Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This article is more than 2 years old. What was your ...

NASA notched several milestones in 2022, from sending a megarocket toward the moon and deflecting an asteroid to capturing dramatic new images with the James Webb Space Telescope. Here’s a look at the ...

More than six months after initially launching to space in December 2021, the James Webb telescope shed new light on humankind's scientific understanding of the universe. On July 12, 2022, NASA ...

Earth's average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Continuing the planet's long-term warming trend, global temperatures in ...

The annual Antarctic ozone hole reached an average area of 8.9 million square miles (23.2 million square kilometers) between Sept. 7 and Oct. 13, 2022. This depleted area of the ozone layer over the ...

Spectators watch as the Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket lifts off from launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on November 16, 2022. - NASA's Artemis 1 mission is a ...

A quintet of galaxies. A nursery of infant stars. A weather report for an exoplanet. And a preview of our own sun’s demise. After years of delays, a 930,000-mile trip into space and months of ...

On the morning of August 29, hours after sunrise, NASA’s gigantic Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket will blast off from the Atlantic coast, bound for lunar orbit. Perched on top of the rocket: the ...

The NASA International Space Apps Challenge – the world’s largest annual hackathon – returns this year with the theme “Make Space,” which emphasizes NASA’s commitment to inclusivity. This year’s ...

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) last passed Earth 50,000 years ago. If you're looking at the night skies Wednesday and make out a tiny green light in the sky, don't panic, aliens haven't landed. A rare green ...

'This year's voting booth definitely takes the cake.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. At least one election ballot this year came ...