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Why NASA wants to 'touch the sun'

NASA's Parker Solar Probe, as seen in this illustration, will fly to within 4 million miles of the sun's surface.

Why NASA wants to 'touch the sun'

August 13, 2018, 9:55 a.m. by Michael d'Estries

The Parker Solar Probe will explore the sun's scorching outer atmosphere.

Illustration of the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica September 2017

Illustration of the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica September 2017

Earth's ozone layer still in trouble, study finds

June 28, 2018, 12:25 p.m. by Noel Kirkpatrick

The hole over Antarctica is healing, but a new study finds the planet's ozone layer is thinning at lower latitudes.

interstellar asteroid

interstellar asteroid

'Oumuamua, the bizarre cigar-shaped interstellar object, is actually a comet

June 28, 2018, 10:42 a.m. by Bryan Nelson

The object may have been tumbling through interstellar space for billions of years, scientists say.

July's total lunar eclipse will turn the moon a ruddy red as it passes through the Earth's shadow.

July's total lunar eclipse will turn the moon a ruddy red as it passes through the Earth's shadow.

'Blood moon' eclipse will be century's longest

June 27, 2018, 9:32 a.m. by Michael d'Estries

July 27 total lunar eclipse expected to last 1 hour and 43 minutes.

VLA

VLA

Fermi paradox solved? There's no intelligent life in universe, say researchers

June 26, 2018, 10:41 a.m. by Bryan Nelson

There's a reason why we haven't heard or seen any alien life.

NASA suspects this blue dune is made up of a finer material and/or has a different composition than the surrounding strata.

NASA suspects this blue dune is made up of a finer material and/or has a different composition than the surrounding strata.

Mysterious blue dune spotted on Mars

June 25, 2018, 12:08 p.m. by Michael d'Estries

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the colorful anomaly while surveying a 'field of dunes' on the red planet.

A view of the Milky Way through as crystal ball as captured by astronomer Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mateos.

A view of the Milky Way through as crystal ball as captured by astronomer Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mateos.

Beauty of the Milky Way captured in a crystal ball

June 22, 2018, 9:34 a.m. by Michael d'Estries

Astronomer Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mateos' test of a crystal ball as an astrophotography lens results in some celestial magic.

Vesta, as captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in 2011, features a mountain that rises more than 65,000 feet above the asteroid's south pole.

Vesta, as captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in 2011, features a mountain that rises more than 65,000 feet above the asteroid's south pole.

Asteroid with a 13-mile-high mountain is now visible to the naked eye

June 20, 2018, 12:01 p.m. by Michael d'Estries

In the next few weeks, Vesta will be the brightest asteroid in the sky.

An artist's illustration of the Axiom commercial modules attached to the International Space Station.

An artist's illustration of the Axiom commercial modules attached to the International Space Station.

A 10-day trip to the ISS will cost you $55 million

June 15, 2018, 3:08 p.m. by Michael d'Estries

Axiom joins the space tourism race with an extravagant option.

An artist's rendition of a black hole

An artist's rendition of a black hole

Scientists find 'weird' objects hanging around the heart of our galaxy

June 14, 2018, 10:19 a.m. by Christian Cotroneo

Why are they gathering so close to a supermassive black hole?

An illustration of nanodiamond dust encircling a young star. The small diamond particles are now thought to be responsible for unusual microwave radiation that has stumped researchers for more than two decades.

An illustration of nanodiamond dust encircling a young star. The small diamond particles are now thought to be responsible for unusual microwave radiation that has stumped researchers for more than two decades.

Clouds of spinning diamonds linked to Milky Way mystery

June 13, 2018, 11:17 a.m. by Michael d'Estries

Chance discovery helps solve a riddle over unusual microwave radiation.

A rendering of the Thirty Meter Telescope, Mauna Kea, Hawaii

A rendering of the Thirty Meter Telescope, Mauna Kea, Hawaii

The controversy behind the world's next great telescope

June 12, 2018, 11:12 a.m. by Robynne Boyd

Thirty Meter Telescope would be built in a culturally and ecologically sensitive area of Hawaii.

On July 28, 2018, Earth and Mars will come within 35.8 million miles of each other.

On July 28, 2018, Earth and Mars will come within 35.8 million miles of each other.

Mars is about to shine brighter than any time since 2003

June 11, 2018, 8:22 a.m. by Michael d'Estries

Mars is about to shine brighter than any time since 2003

The Ban Gioc–Detian Falls from China.

The 14 most amazing waterfalls in the world

Atlantic City, New Jersey, has one of America's most famous boardwalks

12 boardwalks that capture the essence of summer

These town names will make you do a double take