Space

  1. Animals

    Werewolves could learn from other critters when to hunt

    Werewolves aren’t the only creatures that undergo transformation under the full moon. But could weak werewolves be at risk of becoming prey?

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  2. Planets

    Experiment: Make your own craters!

    Let’s make our own craters in cocoa and flour to learn how these features form throughout the solar system — and why they’re different sizes.

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  3. Space

    Spacecraft need an extra boost to travel between stars 

    Star Wars makes space travel look easy by breaking the laws of physics. Off-screen, the technology for spacecraft to reach other worlds doesn’t exist yet.

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  4. Space

    Scientists Say: Campfire

    These miniature solar flares could help solve a big mystery about our sun.

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  5. Planets

    Analyze This: Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is shrinking

    If the windstorm keeps dwindling, the Great Red Spot could someday disappear — like an earlier spot observed in the 1600s.

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  6. Space

    Scientists Say: Kugelblitz

    A black hole made of pure light —or kugelblitz — may be possible, at least in theory. But in practice: impossible.

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  7. Physics

    Scientists Say: Magnetosphere

    This magnetic field encapsulates our planet, sheltering us from damaging energetic threats posed by the cosmos and our own sun.

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  8. Planets

    ‘Percy,’ NASA’s rover, finds its first hint of ancient life on Mars

    The robot examined a Mars rock containing organic compounds and “leopard spots.” On Earth, such spots usually come from microbial life.

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  9. Space

    Here’s why some shooting stars have long-lasting afterglows

    Atmospheric chemistry is the most important factor in determining which meteors leave behind these persistent trails.

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  10. Space

    Summer ‘space hurricanes’ are emerging high above Earth’s magnetic poles

    A separation — and later recombining — of Earth’s magnetic field lines may be what churns up these super-high-altitude storms of plasma.

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  11. Space

    Scientists Say: Cosmic rays

    These energy-packed particles come to us from the farthest reaches of outer space.

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  12. Planets

    Here are 5 exoplanet mysteries the James Webb telescope could help solve

    This space telescope could reveal much about the formation, makeup and evolution of distant exoplanets.

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