NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating
On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down…
See and hear galaxies evolving in new simulations
See and hear galaxies evolving in these new simulations. Video via Royal Astronomical Society. New simulations let scientists…
The PBS Artemis II documentary is streaming on YouTube
The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission have safely returned to Earth, but if your Moon fever has…
Nearly one-third of U.S. may see aurora borealis overnight
April 17 (UPI) — Nearly one-third of the United States — the northern-most third of the country —…
‘Tall waves moving in slow motion’: Here’s how oily oceans on Saturn’s giant moon Titan may behave
If you’re looking for the best waves in the solar system, Saturn’s moon Titan could be your ideal…
NASA Plans to Start a Fire on the Moon in First-of-Its-Kind Experiment
Artemis 2 was both a milestone and a test: how prepared are we to go back the Moon,…
Satellite and drone images reveal big delays in US data center construction
Silicon Valley has been pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into building ever-larger AI data centers that require…
Artemis II pilot talks about what it was really like to fly and land in Orion
The crew of Artemis II spoke with the media on Thursday, six days after returning to Earth following…
Hubble spots a mesmerizing spiral galaxy photo of the day for April 17, 2026
Hubble Space Telescope image of the barred spiral galaxy IC 486. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J.…
Aurora may be visible in various US states due to sun hole
We could be in for a Northern lightshow of epic proportions. Stargazers could potentially glimpse the aurora borealis…