Amy Shira Teitel
This Is the Best Map Ever Made of Neptune's Icy, Volcanic Moon Triton
It’s high time we considered going back to explore Neptune’s moon in detail.
NASA's Next Rocket Is So Big, the Sound of It Launching Could Damage Buildings
But small scale acoustic testing is helping make sure that doesn't actually happen.
New 3D Maps Show How Comets Work in Incredible Detail
This level of detail is almost unheard of when it comes to studying comets.
What Summer Is Like on Saturn's Moon Titan
Sorry, beach fans: it's mostly cloudy and the sea is methane.
Scientists Confirm, Again, That Glacier Melting Is Caused by Humans
More evidence that the ice melt we're seeing isn't all natural.
NASA Is Contest-Sourcing Solutions to Its Deepest Problems
From astronaut diets to asteroid detection, the space agency wants your algorithms.
NASA Resurrected an 'Impossible' Microwave Thruster Technology
Imagine blasting through space without the need for extra fuel.
After a Decade on Mars, the Opportunity Rover Set the Off-World Driving Record
In all that time, the little rover has traversed 25 miles of the Red Planet.
Inside the Rocket Engine Powering the Future of Space Exploration
NASA's updated RS-25 engine is powerful enough to to send men and machines beyond Earth orbit to the giant planets of our Solar System. Probably.
Martian Dry Ice Deposits Make Dust Flow Like Water
New NASA observations help confirm the frozen CO2 origins of Martian gullies.
The Mission to the Moon, As You've Likely Never Seen It Before
These uncommon images of Apollo 11 put the mission in a slightly different light, telling the familiar story from an unfamiliar perspective.
Earth's Magnetic Field Is Poised to Flip Upside-Down
The big swap will happen any day now, at least in terms of geologic time.