March skygazing: a full blood moon rises and new season
March 3 Total Lunar Eclipse/Full Worm Moon March 20 Vernal Equinox March 25 and 26 Conjunction of Jupiter and the Moon Assuming that the clouds actually part long enough for…
Long-lost silent film depicts first ‘robot’ in cinema
Archivists at the Library of Congress believe they may have discovered the first depiction of a robot in cinemas, thanks to a 127-year-old reel that had been gathering dust in…
What time is it on Mars? This analog ‘Interplanetary Clock’ can tell you.
If humans ever expect to live on Mars, we’re going to need to get very good at keeping Martian time. The task is simple enough on Earth, thanks to standardized…
Harnessing the Sun to Extract Oxygen on the Moon
NASA/Michael Rushing Light shines onto a solar concentrator being tested in this Aug. 7, 2025, photo. The concentrator is part of the Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) project, which aims to…
NASA’s Home for Experimental Flight Advances Aeronautics Mission
5 Min Read NASA’s Home for Experimental Flight Advances Aeronautics Mission NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft taxis at Edwards, California, on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, ahead of a…
Dogs act like toddlers when trying to help humans
It may be a cliché, but it’s undeniable: more often than not, cats are simply more aloof than dogs. New research suggests the disparities go even further, however. According to…
Chesapeake Bay Locked in Ice
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Chesapeake Bay Locked in Ice Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth…
Ireland’s native goats date back to Bronze Age
Some 3,000 years of history is locked inside the DNA of a single species—the old Irish Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus). This rare indigenous breed is Ireland’s only native goat species…
JPL 3D-Printed Part Springs Forward
2 Min Read JPL 3D-Printed Part Springs Forward PIA26706 Credits: Proteus Space Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal JPL 3D-Printed Part Springs… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About…
Man builds electrified chessboard that shocks players for bad moves
Chess is imposing to the uninitiated. Most casual fans could spend their entire lives studying a library’s worth of chess theory, only to still be routinely humiliated by competitive players.…