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Curiosity Drills Into Mars and Strikes Clay
While prospecting the slopes of Mount Sharp for evidence of Mars’ past watery climates, NASA’s Curiosity rover struck clay. If this doesn’t sound as worthy of a “Eureka!” as hitting the golden...
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This Asteroid Won’t Hit Earth, But It’s Coming Pretty Dang Close
Asteroids are out there, even if you can’t always see them. Want some naked-eye proof? It’s coming, in the form of a mountain of space rock named Apophis, for the Egyptian god of chaos; his task is to...
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Mars’ High Flying Camera Reveals Planet in Exquisite Detail
We have come a long way in our understanding of the planet Mars in the last few decades, and even the past several years. Once visible only as a reddish spark in the night sky, when all that humans had...
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Mars 2020 Spacecraft Shaken, Stirred and Chilled in Tests of Space Worthiness
NASA can make the exploration of Mars look easy. Generations of robotic spacecraft sent to orbit, land upon, and rove about the Martian surface seem to do their jobs courageously without even working...
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Greatest Discoveries of the Best Space Telescope You’ve Never Heard Of
When you hear the phrase space telescope, you probably think of NASA’s venerable Hubble, which has brought us decades of unique and breathtaking images of the most distant reaches of space, cosmic...
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WATCH: South America Total Solar Eclipse Live, Tuesday
Starting at 12:23 p.m. PDT on Tuesday, some lucky spectators in parts of Chile and Argentina will get a chance to watch a total solar eclipse. It’s a rare event where the moon entirely obscures the...
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Your Guide to the Bay Area Moon Landing Anniversary Events
On July 20, 1969, the world watched, transfixed, as two American astronauts set foot on the moon. This year, the Bay Area will join the rest of the country in celebrating the 50th anniversary of NASA’s...
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A Moment of Silence, Then a Lot of Fast Typing: Legendary Reporter Remembers...
It’s true David Perlman is 100 years old, an impressive age for any human being. But that’s not the most distinguishing thing about the man. I met him eight years ago in the media room at a science...
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What’s Left for Us to Do on the Moon, Anyway? Plenty, It Turns Out
The moon is a dusty, airless rock that we last set foot on in 1972. What’s left there for us? Plenty, it would seem. There’s been so much talk in the past decade about sending humans to Mars that one...
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How We Made It to the Moon With Less Powerful Computers Than You Carry In...
Today, the basic physics of getting to the moon and back seem disarmingly simple. Apply the force of rocket thrust to oppose the force of Earth’s gravity, using it to lift off the ground. Apply further...
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Nine Major Innovations You Can Thank Space Program For
The rewards of our nation’s ventures in space go beyond astonishing scientific discoveries and breathtaking human drama on the stage of the cosmos. Not to be overlooked are a multitude of down-to-earth...
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Eight of the Most Important Space Discoveries Since the Apollo Landings
The 1969-72 Apollo moon landings took place in the era when humankind was just beginning to explore outer space with robotic probes and space-based observatories. It was a time when we took the...
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NASA’s InSight Lander Detects its First Marsquake
Since the recent Mojave Desert and Ridgecrest earthquakes, tremors in the ground have been on people’s minds. And the approaching 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake reminds the Bay Area...
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NASA’s Europa Clipper Is A Go
NASA has taken a big step closer to testing the waters of the ocean hiding under the icy crust of Europa, Jupiter’s most enigmatic moon. The Europa Clipper mission, in development at the Jet Propulsion...
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Your Kid Could Name the Mars 2020 Rover
NASA plans soon to send another robotic rover to Mars. The only problem is, the agency needs a good name for it. That’s where young minds come in. If you’re in kindergarten to 12th grade, you may be...
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NASA Wants to Send Shapeshifting Robots to Saturn Moon
As they conceive a new generation of robotic “rovers,” NASA engineers are challenging themselves to think outside the box. The contraptions they envision bear little resemblance to the car-like,...
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Curiosity Rover Finds Clues to a Watery Past on Mars
In its quest to find signs of water in the sediments of Mount Sharp, NASA’s rover Curiosity has turned up some tantalizing clues to when and how the young, watery Mars began to dry up. Images of...
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NASA Hopes to Find Direct Evidence of Past Life on Mars With 2021 Landing
For the first time in over 40 years, NASA plans to search for Martians — not living ones but the very long dead remains of life forms that may have thrived on a watery planet 3.5 billion years ago....
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NASA InSIGHT Spacecraft Set to Land on Mars Nov. 26
After traveling 75 million miles since its launch last May, NASA’s InSIGHT spacecraft is scheduled to land on Mars on Monday, November 26 around noon, Pacific Time. NASA TV will cover the adventure as...
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California Firefighters Use Supercomputers to Forecast Wildfires
The deadly blazes burning in California have put a spotlight on the crucial role of evacuation. To save lives and property, firefighters must predict where a fire will spread within moments after it...
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