the globe, it is becoming ever clearer that every aspect of life will be affected by it, even the study of what lies beyond Earth.
No, the coronavirus didn't come from outer space By Chelsea Gohd No, the new coronavirus didn't come from outer space. We promise.
Free space projects for kids (and adults) stuck at home during the coronavirus outbreak By Elizabeth Howell, Hanneke Weitering If the coronavirus pandemic has you stuck at home and yearning for some space exploration, here are some free space projects and activities to keep you occupied.
The 2020 vernal equinox will bring the earliest spring to the US in 124 years By Joe Rao Come March 19, we will have a change of the seasons: the occurrence of the vernal equinox, marking the official start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
Rocky asteroid Ryugu got its rubble from a porous parent, study finds By Charles Q. Choi The rocky object that spawned the asteroid Ryugu may have been extraordinarily porous, a new study finds.
