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A roughly sculpted grey lego brick floats in space.

Lego-inspired 'space bricks' could help scientists design moon habitats. Here's how

By Rahul Rao published

How European Space Agency scientists are using Lego-inspired "space bricks" to design lunar habitats.

The moon
A swirling storm of white clouds twists over the ocean toward land.

Satellites watch 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane Beryl batter Carriacou island (video)

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Monday (July 1) morning, setting the record of strongest hurricane to happen this early in the year.

Climate Change
graphic illustration of the SDO on the left and a animation showing different views of the sun on the right.

Solar Dynamics Observatory: Discovering the secrets of the sun's magnetic field

By Keith Cooper last updated

Reference Learn how the sun's secrets have been gradually revealed by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

Reference
two images side by side. one is a rusty circular device. the second is a box with two circles on it, with dials

This mysterious ancient computer has a 'calendar ring' that followed the lunar year

By Elizabeth Howell published

A hand-powered calculator from 2,000 years ago, known as the Antikythera mechanism, had a calendar ring that likely followed the lunar year.

The moon
A cropped version of the team's panoramic Olympus Mons view. There are bright atmospheric lines above Mars.

Mars Odyssey celebrates 100,000 orbits, captures epic view of solar system's largest volcano

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

NASA's long-running Mars Odyssey orbiter celebrated its 100,000th orbit with a fresh view of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system.

Mars
The Earth, moon and an asteroid's trajectories are seen in this gif.

It's International Asteroid Day, and astronomers have much to celebrate

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

"It's a fun day."

Asteroids
A view of the top of Io, a slight haze protrudes from the surface in one isolated location.

NASA's Juno probe reveals lava lakes across Jupiter's volcanic moon Io (image)

By Stefanie Waldek published

Infrared images showcase "fire-breathing" lakes all across the Jovian moon.

Jupiter
The Red Planet is seen against the darkness of space.

Mars is an asteroid punching bag, NASA data reveals

By Keith Cooper published

Small asteroids have the Red Planet in their crosshairs more often than not, as Mars lander's seismometer detects their impacts.

Mars
A white plane is seen on a runway. It has a NASA sign on its tail.

NASA is flying planes low over the US to make maps of air pollution sources

By Rahul Rao published

NASA is flying aircraft low over the US in order to learn where, exactly, greenhouse gases are coming from. The results should help the agency fight causes of human-driven climate change.

Climate Change
a cylindrical spacecraft stands up right in the desert above illustrations of the moon's surface on the ground

The moon on Earth: Astrobotic unveils 'proving ground' for future lunar missions

By Andrew Jones published

Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic has unveiled a lunar testing ground to help prepare for a range of coming moon missions.

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