Ireland’s 250-million-year-old gray spot
Happy St. Patrick’s Day—from space. While Ireland’s natural landscape is known for every shade of green imaginable, a different color dominates one part of Ireland. Along the Burren Region on…
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Not everyone has an internal monologue
When I first started researching this story, I assumed I was writing about other people: those fascinating outliers who reportedly lack an internal monologue—the experience of actively speaking words in…
Asteroid Bennu’s Rugged Surface Baffled NASA, We Finally Know Why
5 Min Read Asteroid Bennu’s Rugged Surface Baffled NASA, We Finally Know Why These are X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans of particles from asteroid Bennu. They show the most common…
Hail Yeah! NASA Researchers Use Volunteer Observations for Hail Estimates
The bigger the hailstone, the more damage it can cause. But scientists find that predicting hailstone size can be challenging. How quickly does hail melt as it falls? Now, you…
A Bit of Gray on an Emerald Isle
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory A Bit of Gray on an Emerald Isle Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation…
Bull sharks make ‘friends’—and prefer females to males
Bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) have a really bad reputation. The ocean’s bad boys are responsible for at least 100 unprovoked attacks on humans, 27 of which have been fatal. However,…
NASA Invites Media to Learn About Upcoming X-59 Test Flights
As its team prepared for second flight, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft underwent engine run testing on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.…
Blue crabs have a serious cannibalism problem
It’s a crab-eat-crab world for the Chesapeake Bay’s juvenile blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus). Literally. Cannibalism is the number one killer of the crustaceans that congregate in mid-salinity waters like coastal…
SPARCS CubeSat ‘First Light’ Images
2 Min Read SPARCS CubeSat ‘First Light’ Images PIA26731 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal SPARCS CubeSat ‘First… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads SPARCS…
To Protect Artemis II Astronauts, NASA Experts Keep Eyes on Sun
7 min read To Protect Artemis II Astronauts, NASA Experts Keep Eyes on Sun As four astronauts travel around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission, they will venture beyond…