2022 Wasn’t the Hottest on Record. That’s Nothing to Celebrate
Last year was one of the warmest measured, say NASA and NOAA. It would have been even more sweltering if not for La Niña, which will soon fade away. ..
Last year was one of the warmest measured, say NASA and NOAA. It would have been even more sweltering if not for La Niña, which will soon fade away. ..
Space agencies and companies aim to send people to the Red Planet. But settling there would be hell on—well, you know what we mean. ..
A spacecraft called SWOT will image most of the planet every 21 days to track flooding, drought, and many other water woes. ..
A briefcase-sized satellite will ping lasers at the lunar South Pole to locate ice and map it for future human explorers. ..
The craft survived a 26-day voyage and a scorching descent. Now it’s time for NASA engineers to learn what went wrong—and what went right. ..
The moniker, which honors a former agency administrator accused of enforcing anti-LGBTQ policies, has long been controversial. ..
For the first time since the Apollo era, the agency is preparing for crewed visits to our lunar neighbor. Missions with astronauts are next. ..
How shade is cast reveals details of the rugged lunar landscape, allowing NASA to create 3D models for astronauts and rovers. ..
Two weeks after the spacecraft collided with Dimorphos, researchers determined that it knocked the space rock 32 minutes off its old orbit. ..
NASA will soon release the results of its DART mission to find out whether crashing a probe into a space rock can deflect it. Here’s how they'll do the math. ..