Hubble first photographed M90 in 1994 using the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), which produced a distinctive stair-step pattern due to its sensor layout
A team of scientists and engineers from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) joined forces to determine if a small piloted drone, outfitted with a...
NEOWISE has been on a mission to focus on detecting near-Earth objects (NEOs), including comets and asteroids, that pose a potential collision risk with Earth.
Shorter than Olympus Mons, but taller than Everest, has the Noctis volcano hiding in plain sight close to the Martian equator. Planetary scientists now wonder if...
In 1978, Donald J. Kessler, an astrophysicist, predicted collisions between satellites can get out of hand as their population keeps increasing.
NASA’s planned orbiter exploring Jupiter’s moon, Europa, will carry a metal plate representing messages from earth.
MethaneSat can help 'name and shame' methane polluters.
As we enter a new space age scripting history, we may be yet to come to grasps with the politics of space.
Scientists propose geoengineering as a last option to tackle the effects of global warming
A dense seismic network on the moon can help answer longstanding questions on moonquakes.
