space-science

Sending your name to space with NASA is a popular way to participate in agency missions without becoming an astronaut. When you submit your name, it is etched onto a microchip c...

The near side of the Moon displays a striking pattern of dark plains known as lunar maria, while the far side is dominated by bright highlands marked by countless impact craters...

Jupiter auroras are steady, high-latitude light displays driven by the planet’s immense magnetic field and its interaction with the solar wind and internal plasma sources. Unl...

Planets with clouds are worlds whose atmospheres contain visible condensates that shape weather, climate, and how we interpret their composition. Clouds form when gases cool or...

Yes, there is water on the Moon, but not as lakes or rivers. It exists largely as ice in permanently shadowed polar craters, chemically bound in rocks and soils across the surfa...

When headlines announce a meteor heading toward Earth, the immediate question is whether we are at risk and what, if anything, can be done. In most reported cases, the object is...