This Bear Sure Knows to Take a Selfie
More selfies than you average bear. Boulder OSMP You never know what you might capture with a wildlife camera. Maybe a coyote and badger acting like buds. Or human pranksters…
Watch 4 Exoplanets Dance Around Their Star in Wondrous Video
The faint blobs of light are exoplanets orbiting the star HR 8799. Jason Wang/Northwestern University We’ve been learning about exoplanets, planets located outside our solar system, at a fast clip…
NASA Looks Down at Mars, Spots Bear’s Face Looking Back
A formation on the surface of Mars sure looks like a bear’s face looking back up at NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona This story is part of Welcome to Mars,…
NASA Mars Rover Triumphantly Completes First Sample Depot on Another World
NASA’s official version of the January 2023 Perseverance selfie shows the rover posing with sample tubes on the ground. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series…
Potentially ‘Alien’ Comet Zooms Toward Close Encounter With the Sun
Comet 96P/Machholz as seen in 2007. NASA A few days after bright green Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) makes its closest pass by Earth in 50,000 years, a bigger and stranger…
Odd Camera Problem on NASA Juno Spacecraft Messing With Jupiter Images
NASA’s Juno spacecraft used its JunoCam to capture this view of Jupiter’s southern hemisphere on Jan. 22 after the camera returned to normal operation. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS If you see a glorious…
Bright Green Comet Passing Earth Is Visible in Dark Skies Now
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as observed from Mount Fuji, Japan. SpaceWeatherGallery.com/Akihiro Yamazaki Now’s the time to start looking for Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as it puts on quite a show while racing…
NASA Looks Down at Mars, Sees Adorable Bear’s Face Staring Back
A formation on the surface of Mars sure looks like a bear’s face looking back up at NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona This story is part of Welcome to Mars,…
A 3D-Printed Home You Can Recycle
I’ve seen a lot of 3D-printed houses that are billed as a way to reduce construction waste, but only one that’s designed to be recyclable. Researchers from the University of…
Watch a Real-Life ‘Terminator’ Robot Turn Into Liquid to Escape a Cage
Robert Patrick as the liquid metal T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Video screenshot by CNET Scientists have created a tiny robotic system that can transition from solid to liquid…