August 31, 2020 Mars dust devil spotted by NASA’s Curiosity Rover NASA’s Curiosity Rover has spotted a dust devil traveling across the surface of Mars.
August 31, 2020 Asteroid wider than basketball court to fly past Earth, NASA says An asteroid wider than a basketball court is expected to fly past Earth tomorrow, but it will not pose a threat, NASA says.
August 31, 2020 50 exoplanets discovered in deep space by advanced artificial intelligence More than 4,000 exoplanets have been discovered so far by astronomers. Now, artificial intelligence has discovered an additional 50, thanks to old data from NASA.
August 30, 2020 Bacteria could have traveled from Mars to Earth, changing what we know about how life formed, study says A newly published study notes that a type of bacteria was able to survive in space outside the International Space Station, opening up the possibility that life could have traveled from Mars.
August 29, 2020 Douglas MacKinnon: 'Election Day' asteroid – not a political omen, but it is a warning NASA is predicting it will give the Earth a very close shave the day before the presidential election.
August 27, 2020 'UFO' found in Congo turns out to be Project Loon balloon What was mistaken for a UFO after it wound up in a dense jungle in the African nation turned out to be an internet balloon from a subsidiary of Alphabet, Loon, Reuters reports.
August 27, 2020 NASA finds active 'Star Wars' galaxy in deep space NASAÂ has found an active galaxy far, far away that looks eerily reminiscent of a TIE fighter from "Star Wars."
August 26, 2020 Jeanette Epps set to become first Black female astronaut on ISS in 2021 NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps will make history next year when she becomes the first Black female astronaut to be a crew member of the International Space Station, the space agency announced on Tuesday.
August 26, 2020 Mystery radio signal in deep space shows activity exactly when scientists expected In June, astronomers discovered Fast Radio Burst 121102 had a 157-day repeating schedule. Right on schedule, scientists have detected activity from the mysterious radio signal.
August 26, 2020 Vast smoky pall from California wildfires spotted by NASA satellite A vast smoky pall from California’s wildfires has been spotted from space by NASA’s Terra satellite.