India Launches Lunar Mission With a Shot at Winning This Year’s Moon Race
India is on its way back to the moon after a rocket lifted off from Sriharikota, a launch site off the country’s East Coast, on Friday afternoon local time.The mission,…
See How Crushing Pressures Increase in the Ocean’s Depths
On June 22 the U.S. Coast Guard announced that a remotely operated vehicle found debris from the Titan submersible. OceanGate Expeditions, the company that owns the vehicle, declared that the Titan and all five…
What we know about the ocean’s depths — and why it’s so risky to explore it
The submersible vehicle that was lost at sea is part of a relatively new effort enabling tourists and other paying customers to explore the depths of the ocean, the vast…
Volcanoes, explained
Volcanoes are Earth's geologic architects. They've created more than 80 percent of our planet's surface, laying the foundation that has allowed life to thrive. Their explosive force crafts mountains as well as craters. Lava rivers spread into bleak landscapes. But as time ticks by, the elements break down these volcanic rocks, liberating nutrients from their stony prisons and creating remarkably fertile soils that have allowed civilizations to flourish.
What Is a Volcano? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
A volcano is an opening on the surface of a planet or moon that allows material warmer than its surroundings to escape from its interior. When this material escapes, it causes an eruption.
Is there gravity on the moon? Here’s how the satellite’s gravity compares to Earth’s
You may have seen videos of astronauts jumping on the moon. Their movements appear bouncier and lighter than how we move on Earth, and this is thanks to gravity.Gravity is "the force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center," according to NASA. If people move differently on the moon than on Earth, does that mean the moon has no gravity?
A Giant Telescope Grows in Chile
LAS CAMPANAS OBSERVATORY, Chile — To walk among the observatory domes of the Atacama Desert is to brush your hair with the stars.The Atacama, on a plateau high in the Chilean Andes, is one of the driest and darkest places in the world. During the day one can see to Bolivia, far to the east, where clouds billow into thunderstorms that will never moisten this region. At night, calm, unruffled winds off the Pacific Ocean produce some of the most exquisite stargazing conditions on Earth....
Planet Facts – Interesting Facts about the Planets
There are 8 planets in our solar system, they are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.Planets in our solar system can be divided into two main groups, Terrestrial Planets and Gas Giants. Planets that orbit other stars are referred to as Exoplanets.
Visualizing the World’s 100 Smallest Countries
An overseas territory or dependency is a region with ties abroad to a sovereign nation—not a completely independent state, but also not a constituent part or administrative subdivision of the…
What Is Gravity? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Why do you land on the ground when you jump up instead of floating off into space? Why do things fall down when you throw them or drop them? The answer is gravity: an invisible force that pulls objects toward each other. Earth's gravity is what keeps you on the ground and what makes things fall...
