NASA’s Psyche spacecraft returns unfamiliar views of a familiar world

Not quite halfway through a six-year sojourn through the Solar System, a NASA spacecraft used a close encounter with Mars ...

NASA’s MAVEN Detects Atmospheric Effect on Mars That ‘No One Expected’

Using data from NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission, scientists identified the Zwan-Wolf effect in ...

The Sun Blasted a Mysterious Radio Signal for 19 Straight Days. Here’s What We Know

On August 21, 2025, the Sun emitted what appeared to be a routine burst of radio-wave energy—the kind astronomers observe ...

Scientists baffled by record-breaking solar eruption with a heartbeat

Scientists believe the source of a record-breaking solar radio signal sat near a "helmet streamer," a giant arching magnetic ...

One Mars spacecraft, two senators, and a cloud of questions

At issue is $700 million, already appropriated by Congress, to build a spacecraft, launch it to Mars, and once there to serve ...
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NASA’s MAVEN Makes 1st Discovery of Atmospheric Effect at Mars

In December 2023, scientists looking at Mars data stumbled across something completely unexpected — observations of an atmospheric effect never before seen in ...
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Giant radio telescope sees Artemis 2 astronauts on Orion flying around the moon. 'There are 4 people in those pixels.'

Here's a unique view of NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission. A giant radio telescope in West Virginia tracked Artemis 2's Orion ...

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This Strange Molecular Signature May Be the Best Clue Yet to Alien Life

Researchers discovered that life leaves behind unique statistical patterns in molecules, potentially offering a new way to ...

Build a Radio Wave Detector With Balls of Aluminum Foil!

Here’s how you can hack together a radio transmitter and receiver out of stuff you have at home—and explore the weirdness of ...

NASA missions track record-breaking radio burst from sun

When NASA scientists first observed a particular radio burst from the sun in August 2025, there was nothing unusual about it. But then the radio burst kept going. Typically, solar radio bursts like ...