February 22, 2021
Keeping young children interested in schooling can be difficult at the best of times. Imagination and wonder are distracting, but can also be focused onto new […]
February 16, 2021
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover lifted off successfully July 30, at 7:50 a.m. EDT (1150 GMT) aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex […]
December 5, 2020
The holidays can be a stressful time even in the most ordinary of years, and with so much else going on in 2020, we think there’s […]
November 10, 2020
Black Friday marks a special in the calendar year. Coming right after Thanksgiving, there’s a good reason why it’s considered one of the most important retail […]
November 10, 2020
If you’re looking to gift a loved one something that will stand the test of time – a meaningful experience will endure far longer than a […]
November 10, 2020
Valentine’s Day is a special day – there are a lot of reasons why, but no matter whom you talk to about Valentine’s Day you will […]
November 10, 2020
From a young age, we’ve all wanted to become astronauts. It’s basically a rite of passage! If you’re the geeky type, then there’s a fairly good […]
November 4, 2020
Astrology is considered a pseudoscience; it is the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies and their potential influences on human affairs and […]
November 4, 2020
Despite making great strides in the space exploration scene, not all of us are lucky enough to make the sojourn to the final frontier. Unless you’re […]
November 4, 2020
With the holidays right around the corner, it’s safe to say that most friends and family members are in full panic mode in a bid to […]
November 3, 2020
Judging from the findings by anthropologists through the years, it’s safe to say that storytelling is a medium used by many to relate to the world […]
October 29, 2020
The International Space Station (ISS) hits 20 years of continuous human habitation this fall, and NASA aims to make the most of the years the orbiting […]
October 29, 2020
Uranus will be well placed in the sky, in the constellation Aries. It will be visible for much of the night, reaching its highest point in the sky around midnight […]
October 28, 2020
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water […]
October 20, 2020
NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 2:40 a.m. EDT Saturday, Oct. 31, for the launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission with astronauts to the International […]
October 20, 2020
When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft touches asteroid Bennu, it will capture NASA’s first sample from an asteroid and provide rare specimens for research that scientists hope will […]
October 20, 2020
Orionid meteors fly each year between about October 2 to November 7. That’s when Earth is passing through the stream of debris left behind by Comet Halley, […]
October 14, 2020
NASA’s first asteroid sampling spacecraft is making final preparations to grab a sample from asteroid Bennu’s surface. Next week, the OSIRIS-REx mission will conduct a second […]
October 7, 2020
Look up! Mars is at its closest to Earth until 2035 today (Oct. 6), making it a oerfect time to see the Red Planet with your own eyes. […]
October 7, 2020
October’s Draconid meteor shower – sometimes called the Giacobinids – is gearing up, with the Draconids’ expected peak night to fall on October 7, 2020. This […]
September 23, 2020
Virginia-based Orbital Sciences holds a $1.9 billion NASA contract to make eight unmanned supply runs to the International Space Station with its Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo […]
September 16, 2020
Sunrises and sunsets are glorified in society. There are those who associate such moments to symbolize a number of things, a spiritual awakening, a romantic occasion, […]
September 16, 2020
For millennia now, the Moon has dazzled on in the night sky. In many ancient cultures, the Moon was revered and often represented a deity and […]
September 9, 2020
Neptune will be well placed in the sky, in the constellation Aquarius. It will be visible for much of the night, reaching its highest point in the sky around midnight […]
September 8, 2020
The spaceflight startup Astra plans to reach orbit for the first time in early August. On Monday (July 20), the California-based company announced that its 38-foot-tall (11.6 meters) […]
August 27, 2020
At first, augmented reality (AR) looked like a super-neat feature that will work great in video games. However, as we started exploring its possibilities, it turned […]
August 17, 2020
While a full moon refers to the moment when the moon’s Earth-facing side is fully illuminated by sunlight, a new moon refers to the moment when the moon’s Earth-facing side […]
August 14, 2020
The Moon and Venus will make a close approach, passing within 3°59′ of each other. The Moon will be 26 days old. From Washington, the pair […]
August 11, 2020
The Perseid meteor shower happens every August. The Earth plows into debris left behind from Comet Swift-Tuttle, which last passed close to Earth in 1992. The […]
August 8, 2020
Finding fun and engaging ways to learn about the stars, planets, and space can inspire a life-long interest in kids. Space has endless possibilities for kids […]