SpaceNews

NASA seeks partners for Earth Science extended missions

SAN FRANCISCO – NASA’s Earth Science Division is exploring partnerships with external organizations to support instruments ...

Beyond Earth: NASA spots aurora lights on other planets of solar system

Auroras are not just on Earth. NASA has detected glowing northern and southern lights on Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and other ...

NASA discovers new planet ‘remarkably similar to Earth’

In a solar system far, far away NASA have discovered a planet which they think 'might be remarkably similar to Earth', though ...
IFLScience

Stardust: The NASA Mission That Brought Back Particles From "The Very Origins Of The Solar System"

I n 2016, NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) probe, which famously touched down on asteroid Bennu in 2020, before ...
RealClearScience

NASA Can Open Up the Solar System With Nuclear Propulsion

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolith, hued ...

NASA study using 50-year-old Apollo Moon samples suggests Earth’s water may not have come from meteorites

A new NASA study using Apollo lunar soil samples challenges a long-held theory. It suggests meteorites were not the primary ...
IFLScience

Why Do NASA's Voyager Spacecraft Sometimes Get Closer To Earth, As They Head Out Of The Solar System?

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
Nextgov

NASA and Microsoft finalize tool to track Earth’s water changes

Following a successful prototype, Microsoft will be delivering a new artificial intelligence tool to the U.S. government that uses historic hydrology data to help a diverse set of users understand and ...