The private Peregrine moon lander's long journey is about to come to an end, back on its home planet.Peregrine will likely slam into Earth's atmosphere over the southern Pacific Ocean today (Jan. 18) around 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT), according to its builder, the...

Clementine observes the Moon, solar corona, and Venus in 1994. In this picture the Moon is seen illuminated solely by light reflected from the Earth — Earthshine! The bright glow on the lunar horizon is caused by light from the solar corona; the sun is just...

In Dante Alighieri’s epic poem The Divine Comedy, the famous words “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” adorn the gates of hell. Interestingly enough, Dante’s vision of hell is an apt description of what conditions are like on Venus. With an average...

Refresh 2024-01-17T13:08:18.542Z SpaceX ready to launch private Ax-3 astronaut mission todayCloseup of the Ax-3 Dragon capsule on the pad ahead of its planned Jan. 17, 2024 liftoff.  (Image credit: SpaceX)SpaceX is poised for its next crewed liftoff.The company...

The gravitational force is by far the weakest of the four forces of nature. It’s simple to defy gravity: just lift something in the air. But the annoying thing about gravity is that it’s both persistent and has an infinite range, which takes a surprising amount...

After analyzing the temperature data from 2023, NASA has concluded that it was the hottest year on record. This will surprise almost nobody. If you live in one of the regions stricken by drought, forest fires, or unusually powerful weather, you don’t need NASA...

Science & Exploration 12/01/2024 2173 views 10 likes Marcus is the first of a new generation of European astronauts to fly on a commercial human spaceflight opportunity as part of Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3).   Axiom 3 crew next to rocket Liftoff is scheduled...

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series aimed at children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they'd like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky! This article was originally published at The...

Back to Article List Don’t worry, it won’t happen for another 5 billion years. But the Sun will one day run out of fuel and begin a long, beautiful death. Dark, active sunspot regions and bright prominences protruding from the Sun's edges are visible in this...

You think you know someone, then you see them in a slightly different way and BAM, they surprise you. I’m not talking about other people of course, I’m talking about a fabulous star that has been studied and imaged a gazillion times. Beta Pictoris has been...