A spectacular celestial event is about to take place in the skies above the Golden State. Southern California residents will catch “the best meteor shower” of the year starting Friday, July 17. The Perseids meteor shower will soon streak across our sky with its fireballs lasting until August 23, with the peak in mid-August, according … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a faint, elusive planet orbiting a young star after more than a decade of cosmic hide-and-seek. In an unusual twist, two groups working independently detected the cold gas giant a few days apart late last year using different telescopes. It’s the dimmest planet ever directly imaged from Earth, scientists reported … Read more
The long-awaited $450 million Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center at the California Science Center will officially open its doors on Nov. 13, giving visitors a chance to get up close to — and make first contact with — one of NASA’s most iconic spacecrafts. The massive 200,000-square-foot expansion will become the permanent home of … Read more
Traveling at the speed of sound may actually be on the horizon. NASA’s supersonic aircraft, dubbed “son of Concorde” after its predecessor, successfully broke the sound barrier for the first time. The experimental X-59 aircraft completed an 81-minute test flight on Friday, 5 June, reaching a speed of nearly 713mph while flying at an altitude … Read more
Don’t look up! But if you do, you might be able to see a bus-sized asteroid passing Earth. The newly discovered space rock is said to make a close call early next week, flying by Earth, but rather than panic, scientists say this could be a great chance to study the event up close. JH2 … Read more
From breathless to breathing freely. NASA engineer and mother Jodi Graf is grateful to celebrate another Mother’s Day after undergoing an innovative procedure to treat her terminal lung cancer. Now, the 61-year-old robotic software developer is cancer-free, can breathe easier and walk without an oxygen tank. 61-year-old NASA engineer and mother Jodi Graf underwent an … Read more
Ingrid Honkala, a former NASA scientist, claims she is intimately familiar with death after allegedly flatlining a staggering three times. Each time, she had the same revelation. “It felt like entering a deeper layer of reality that exists beyond our physical senses,” Honkala, 55, told Jam Press of her trifecta of near-death experiences. “In that … Read more
A Space Station astronaut has captured jaw-dropping aurora over Earth. Expedition 74 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir shot the vibrant phenomenon from 250 miles up — along with a vivid Milky Way and Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites. She said Tuesday, April 28, “Did you know that the Milky Way is even milkier when … Read more
Houston, we may have a problem! A rare, colossal-sized asteroid is on course to fly by Earth — and will come closer to our planet than any other rocks of its size in human history. The asteroid, named Apophis after the ancient Egyptian God of evil and destruction, is believed to span about 1,230 feet … Read more
They won’t be “over” the moon even after returning from it. Following their historic 10-day flight around the moon, the intrepid Artemis II astronauts are slated to return to Earth Friday evening, marking the end of the United States’ first lunar foray in over 50 years. But they won’t be out of the woods yet … Read more
Sometimes we get a little whimsy with our science, folks. A photo of a giant lunar crater taken by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts reveals that the man in the moon is not only real, but in a very good mood. “The Artemis II crew captured this image showing the rings of the Orientale basin during their lunar … Read more
Nutella superfans already know the chocolate-hazelnut spread tastes out of this world — now, it’s actually traveled there. In what some internet users are calling “the greatest free advertising moment in history,” per Fox News, a tub of the tasty treat was recently seen defying gravity aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission while moving across the … Read more
Well-rounded. A new image from the Artemis II Orion spacecraft, currently en route home from its journey to the Moon, reveals Earth for what it is: a glorious sphere. This is news because an alarming number of our fellow human beings subscribe to the belief that the Earth is actually flat and that a shadowy … Read more
It’s a homecoming to rock your world. A 1,323-pound spacecraft is expected to rip through Earth’s atmosphere Tuesday night, warns NASA of the incoming juggernaut. “The U.S. Space Force predicted that the [satellite] will re-enter the atmosphere at approximately 7:45 p.m. EDT on March 10, 2026,” announced the aeronautics administration in a statement Monday, noting a 24-hour window of uncertainty for its landing. A … Read more
Talk about a sugar rush! NASA may have just come a little closer to cracking one of science’s most enduring mysteries — how life on Earth got started. The space agency has reportedly discovered life-giving essential sugars on the asteroid Bennu, a 500-meter-wide rock hurtling through space, some 200 million miles from our planet. NASA cracked … Read more
Buzz Aldrin’s wife, Anca Faur, has passed away aged 66 – just two years after the couple tied the knot. The former astronaut and Faur’s families announced the devastating news in a statement shared to Facebook on Wednesday. They revealed she died “peacefully” on Tuesday, Oct. 28. “Dr. Anca Aldrin, wife of astronaut Buzz Aldrin, … Read more
NASA’s first manned trip to the moon in over 50 years needs volunteers. The space agency announced last week that it’s crowdsourcing Earth-side support for its next mission. Artemis II, tentatively slated for April 2026, will carry four astronauts on a 10-day lunar fly-by, marking the first time humans have ventured beyond Earth’s orbit since … Read more
He promised her the Moon — and meant it. More than 23 years ago, NASA intern Thad Roberts hatched a daring plan to steal 17 pounds of moon rocks and a meteorite from Houston’s Johnson Space Center — priceless samples from every Apollo mission, locked in a 600-pound safe and valued at $21 million, according … Read more
In two years from tonight, all eyes will be on the sky. The “eclipse of the century” is set to take place on Aug. 2, 2027, according to NASA, with the moon moving between the sun and the Earth for up to 6 minutes and 23 seconds. It will be the longest eclipse totality until … Read more
Breakfast in New York, midmorning snack in London. Taxi tests are underway on a highly anticipated supersonic plane designed to quietly break the sound barrier — and slash flight time between New York and London in half. The X-59 jet, dubbed the “son of Concorde,” is one step closer to takeoff after the experimental aircraft … Read more