How the coronavirus pandemic can help us prepare for an asteroid impact By Leonard David The emergency preparedness activities now underway to combat the coronavirus pandemic offer insight about our readiness to deal with a dangerous incoming asteroid, experts say.
Subsurface vortexes could be behind Saturn's mysterious hexagon By Doris Elin Urrutia Two researchers investigated the dynamics of Saturn's churning atmosphere to figure out what sorts of planetary fluid dynamics are creating its mystifying hexagon.
Science fiction builds mental resiliency in young readers By Esther Jones Young people who are “hooked” on watching fantasy or reading science fiction may be on to something.
'Looking at an alien sky': New Horizons probe sees shifted star positions (photos) By Mike Wall NASA's pioneering New Horizons spacecraft has traveled so far that its view of the cosmos is noticeably different than ours.
Dusty alien planets could be more likely to harbor life, study suggests By Chelsea Gohd Dusty alien planets might have a better chance at harboring life, a new study suggests.
Yes, there's ice on the moon. But it's not the 1st lunar resource we'll use. By Meghan Bartels Listen to a couple ideas about humanity's future on the moon and you'll likely hear about the game-changing potential of a substance you probably have in your freezer: water ice.
NASA delays launch of Mars rover Perseverance to July 20 By Mike Wall The liftoff of the Perseverance Mars rover has been pushed back three days to deal with a faulty crane at the launch site.
Another delay: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope won't launch in March 2021 By Mike Wall We'll have to wait a bit longer still to see NASA's next big space telescope get off the ground.
NASA picks Astrobotic to land ice-hunting VIPER rover at the moon's south pole By Meghan Bartels NASA has tapped the company Astrobotic to land the VIPER moon rover at the lunar south pole in 2023.
Huge magnetic spots may explain weird light patterns of super-hot stars By Meghan Bartels Even stars aren't immune to spotty conditions, new research suggests.
Scientists create exotic, fifth state of matter on space station to explore the quantum world By Charles Q. Choi Scientists have generated an exotic form of matter in the unique microgravity environment aboard the International Space Station and are using it to explore the quantum world, a new study finds.
Physicists entangle 15 trillion hot atoms By Tim Childers Physicists set a new record by linking together a hot soup of 15 trillion atoms in a bizarre phenomenon called quantum entanglement.
Titan is drifting away from Saturn 100 times faster than we thought By Chelsea Gohd Saturn's moon Titan is zooming away from its ringed parent 100 times faster than scientists expected.
Mars rock layers swirl in gorgeous crater photo By Mike Wall A sliver of Martian geological history takes center stage in a striking photo of a Red Planet crater.
Scientists use lasers to create miniature supernova shock waves on Earth By Chelsea Gohd Researchers have created a miniature version of supernova shock waves in a lab here on Earth to solve a long-standing cosmic mystery.
Mars' moon Phobos looks like cosmic candy in these NASA photos By Mike Wall New thermal imagery of the Mars moon Phobos could help shed light on the satellite's mysterious origin.
Tropical Storm Cristobal captured in astronaut, satellite imagery By Elizabeth Howell Photos of the now-Tropical Depression Cristobal taken by space station astronauts and a NASA satellite show the powerful storm tearing through the Gulf Coast region north across the United States.
NASA sun observatory spies Comet Atlas in the solar wind. (Mercury, too!) By Meghan Bartels You'll need a minute to take it all in, there's a lot going on in this stunning view of the inner solar system, including a comet, Mercury and some solar weather.
Scientists condemn racism and take action with #StrikeforBlackLives this week By Kimberly Hickok This Wednesday (June 10), thousands of people in the science community will #ShutDownAcademia, #ShutDownSTEM and #StrikeforBlackLives.
