For the first time, humanity significantly altered the orbit of a celestial body
In September 2022, NASA deliberately smashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid called Dimorphos. The goal was simple…
Strong ultrafast nonlinear optical response from megaelectronvolt electrons in semiconductors
Uiberacker, M. et al. Attosecond real-time observation of electron tunnelling in atoms. Nature 446, 627–632 (2007). Article ADS …
Hubble’s 36th Birthday Image Shows Trifid Nebula
A new anniversary image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals surprisingly fast evolution in a turbulent stellar…
NASA shuts down Voyager 1 instrument to keep probe exploring interstellar space
NASA engineers have shut down another instrument on Voyager 1 to preserve the power of the most distant…
Ocean eddies are amplifying climate extremes in coastal seas
Coastal oceans don’t always change in obvious ways. You might expect stronger currents to drive bigger climate impacts.…
NASA Shut Down Voyager 1 Science Instrument After Unexpected Power Drop
NASA engineers are working to keep the Voyager mission alive as it cruises through interstellar space, opting to…
Wildlife’s Beauty And Urgency: 22 Winners Of The Nature Photography Contest
Good To The Last Drop, Finalist, Birds category: A Rufous Hummingbird pierces a water droplet so it can…
Newly-Identified Geological Feature Points to Vast, Long-Dried Up Ocean in Northern Plains of Mars
A continent-like shelf beneath the Martian surface hints that a vast ocean once covered up to a third…
NASA Rolls Out Artemis III Moon Rocket Core Stage
Following the recent successful test flight of NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon, NASA rolled out the…
New research finds few improvements for British Columbia’s endangered wildlife
British Columbia’s wildlife is in trouble, and governments aren’t working hard enough to keep wild animals and plants…
Black hole restarts jets after 100 million years of silence
Researchers have found that a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy called J1007+3540 has restarted powerful jets…
Wheels Up for X-59 – NASA
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies over the Mojave Desert in California in this April 14, 2026,…