Lego Dune Atreides Royal Ornithopter review
Grab a Lego set worthy of the Lisan al Gaib with the Lego Dune Ornithopter.
The Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: April–June 2025
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‘Uranus is weird.’ Big moons of tilted ice giant hide a magnetic mystery, Hubble telescope reveals
Scientists find surprising evidence that space dust is shaping the surfaces of Uranus’ largest moons.
Watch June’s full Strawberry Moon skim the southern horizon with these free livestreams tonight
This month’s full Strawberry Moon rides low across the southern sky via livestream on June 11.
Whitesides says budget proposal shows the administration does not value NASA science
A leading Democratic member of the House Science Committee criticized the proposed steep cuts in NASA’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal. The post Whitesides says budget proposal shows the administration…
NASA’s CODEX Captures Unique Views of Sun’s Outer Atmosphere
For the first time, scientists can observe temperature changes in the Sun’s outer atmosphere thanks to new technology introduced by NASA’s CODEX instrument. This animated, color-coded heat map shows temperature…
The Martian Atmosphere is Sputtering
The Earth’s atmosphere is protected by a magnetosphere, but Mars lacks this protective shield and lost its atmosphere to space long ago through interactions with the solar wind. In a…
NASA’s Top 5 Technical Challenges Countdown: #1: Survive the Lunar Night
Now I know this sounds like a low-budget knockoff of Five Nights at Freddy’s, but it’s the real deal
Surviving the Neptunian Desert
As astronomers found more and more exoplanets in recent years, they’ve discovered an unusual gap in the population. It’s called the Neptunian Desert, a curious scarcity of Neptune-sized exoplanets orbiting…
Colliding Galaxies Tearing at Each Other with Gravity and Radiation
Astronomers recently used a pair of powerful telescopes to zero in on a cosmic battle going on some 11 billion light-years away from us. The combatants are a pair of…