When you wear dark clothing on a hot day, your clothes absorb the sun's heat and make you warmer. Land and ocean water are dark, warming as they absorb most of the energy coming in from the sun. But, ...

For the first time, scientists have made a clear X-ray detection of chlorine and potassium in the wreckage of a star using data from the Japan-led XRISM ...

NASA’s Psyche observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS over the course of eight hours on Sept. 8 and 9, when the comet was about 33 million miles (53 million ...

The NASA Science Activation project Eclipse Soundscapes (ES), led by ARISA Lab in Medford, Massachusetts, helps learners of all ages explore NASA science ...

From August to October, NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission tracked comet 2025 R2 (SWAN) — one of the thousands of comets ...

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In southeastern Libya, Jabal Arkanū’s concentric rock rings stand as relics of past geologic forces that churned beneath the desert.

The ancient walls, ramparts, and ditches that wind through this Nigerian city are the longest known earthworks of the pre-mechanical era.

The 3I/ATLAS comet makes its closest approach to Earth, the Geminid meteor shower sparkles across the sky, and the Moon and Jupiter get close for a conjunction.

The NASA Science Activation program's PLANETS (Planetary Learning that Advances the Nexus of Engineering, Technology, and Science) project, led by Northern ...

To enhance the scientific return on NASA mission investments, ROSES D.2 the Astrophysics Data Analysis Program (ADAP) provides support for investigations ...

A group of elementary-aged students gather outside of Oldham County Public Library in La Grange, Kentucky, United States to look at clouds in the sky. “If ...