What to Know About the JUICE Mission to Jupiter and Its Frozen Moons
A view of Ganymede, as imaged by the Juno probe. Image: NASA JUICE is scheduled to perform 35 Jovian moon flybys, but the mission will end with the spacecraft settling…
SpaceX’s Next-Gen Starlink Satellites Have Started Falling From Space
HEO Robotics captured this view of a Starlink V2 Mini satellite in orbit shortly after it launched. Image: HEO Robotics It’s been a little over a month since SpaceX launched…
Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen Will Be Among the Next Humans to Fly to the Moon
On April 3, NASA announced the crew for Artemis II, which will see astronauts spending up to three weeks on a flyby trip to the moon in 2024. This mission…
California Officials Find Some of the Deepest Snowpack Ever After a Stormy Winter
After an unexpectedly wet winter marked by consecutive storms in California, the state’s snowpack is now one of the highest that officials have ever documented. Mississippi’s Water Crisis | Extreme…
China’s Space Pioneer Becomes First Private Company to Reach Orbit During Debut Launch
Chinese company Space Pioneer established a pair of milestones this past Sunday, becoming the first startup to successfully reach orbit on its first attempt, and the first Chinese company to…
Scientists Capture Deepest-Ever Footage of a Fish
Researchers using baited camera traps recorded an unknown species of snailfish more than 5 miles (8 kilometers) deep just off the coast of Japan. These are the deepest fish ever…
This Week in Spaceflight: NASA’s Artemis Astronaut Reveal, Plus a Space Station Shuffle
This week, NASA announces the names of the four astronauts who will venture beyond the Moon for the planned Artemis 2 mission next year, and we couldn’t be more excited.…
In Ukraine, Dead Dolphins Tell a Story of Ecocide and Violence
PRYMORSKE, UKRAINE—This stretch of Black Sea coastline is almost deserted, save for a small hut, running entirely on solar power. About 50 kilometers across the blue water is Zmiinyi (Snake)…
Is NASA Done Sending Traditional Rovers to Mars?
In February 2021, NASA landed a $2.7 billion rover on Mars that has been roaming the Red Planet ever since. The space agency got what it paid for, as the…
The Link Between Tornadoes and Climate Change Is Complicated
In the wake of a devastating hurricane or wildfire, it’s fair to point out the ways that climate change is making those disasters more frequent and more intense. But when…