Space & Physics

Mongolia Lakes

iss070e003079 (Oct. 12, 2023) — As the International Space Station orbited 260 m...

NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara After First Microgravity Ha...

iss070e000668 (Sept. 30, 2023) — NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Enginee...

NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli Fixes Cables on ARED

iss070e001602 (Oct. 2, 2023) — NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer ...

Largest quake ever seen on Mars points to surprising se...

Mars is generally thought of as being geologically dead, but a huge marsquake me...

Prize-winning photos highlight the impact of climate ch...

A glacier under covers, a fish in danger of losing its home and threatened Afric...

Stunning photo of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io is our bes...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has swooped close to Jupiter's moon Io, capturing this am...

Could nuclear weapons testing resume as global tensions...

Only North Korea has detonated nuclear weapons during the 21st century, but rece...

Dung beetles' feeding habits can be used to track endan...

Biologists identified DNA from six species of lemurs in the guts of dung beetles...

Cannabis has a shocking environmental cost – here's how...

Growing cannabis can consume astonishingly large amounts of electricity and wate...

Near-Earth Asteroids as of August 31, 2023

Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are asteroids and comets that orbit the Sun like the p...

It takes just 108 milliseconds for our brains to spot food

When you look at an object, it takes just 108 to 116 milliseconds for your brain...

The Moon passes in front of the sun

iss070e003409 (Oct. 14, 2023) — The Moon passes in front of the sun during the a...

Double Asteroid Redirection Test Post-Impact Image Gallery

After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) ...

Baja California Sur on the Pacific Ocean

iss070e003846 (Oct. 14, 2023) — The north coast of the Mexican state of Baja Cal...

The Moon’s shadow darkens a portion of the Earth’s surface

iss070e003785 (Oct. 14, 2023) — The Moon passes in front of the sun casting its ...

Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night at NASA’...

The public is invited to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night on Satur...

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