Our Planet & Space
Wed, Jul 9 2025
NASA probe survives closest-ever encounter with the sun
WNG - The Parker Solar Probe completed the closest approach to the sun ever attempted by a probe, according to a Friday statement from NASA. The spacecraft on Thursday came within 3.8 million miles of the solar surface while traveling 430,000 miles p...
- Mon, Nov 11 2024 When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, a team of gophers were helicoptered in to… Discover Wildlife - Everything within ei...
- Sat, May 11 2024 Auroras paint the sky as far south as Florida CNN - Among a flurry of surreal images c...
- Tue, Apr 23 2024 Well, hello, Voyager 1! The venerable spacecraft is once again making sense NPR - After a nasty computer glitch five...
- Thu, Mar 7 2024 Voyager 1, First Craft in Interstellar Space, May Have Gone Dark New York Times - The 46-year-old probe f...
- Fri, Feb 23 2024 First U.S. vehicle lands on lunar surface since 1972 WNG - Shortly after 6:20 p.m. EST Thursd...
- Mon, Jan 22 2024 NASA finally opened its prized asteroid canister Mashable - Inside Building 31 at Johnson...
- Mon, Jan 8 2024 Hubble captures a busy frame of four overlapping spiral galaxies digital trends - This week’s image fro...
- Tue, Dec 19 2023 Iceland volcano eruption in 'state of equilibrium' as scientists asses… ABC News - NEW YORK and LONDON -- A volc...
- Fri, Nov 24 2023 The world’s biggest iceberg is on the move CNN - London - The world’s biggest ice...
- Fri, Sep 29 2023 The Mississippi River’s saltwater intrusion problem, explained MSN - It’s a slow-moving crisis, but o...
- Wed, Aug 23 2023 India lands a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, a first for the world as it… NEW DELHI (AP) — India became the firs...
- Wed, Feb 9 2022 A giant donut-shaped machine just proved a near-limitless clean power source is … (CNN)There's no silver bullet to the cli...
- Sat, Dec 25 2021 The most powerful telescope ever built has launched (CNN)It's a moment that has been decad...
- Tue, Mar 23 2021 A newly-launched spacecraft will clean up space junk orbiting Earth. Here's… Salon - A rendering showing ELSA-d's con...
- Mon, Dec 21 2020 Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island MSN - HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) — The Kila...
- Thu, Dec 10 2020 12 Absolutely Insane Facts About Weather On Different Planets MSN - It really is raining diamonds on J...
- Mon, Oct 19 2020 NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft set for historic touchdown on asteroid Bennu FOX News - NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraf...
- Tue, Sep 15 2020 Ice shelves propping up two major Antarctic glaciers are breaking up (CNN)Satellite images show that two impo...
- Wed, Jul 8 2020 Amazing lost cities that we've just rediscovered MSN - Founded, flourished and eventually...
- Wed, Jun 24 2020 Massive Saharan Dust Plume to Complete 5,000-Mile Journey From Africa to the U.S… Weather.com - A massive plume of dust fr...
- Tue, May 26 2020 Rainbow world: amazing images of Earth’s most colorful natural wonders MSN - Our planet and its natural beauty ...
- Thu, May 21 2020 You won't believe these places are in the USA MSN - The USA is well loved for its rugg...
- Tue, May 5 2020 'Murder Hornets,' with sting that can kill, land in US ABC News - SPOKANE, Wash. -- The world's...
- Thu, Mar 19 2020 At these destinations, you can feel the power of nature MSN - It’s easy to take our surroundin...
- Thu, Feb 27 2020 Earth has a new mini-moon -- but it's only temporary (CNN)It's not the moon, but you can ca...
- Mon, Feb 24 2020 Dozens of ancient Egyptian graves found with rare clay coffins FOX News - Archaeologists have discovere...
- Sat, Feb 15 2020 Michael Guillen: Why is Pluto no longer a planet? The answer may surprise you (h… FOX News - Pluto was a planet in good st...
- Wed, Feb 12 2020 Plant a trillion trees: Republicans offer fossil-friendly climate fix WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmak...
- Mon, Feb 10 2020 The Solar Orbiter mission has launched. It will give an unprecedented look at ou… (CNN)The Solar Orbiter launched from C...
- Wed, Jan 22 2020 Mysterious burst of gravitational waves hit Earth, baffling astronomers FOX News - A mysterious deep space event...
- Sat, Jan 18 2020 Scientists seek rare species survivors amid Australia flames ABC News - Australia’s unprecedented w...
- Mon, Jan 13 2020 Taal volcano eruption forces thousands to seek safer ground in the Philippines Washington Post - MANILA — An erupting...
- Fri, Jan 10 2020 Origin of mystery humming noises heard around the world, uncovered MSN - In 2018, a multitude of seismic si...
- Thu, Jan 2 2020 Why the world is waiting for Betelgeuse to go supernova (CNN)"My love for you is as eternal as t...
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