New Hubble Telescope image of Saturn reveals mysterious features
A remarkable new image of Saturn was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA said in a release last week that the images mark the start of the planet’s “spoke…
Astronomers Spot Asteroid Hours Before It Turns Into Fireball Over Europe
The fireball as seen at its brightest above France. Twitter @MegaLuigi video screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET It may be one of the most widely observed space rocks no one even…
NASA Spots Mysterious Spokes Moving Along Saturn’s Rings
Hubble’s view of Saturn at the start of “spoke season.” NASA, ESA and Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC); image processing by Alyssa Pagan (STScI) There’s something unusual happening in a new Hubble…
Frog Named for Lord of the Rings Creator Lives in a ‘Universe of Fantasies’
Hyloscirtus tolkieni hanging out in the forest. Juan Carlos Sánchez-Nivicela / Archive Museo de Zoología, Universidad San Francisco de Quito Deep inside Ecuador’s Río Negro-Sopladora National Park, the line between…
No Indication of Aliens With Shot-Down Flying Objects, White House Says
The big Chinese balloon was recorded over Montana. Chase Doak video screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET It’s been a wild time up high in the sky over the US and Canada…
Blue Origin Works Out How to Turn Moon Dust Into Solar Power
Blue Origin’s solar cell prototype is made entirely of materials extracted from lunar regolith simulant. Blue Origin With its Artemis program, NASA wants to do more than just touch boots…
Astronomers Spot Asteroid Hours Before Impacting Earth and Turning Into a Fireball
The fireball as seen at its brightest above France. Twitter/@MegaLuigi / Video screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET It may be one of the most widely observed space rocks that no one…
Meteoroid expected to safely strike Earth’s atmosphere Sunday evening over France
A small meteorite roughly one meter in length is expected to safely strike Earth’s atmosphere over northern France around 10:00 p.m. ET on Sunday evening, the European Space Agency said.…
NASA Spots Surprise Evidence of Ancient Water Ripples on Mars
According to NASA, waves on the surface of a shallow lake stirred up sediment billions of years ago. That sediment eventually formed into rock with rippled textures. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS This story…
Scientists Find Fossil of Biggest Penguin Ever, and It Was a Whopper
An artist’s reconstruction of Kumimanu fordycei and Petradyptes stonehousei. Simone Giovanardi While searching through the beachy boulders of New Zealand’s South Island, a crew of international scientists stumbled on an…