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A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched JAXA's RAISE-4 satellites from New Zealand. Credit: Rocket Lab

On Dec. 30, 1930, the first-ever photo of the Earth’s curvature was taken. This photo was taken by Lieutenant Colonel Albert William Stevens, who was an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps and an aerial photographer. He also happened to...

Asteroid 2025 TF's closest approach was about ~186 miles (300 km) from Earth. It is estimated to be about 2 meters (6.5 feet) in diameter. Credit: Space.com | animation courtesy: NASA/jPL-Caltech | edited by Steve Spaleta

On January 24, 1986, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus. This was the first time any spacecraft had ever visited Uranus. Its twin spacecraft, Voyager 1, only made it as far as Saturn before veering out of the plane of the solar...

On January 25, 2004, NASA's Opportunity rover landed on Mars! This was the second of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers to land on the red planet. Its counterpart, the Spirit rover, arrived just three weeks earlier. Opportunity is now...

On January 21, 1960, a monkey named Miss Sam launched on a Little Joe rocket to help NASA test the launch escape system for its new Mercury spacecraft. This spacecraft would ultimately carry the first American astronauts into space. Miss...

This video explores why and how Earth's tectonic plates shift. It highlights that plates float on the solid but flowable upper mantle, which acts like honey or syrup, slowly moving due to intense heat and pressure.

On January 18, 2002, the National Science Foundation formally opened the Gemini South telescope in Chile. This became the second telescope to make up the Gemini Observatory. Its twin telescope, Gemini North, is located in Hawaii....

This video explains how all Earth's land used to form one supercontinent called Pangea and gradually split into separate continents through the process of continental drift. It details the discovery of this idea, how Earth's crust is...

On January 17, 1985, the United States launched its 1,037th and final Aerobee rocket. Aerobee rockets were the first sounding rockets that the U.S. launched to research Earth's upper atmosphere. The small, suborbital rockets measured...

The history of computers began with primitive designs in the early 19th century and went on to change the world during the 20th century.

On January 10, 1946, the U.S. army bounced radar signals off of Earth's moon for the first time ever. Known as "Project Diana," this was the first experiment in radio astronomy. They set up a large transmitter, receiver and antenna at a...

What happens when your entire country starts to disappear? We visit six Pacific Island nations—Vanuatu, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, and Kiribati—facing exactly that. We break down the science, the human stories, and the...

The risks of rising sea levels are arguably higher nowhere else than in Tuvalu. This island chain, located halfway between Australia and Hawaii, could be the first sovereign state to become uninhabitable. Its land averages only about 2.7...

From the bustling rice bowls of the Mekong Delta to the tranquil spice fields of Grenada and the vanishing islands of the Pacific, the world's coasts are on the front line of a silent crisis. This journey explores how Vietnam, Grenada,...

On January 4, 1970, NASA cancelled the Apollo 20 moon mission. This came just six months after Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first people to ever set foot on the moon. Instead of launching another crew of...

On January 2, 2004, NASA's Stardust spacecraft flew by comet Wild 2 to collect some comet dust and bring it back to Earth. Stardust was the first robotic sample return mission of its kind. It didn't land on the comet, but it flew close...

The European Space Agency's Plato spacecraft has been fully assembled in a cleanroom at ESA's Test Centre in the Netherlands. Credit: ESA – Rowan Moorkens O'Reilly (ATG Europe)

The Sun erupted with an X1-class solar flare.NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple wavelengths. The flare caused radio blackouts on sunlit portion of Earth at the time of eruption. The blackouts occurred in...

The Chandra X-ray Observatory has discovered a black hole growing at a record pace. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart

China's Shenzhou-20 completed their mission's fourth spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) | edited by Steve Spaleta

The sun erupted with an X1.9-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the blast in multiple wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams / Helio Viewer| edited...