Devastating Nepal floods were triggered by glacier collapse, experts say — and there's a risk of more landslides to come
Catastrophic floods in Nepal may have resulted from a "hazard cascade" that may have been amplified by climate change, one scientist has warned.…
Trump tried to scrap NASA's Roman Space Telescope last year. Now it's ready to launch
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch, but the observatory almost had a very different fate. President Trump's leaked budget proposal last…
A mysterious cosmic hum may come from 13-billion-year-old dark stars
Today’s mysterious gravitational-wave background may preserve clues about how the Universe’s first supermassive black holes formed. Descendants of hypothetical …
APOD: 2026 August 27 – Colorful Aurora over an Icelandic Waterfall
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 27 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day…
On this day in space! Aug. 27, 1962: NASA launches Mariner 2 to Venus for ambitious flyby
On Aug. 27, 1962, NASA launched Mariner 2, the world's first spacecraft to successfully visit another planet: Venus.…
324-million-year-old fossil reveals how insects conquered land
Ancient fossils suggest insects conquered land through a long amphibious phase rather than making an abrupt jump from water to dry ground. A newly identified 32…
Rare, Widespread Snow in the Atacama Desert
Back-to-back winter storms in August 2026 brought snowfall to northern Chile, from the Andes to near the Pacific coast.…
Glowing galaxy with anomalous extra arms | Space photo of the day for Aug. 27, 2026
A trio of NASA space telescopes teamed up to capture a gorgeous new look at the glowing spiral galaxy NGC 4258 and its two anomalous extra arms.…
Smart nanoparticles light up brain cancer and destroy what surgery misses
Scientists created smart nanoparticles that can both illuminate hidden glioblastoma cells during surgery and destroy microscopic cancer left behind afterward. I…
'Strange New Worlds' latest episode wastes a lot of time pretending to kill off major 'Star Trek' characters
Every so often, "Star Trek" likes to put its brave interstellar adventurers through hell. You know the drill — a bunch of one-off crew members will probably be …
Eating more ultra-processed foods may raise prostate cancer risk by 30%
Ultra-processed foods make up a huge share of the American diet, and new research suggests they may carry another serious health risk for men. In a nationally r…
Powerful Ariane 6 rocket launches European weather satellite to orbit (video)
Europe's Ariane 6 rocket launched the sharp-eyed MTG-I2 weather satellite to orbit today (Aug. 27).…
Scientists switch on a strange new form of magnetism in an ultrathin material
Scientists have found a surprising way to potentially switch on an unusual form of magnetism in ruthenium dioxide, a material that normally appears nonmagnetic.…
An impressive partial lunar eclipse will turn the moon an eerie red for millions of people tonight
Tonight's deep partial lunar eclipse will be the most impressive lunar eclipse until New Year's Eve 2028, so make sure you catch it if you can!…
NASA just used satellites and debris to navigate without GPS
NASA has successfully tested a system that allows satellites to navigate without GPS by using other spacecraft and debris as landmarks in orbit. In just three d…
Wie eine Bundeswehr-Software die Luftfahrt sicherer gegen Vogelschlag macht
Bei manchen Mobilgeräten und Browsern funktioniert die Sprachausgabe nicht korrekt, sodass wir Ihnen diese Funktion leider nicht anbieten können.…
Scientists may have finally caught “empty” space changing light
A magnetar with an astonishingly powerful magnetic field may have revealed a quantum effect predicted by Werner Heisenberg nearly 90 years ago. Its light shows …
Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2)
Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) The Airspace Operations Laboratory (AOL) participated in a multi-lab effort and a field evaluation of the integratio…
Scientists discover a brain “brake” that can shut down chronic pain
Researchers discovered a brain-based “brake” that can shut down chronic nerve pain in mice by calming an overactive pain circuit. Targeting this system more pre…
Air Traffic Management Technology Demonstration 1 (ATD1)
Air Traffic Management Technology Demonstration 1 (ATD1) Crowded Skies At any given moment, up to 5,000 aircraft crowd U.S. skies. In 2010, the National Airspac…
Space Math at NASA: Math Problems Related to Our Sun
This problem set from Space Math at NASA features 19 math problems covering solar topics and stormy star behavior, ideal for integrating space weather into math…
Adopt a Pixel Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Your email address is your pixel identifier, so each email address can only be assigned one pixel. You will receive a certificate like the one below with your p…








