Could There Be Bacteria Living on Mars Today?
Mars is often considered to be the planet most similar to the Earth. Earth however, is capable of supporting life, Mars on the other hand could not. There was once…
Dead stars can celebrate 2 New Years every second with nearby cosmic fireworks
Celestial fireworks that erupt all year long but last a fraction of a second, fast radio bursts, may have traced them to the immediate surroundings of extreme and highly magnetic…
January’s Night Sky Notes: The Red Planet
3 min read January’s Night Sky Notes: The Red Planet by Kat Troche of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Have you looked up at the night sky this season…
NASA Workshops Culturally Inclusive Planetary Engagement with Educators
Learn Home Science Activation NASA Workshops Culturally… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science 2 min read NASA Workshops Culturally Inclusive Planetary…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun
This New Year’s Day, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home its first detailed telemetry data soon after its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun.
Could Habitable White Dwarf Planets Retain Their Oceans? Maybe.
Potentially habitable exoplanets are so incredibly common that astronomers have started to consider more unusual situations where life might arise. Perhaps life can be found on the moon of a…
NASA Anticipates Lunar Findings From Next-Generation Retroreflector
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Next Generation Lunar Retroreflector, or NGLR-1, is one of 10 payloads set to fly aboard the next delivery for…
Is There a Fundamental Logic to Life?
One of the more daunting questions related to astrobiology—the search for life in the cosmos—concerns the nature of life itself. For over a century, biologists have known that life on…
Strap on a VR headset like a Facehugger with ‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ — the 1st-ever ‘Alien’ VR game
“Alien: Rogue Incursion” virtual reality game for PSVR and and PCVR available now
Best of 2024: Total Solar Eclipse in Indianapolis
NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA photographer Joel Kowsky captured this image of the Monday, April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. The total solar eclipse…