GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, AZ – MAY 20: A composite of images of the first annular eclipse seen in … [+] the U.S. since 1994 shows several stages, left to right, as the eclipse passes through annularity and the sun changes color as it approaches sunset on May 20, 2012 in Grand Canyon National Park, …
Scientist and astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt stands next to a huge, split lunar boulder during the … [+] Apollo 17 mission at the Taurus-Littrow landing site in this photograph from Dec. 13, 1972. Rock samples collected during the Apollo missions provided evidence that the Moon resulted from an object crashing into Earth in the early …
NASA’s new interactive map for the solar eclipse on October 14, 2023. NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio NASA has published a new interactive map for Saturday, October 14’s ‘ring of fire’ annular solar eclipse. Called the “Eclipse Explorer,” it’s based on the space agency’s eclipse maps revealed earlier this year, but includes several new interactive layers …
When NASA’s two Artemis astronauts step onto the lunar surface in the next few years, the world will be watching. The highly anticipated mission will mark the first crewed landing in more than five decades and will see the first woman and first person of color reaching the lunar surface. And so with all that …
Greenhouse Agriculture On The Planet Mars getty The lowly silkworm has spurred exploration here on Earth for centuries. First in the development of the silk roads between China and Europe and then closer to home in colonial Georgia where English settlers tried to make a case for mercantile silk production. But most recently, China has …
A solar eclipse is visible from district Simeulue, Aceh, Indonesia on December 26, 2019. The … [+] so-called ring of fire is seen from 25 districts and cities and its peak takes place between 11 am to 2 pm local time. (Photo by Khalis Surry/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Anadolu Agency via Getty Images There’s …
The four Artemis II astronauts who will embark on a flyby of the moon in November next year successfully conducted a pre-launch practice run on Wednesday. In line with launch day procedures, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, started the day by waking up …
A full “supermoon” rises behind a mountain in the Swiss Alps, seen from Chexbres, western … [+] Switzerland, on July 13, 2022. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Rising in the east at dusk on Wednesday, August 30, 2023 will be the year’s biggest, …
Japan’s space agency on Monday postponed for the third time the launch of its “Moon Sniper” lunar mission due to poor weather. The H2-A rocket due to blast off from the southern island of Tanegashima was also carrying a research satellite developed with NASA and the European Space Agency. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) …
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday said that Pragyan Rover began its moonwalk on the lunar surface. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), ISRO said, “Chandrayaan-3 Mission. Chandrayaan-3 Rover to MOX, ISTRAC, Moon walk begins!” Earlier today ISRO also released the images of the Lander Imager Camera which captured the moon’s image just before the touchdown …