Space
Listen to the Weird, Scary Sound of the Earth’s Magnetic Field Flipping
About 41,000 years ago, the Earth's magnetic field suddenly...
Scientists Discover a Second Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
For decades, the disappearance of dinosaurs has been tied...
Russian Cosmonaut Spends Record-Breaking 1,111 Days in Space
Two Russian cosmonauts have returned to Earth after spending...
Astronomers Observe Enormous Plasma Jets Blasting From Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers have spotted two giant plasma jets streaming from...
Nuclear Bomb Can Deflect Future Killer Asteroid, Scientists Discover
It's a bad month for any malicious asteroids out...
Secret Spy Satellites Caught on Camera
Very little information is available about the various spy...
New Research Suggests Ancient Earth Had Rings
The Earth: a ringed planet, much like Saturn, surrounded...
Meteorite Crater Discovered on Google Maps
Joel Lapointe was scouring the Cote-Nord region of Quebec...
Asteroid Extinction: What Is Stopping Us from Going the Way of the Dinosaurs?
Asteroid hunter Jacqueline Fazekas started the evening of Sept....
SpaceX Makes History With First Commercial Spacewalk
On Thursday, SpaceX rocketed into the history books with...
Our Moon Experienced Surprisingly Recent Volcanic Activity
Three tiny glass beads, from a sample of 3,000...
Watch: An Asteroid Burns Up Spectacularly Over the Philippines
A tiny asteroid became a huge fireball as it...
Origin of Asteroid That Wiped Out Dinosaurs Pinpointed
Sixty-six million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid struck Earth...
Will Our Galaxy Collide With Andromeda? Good News: The Odds are Just 50-50
Astronomers have long believed that our Milky Way will...
The Worst Solar Storm in History and What It Would Do Today
On the evening of Aug. 28, 1859, a telegraph...
Watch the Northern Lights From High Above the Earth
A strong geomagnetic storm over the weekend allowed skygazers...
The World’s Oldest Calendar Discovered in Turkey
Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest calendar. The ancient...
This Week in Planetary Science: Unexpected Findings from Mars and the Moon
Three different robotic explorers made planetary news last week....
