The first and only total lunar eclipse of 2021 will occur in the early morning hours of May 26. However, because it will be a supermoon, a lunar eclipse, and a red blood moon all at once, this is going … Read More
Galileo Galilei used glass lenses to build the first telescope capable of studying the night sky in 1609, improving on a Dutch invention. However, mirrors took over soon after Isaac Newton built the first reflecting telescope later that century: today, … Read More
For the past five weeks, Perseverance has been primarily focused on supporting and documenting NASA’s 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) Mars helicopter Ingenuity’s pioneering flights. But the car-sized rover has been doing science work of its own in the background as well. … Read More
Tiny Stowaways NASA is working hard to bring humans to Mars in the near future, but it could have accidentally sent other life forms to the Red Planet in the meantime. According to Cornell geneticist Christopher Mason, who wrote for … Read More
Meteors, and meteor showers in particular, are one of the most amazing sights that you can see when you look at the night sky. Those brief flares of light are a reminder that many small rocky objects and particles – … Read More
Mars’ aerial exploration has begun. NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter took off on Mars early this morning (April 19), making history as the first powered flight on a planet other than Earth. The 4-pound (1.8 kilogram) chopper was set to lift off … Read More