Here's Your Chance to Name 5 Jupiter Moons! (No Moon McMoonfaces, Please) By Meghan Bartels Last summer, scientists announced the discovery of a dozen new moons orbiting Jupiter. But now comes the hard part: naming them.
Meet Ripley, SpaceX's Dummy Astronaut Riding on Crew Dragon Test Flight By Meghan Bartels SpaceX's famous "Starman" dummy onboard the inaugural Falcon Heavy launch is about to have some competition — from a new dummy, named Ripley, strapped into the company's first Crew Dragon capsule.
Japan Just Shot a Fake Asteroid with a Space Bullet … for Science By Meghan Bartels Say you need to prepare to shoot bullets into an asteroid and suck up the debris kicked up from the blast, then tuck it away for safekeeping.
Astrophysicists Find New Clue in Search for Universe's Missing Matter By Meghan Bartels Astronomers think they've found a new clue in their continuing quest to solve one of the most substantial mysteries of the cosmos: where about a third of the universe's matter is hiding.
Bizarre Space Object 'Oumuamua Could Be a Monstrous Corpse of Comet Dust By Meghan Bartels 'Oumuamua is long gone, but it's still leaving scientists guessing. A new explanation proposes that the strange object was a "monstrous fluffy dust aggregate" produced by a busted-up comet.
China Tests World's 1st Robot Ship for Launching Small Rockets By Meghan Bartels China has built the world's first robotic, partially submersible boat for launching sounding rockets — a technology that will help meteorologists better understand the atmosphere over Earth's oceans.
NASA Watched This Baby Island Burst From the South Pacific. And It Seems to Be Here to Stay. By Meghan Bartels A NASA scientist has visited a four-year-old island that satellites watched rise out of the waters — a rare opportunity to see in person a new island that lasts more than a few months.
Watch the Polar Vortex Cast Its Chill Over North America in This Satellite's-Eye View By Meghan Bartels Americans across the Midwest and Northeast can agree on one thing — it's really, really cold this week — and a NASA satellite monitoring air temperatures confirms the sentiment.
A Rare Kind of Black Hole May Be Wandering Around Our Milky Way By Meghan Bartels Scientists think that they've spotted a rare, Jupiter-size black hole casually strolling through the Milky Way galaxy.
See Far Side of the Moon in Amazing Panorama from China's Chang'e 4 Lander By Meghan Bartels China made history earlier this month with the first successful soft landing on the far side of the moon — and now, the mission has sent back an incredible panorama view of its work site.
It's Official! NASA's Famed Voyager 2 Spacecraft Reaches Interstellar Space By Meghan Bartels It's time to say goodbye to one of the most storied explorers of our age: Voyager 2 has entered interstellar space.
NASA Arrives at Bennu Today, But Exactly Where Is That Asteroid? By Meghan Bartels NASA is starting scientific observations of a new asteroid called Bennu today (Dec. 3), kicking the OSIRIS-REx mission into full gear.
NASA's Stunning Photo of the Moon Will Make You Swoon By Meghan Bartels The moon is pretty enough here from Earth, but it's even more stunning up close, as this new image from NASA reminds us.
Voyager 2 Creeps Closer to the Edge of the Solar System By Meghan Bartels Going, going — nope, it's still just going, NASA says of its Voyager 2 probe, which the agency realized was approaching the edge of the solar system back in early October.
Paris-Size Crater Found Hidden Under Greenland Ice By Meghan Bartels Earth hides its scars well; the planet has endured countless millennia of eruptions and collisions, but scientists are still stumbling upon the evidence of all that geologic drama.
Scientists Find Source of Bizarre Space Object 'Oumuamua By Meghan Bartels Ever since astronomers first spotted their first-ever object from beyond our solar system, it has offered more questions than answers — what is it? Where did it come from? Why is it so darn weird?
They Made It! Japan's Two Hopping Rovers Successfully Land on Asteroid Ryugu By Meghan Bartels A pair of tiny Japanese robots sent back wild images once they successfully landed on their new home, the asteroid Ryugu.
