News
Strange stacked stones spotted on Mars | Space photo of the day for May 21, 2026
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (322+ words) OK, who's been stacking rocks on Mars? NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has stumbled across an unusual sight: a stack of rocks on the Martian surface. How did they end up this way? Did Perseverance knock them over? So many questions....
Satellites spy one of Russia's most active volcanoes melting snow from the inside out
1+ week, 2+ day ago (456+ words) Fresh satellite images reveal volcanic heat melting snow around Russia's relentless Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Fresh satellite images have captured one of Russia's most active volcanoes melting snow from the inside out as volcanic heat continues to seep…...
Ancient volcanic ash seen blowing across Mars in new spacecraft images
3+ week, 6+ day ago (169+ words) New images from the Mars Express spacecraft show ancient volcanic ash spreading across the Red Planet. Europe's Mars orbiter has captured high-resolution images of an ancient sea bed on the Red Planet, revealing that Mars' appearance can change over a…...
Satellite watches wall of dust roll through Texas | Space photo of the day for March 17, 2026
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (255+ words) The dust storm created travel complications and other issues for Texans. Incredible satellite imagery shows a wall of dust being blown through Texas as a cold front pushed its way across the United States on Monday (March 16). The footage was…...
Arizona's Meteor Crater is still revealing new secrets 50, 000 years later
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (443+ words) "The crater is still providing new insights every year, so continued studies there are really important." Arizona's Meteor Crater and other scars leftover from collisions with space rocks continue to serve up their secrets. Meteor Crater formed some 50, 000 years ago....
Antarctica has lost 5, 000 square miles of 'grounded ice' in the last 30 years, satellite images reveal
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (541+ words) "It's like the balloon that's not punctured everywhere, but where it is punctured, it's punctured deep." Night Sky This Week A sweeping new satellite analysis shows that Antarctica has lost nearly 5, 000 square miles (12, 950 square kilometers) of grounded ice over the…...
Rare glass from 6-million-year-old meteorite strike found in Brazil " but the crater is still missing
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (769+ words) There are only a few known fields of tektites in the entire world. Night Sky This Week Brazil is host to a newly found field of natural glass created from meteorite impacts, according to a new study. The natural glass…...
Snowball Earth's liquid seas dipped way below freezing
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (384+ words) Iron isotopes show that salty seawater pockets beneath the ice were as cold as "15 C. Night Sky This Week This article was originally published at Eos. The publication contributed the article to Space. com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. In Nature Communications,…...
Apollo moon rocks may have finally solved an old lunar mystery
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (459+ words) Did the moon have a strong or weak magnetic field in its early history? We may now know the truth. Night Sky This Week For decades, planetary scientists have debated a fundamental question about the moon's early history: Did it…...
Antarctica's 'gravity hole' reveals the evolution of Earth's deep interior
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (511+ words) A dip in Earth's gravity field beneath Antarctica is helping scientists track deep-Earth changes over tens of millions of years. A "gravity hole" beneath Antarctica is offering scientists a rare glimpse into Earth's deep interior, a dynamic record of slow-moving…...