NASA debunks another UFO video
On July 9, 2016, NASA video footage of Earth's atmosphere was posted to YouTube. The footage cut away briefly as an object came into view. Some people believed that NASA cut the video feed in order to cover up the…
Mercury crosses the sun
On May 9, Mercury moved across the face of the sun. This process, called a transit, took seven and a half hours. From Earth, Mercury looks just 1/158 as wide as the sun, so you can’t see its transit with…
Buzz Aldrin dreams of humans on Mars by 2040
Buzz Aldrin in 1969 became the second human to walk on the Moon, and now he believes humans could walk on Mars as soon as 2040. Achieving that goal would be a huge challenge. The journey would be complex and very…
Astronaut hopefuls apply to NASA in record numbers
NASA is preparing to select a new class of astronauts for 2017. At the application due date on February 18, there were more than 18,300 hopefuls. That is nearly three times the number of applications NASA received the last time a class was…
International Space Station welcomes three new astronauts
On December 15, a Russian rocket blasted off from a base in Kazakhstan. It was carrying a Russian cosmonaut and a British and an American astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS). Tim Peake is the first British astronaut to work on a program…
Space agencies celebrate 15 years of astronauts on International Space Station
The first three astronauts shuttled up to the International Space Station on Nov. 2, 2000. This week, NASA and other space agencies around the world celebrated 15 years of continuous inhabitance on the station. The astronauts currently living on the…
There’s water on Mars. So what?
NASA scientists found evidence of flowing water on the surface of Mars. If confirmed, this could be a game-changer. Namely, access to water on mars could make a manned voyage there much more likely. But scientists — and non-scientists — still have many…
Ed White receives NASA’s Ambassador of Exploration award
Ed White’s spacewalk in 1965 made it possible for Americans to walk on the moon just four years later. Forty-eight years after he was killed in a launch pad test, NASA presented White with a moon rock in honor of…
NASA has discovered ‘Earth’s bigger, older cousin’
Astronomers and astrophysicists alike are rejoicing at the recent discovery from NASA. Researchers from NASA, along with several universities, spent the last few years using the Kepler telescope searching for extraterrestrial life. In their search, they found a new planet,…
NASA probe reveals new details about Pluto
The New Horizons probe has shed new light on a previously dark corner of our solar system. The spacecraft sent back new images of the dwarf planet Pluto, after passing by it from 7,767 miles (12,500 km). Pluto is the most…