Satellite News

A new Mars plane idea, affectionately called MAGGIE, received early-stage NASA funding for a project starting in May. Its goal is to one day hunt for methane while soaring above the planet.

A tiny grain of dust sealed within an ancient meteorite weaves together the story of the solar system’s creation and reveals a much older tale of a rare star’s explosive supernova death.

A reanalysis of 50-year-old Apollo mission data long abandoned by NASA has revealed 22,000 previously unrecognized moonquakes, almost tripling the known number of seismic lunar events.

A black hole may be punching through the disk of gas and dust surrounding a supermassive black hole, causing its giant neighbor to “hiccup.”

Scientists have measured for the first time the speed of jets launched by neutron star “vampires” as they feast on victim stars. The breakthrough connects these jets to thermonuclear blasts.

Satellites looked down upon the aftermath of a deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore, Maryland that occurred after a massive cargo ship struck one of the bridge’s pillars.

NASA is using the total solar eclipse on April 8 to increase public knowledge of science while encouraging safety during what could be a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Humanity’s activities and climate change are impacting the polar ice sheets, causing excessive melting, and this is slowing Earth’s rotation, challenging official timekeeping standards.