Should stargazers also be cloudspotters? Everyone knows clouds are the first thing you see as soon as you get under a dark sky or buy a new telescope — it’s almost guaranteed! However, by early July, I usually start actively…
NASA The waxing gibbous moon is nestled in the darkness of space in this June 26, 2026, image from the International Space Station. The space station was 264 miles above the Indian Ocean southeast of Madagascar at the time. The…
A “space jellyfish” cloud lit up the early morning sky following a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch. (Image credit: SpaceX) Is it a space jellyfish? Is it an alien? No, it’s the aftermath of a SpaceX rocket launch! What is it?…
Apple TV’s riveting sci-fi series, “Silo,” is stretching its narrative legs for its third and penultimate season. Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) deals with amnesia after her fiery return to Silo 18, satisfying secrets are revealed, and we strap in for temporal…
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS This close-up view shows fragments of sulfur crystals — the first ever seen on the Red Planet. The crystals were found after NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover happened to drive over a rock and crush it on May 30, 2024.…
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) These four views were captured from a World War II-era aircraft in April 2026, when scientists used instruments aboard the plane to study Arctic sea ice. Their flights were…
Is there life on Mars … in clay? Scientists think that the minerals in clay could be the key to finding signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. The European Space Agency is still working toward launching its ExoMars…
Sandbars and waves of rippling sand dunes can be seen from space amongst the turquoise ocean in the Bahamas. (Image credit: NASA/Chris Williams) If you look at this picture for too long, you might start to hear the waves lapping…
Between July 7 and July 17, Venus will put on two evening-sky shows: first passing close to Regulus, the brightest star in Leo the Lion, and then appearing near a waxing crescent moon. Both events are easy to see with…
The American Earth-observation company Vantor maps Earth from space in 3D. The images are available in near-real time, revealing immediate effects of natural disasters and armed conflict. What is more, the images are also absolutely stunning. Vantor, which operates a…