Enter the cosmos with “Merlin’s Tour of the Universe,” a captivating journey through the celestial wonders that ignite our imaginations and fuel our curiosity. This revised and updated edition for
Enter the cosmos with “Merlin’s Tour of the Universe,” a captivating journey through the celestial wonders that ignite our imaginations and fuel our curiosity. This revised and updated edition for
SpaceX achieved a significant milestone with the successful launch of its first rideshare mission of 2026 from Space Launch Complex-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on January 11. Dubbed the
Twenty-eight more Starlink satellites are now circling the planet after a Falcon 9 launch from Florida this morning (Aug. 14). The SpaceX booster lifted off at 8:29 a.m. EDT (1229
https://earthsky.org/upl/2025/12/EarthatmosphereonmoonUnivofRochester-600px.mp4 This illustration shows how the solar wind (red) strips ions (blue) from Earth’s upper atmosphere. Some of these particles travel along Earth’s magnetic field lines and settle on the
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in the vertical launch position at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Oct. 12, 2025. The rocket will
Artistic representation of the collision of two planetesimals in the circumstellar disc of the star Fomalhaut. Credit Thomas Müller (MPIA) Young star systems are a place of violent collisions. Rocks,
Mars still holds the promise of being one of the first places in the solar system humanity will colonize. However, if there was evolutionarily distinct, extant life on the planet,
They came from outer space: 75 mice, over 1,500 flies, cell cultures, microorganisms, plant seeds and more. A Russian biological research satellite toting more than 30 experiments landed on Sept.
Many researchers have spent decades attempting to decode biblical descriptions and link them to verifiable historical events. One such description is that of the Star of Bethlehem—a bright astronomical body
Dr. Steven “Steve” Platnick stepped down from his role at NASA on August 8, 2025, after more than three decades of public service. Steve began his career at NASA as






