Satellite imagery shows Antarctic ice shelf crumbling faster than thought
Antarctica's coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice.
Fri Aug 12 2022
The forecast on planet Neptune is chilly - and getting colder
Astronomers are puzzled by a surprising drop Neptune's atmospheric temperatures during the past two decades.
Tue Apr 12 2022
Climate change: Thawing permafrost a triple-threat
Rising temperatures are not the only driver of accelerated melting.
Thu Jan 13 2022
Humans will have to wait until at least 2383 to make contact outside our solar system according to a study
Scientists' equations suggest that humans could land on Mars in 2038 and do the same on Saturn as early as 2086, if we have the means.
Tue Oct 26 2021
NASA's Mars helicopter succeeds in historic first flight
Data and images from the autonomous flight were transmitted back to Earth where they were received by NASA's array of ground antennas.
Tue Apr 20 2021
NASA's astrobiology rover Perseverance makes historic Mars landing
The six-wheeled vehicle came to rest about 2 kilometers from towering cliffs at the foot of a remnant fan-shaped river delta.
Fri Feb 19 2021
NASA rover faces 'seven minutes of terror' before landing on Mars
Al Chen, head of the JPL descent and landing team, called it the most critical and most dangerous part of the $2.7 billion mission.
Mon Feb 15 2021
NASA probe grazes Jupiter's clouds in brush with Great Red Spot
A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter began transmitting data and images on Tuesday from humanity's closest brush with the Great Red Spot, a flyby of the colossal.
Wed Jul 12 2017