September 4, 2021 NASA's Perseverance rover team drills first Martian rock sample NASA's Perseverance Mars rover team announced on Thursday that it has successfully cored its first Mars rock.
July 28, 2021 When will your city have its warmest day? As July comes to a close, most of the U.S. is forecast to approach its hottest days.
July 23, 2021 Astronomers make first detection of this 'moon-forming' phenomenon Astronomers have discovered the presence of a disk around a planet beyond our solar system for the first time.
July 22, 2021 When to view July's full buck moon The next full moon of 2021 will occur on Friday in the U.S.
July 21, 2021 Western wildfires: Why the sun looks red over eastern states this week Amidst a backdrop of hazy gray skies, the sun glowed with a reddish-orange hue on Tuesday above the eastern U.S.
June 24, 2021 Ohio woman dead of suspected heat-related illness while backpacking in Grand Canyon An Ohio resident on a backpacking trip at the Grand Canyon has died of suspected heat-related illness amid a heat wave in the U.S. West, park officials said Monday.
June 23, 2021 The Strawberry Moon: How, when to watch it Stargazers around the world will be able to enjoy the glow of the Strawberry Moon on Thursday night.
June 22, 2021 'Mega comet' discovered flying into solar system: scientists Astronomers have reportedly discovered that a large object moving from the outer reaches of the solar system will approach as close as Saturn's orbit in the next decade.
June 19, 2021 NASA, USPS team up to create stunning sun stamps The U.S. Postal Service has issued a new set of stamps celebrating 10 years of sun-watching from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).
June 19, 2021 Earth's atmosphere trapping 'unprecedented' amount of heat: NASA, NOAA report Scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have determined in new research that the Earth's atmosphere has been trapping an "unprecedented" amount of heat, with the planet's energy imbalance approximately doubling from 2005 to 2019.