The Space Race was a competition between the US and the Soviet Union to be the first country to go into space.
Did you know that there is a massive Black Hole at the center of our Galaxy? Or that Pluto’s orbit is really… weird? T
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks to us about how these things work and why we don’t need to worry about the moon colliding with us.
NASA launched TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, on April 18, 2018, continuing our search for planets outside of our solar system (aka exoplanets).
What would happen if the Earth suddenly had a second moon?
Today we travel to a future where satellites can catch criminals.
Today we travel to a future where darkness is a thing of the past.
We talk about three cutting-edge CubesSat missions, MarCO, Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, and Lunar Flashlight, and how this satellite technology evolved from university laboratories to deep space.
Sarah Parcak explains how she uses satellite imagery and data to solve one of the biggest challenges in archaeology: where to start digging.
NPR science reporter Rebecca Hersher and photographer Meredith Rizzo traveled to Australia to learn how they’re doing it.
Accurate weather forecasting can be a matter of life or death. So countries with less money like Mozambique face a big challenge.
The private space company run by Elon Musk launched 60 satellites into orbit this week. Science correspondent Geoff Brumfiel explains why astronomers worry that kind of traffic — if it continues unabated — could permanently alter their ability to observe the night sky.