The NASA DART spacecraft will impact the asteroid Dimorphos on the evening of Sept. 26. The asteroid, which has a diameter of 525 feet, poses no threat to Earth.
The Artemis I mission is scheduled to launch next Monday, with backup days in early September. The Space Launch System rocket arrived at the launch pad last week.
NASA's Artemis rocket arrived at its launch pad at Florida's Kennedy Space Center ahead of its Aug. 29 launch. The capsule is expected to orbit the moon for several weeks.
Energy Sec. Jennifer Granholm has regularly touted the need and benefits of nuclear energy in order to battle inflation and carbon issues that the country faces.
The sturgeon moon, the final supermoon of the year, was captured in images around the world at the end of the week. The next full moon will occur on Sept. 10.
NASA says that images from the Mars Perseverance rover of string-like material on the planet's surface are likely to be netting that is used in thermal blankets.
The last supermoon of the year will rise on Thursday evening. The August sturgeon moon will appear full for approximately three days through Saturday morning.
On August 11, 2022 a sturgeon moon will be shining bright in the sky. This is also the last supermooon of the year, so it will look extra large and bright.
The Perseid meteor shower will peak this weekend. However, NASA astronomers say viewing the shower this year might be a bit trickier thanks to the full moon.
Seaweed blanketing the Caribbean coasts shattered the all-time record in June. The tons of brown algae are killing wildlife and choking the tourism industry.
NASA scientists say the volcano, Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, that violently erupted in January, 2022 will affect Earth's global average temperature as it will stay for years.
Aardman and the European Space Agency announced the specially trained astronaut, Shaun the Sheep, has been assigned a seat on the Artemis I mission to the Moon
The EPA is warning residents in 13 states and Puerto Rico about the potential health risks from plants that use ethylene oxide, a toxin that can increase the risk of cancer.
Solar eruptions and flares could cause problems on Earth. NASA scientists have predicted that this increase in solar activity will continue through 2025.
August 11, 2022 will be the year's last supermoon. During the occurrence, the moon will appear brighter than normal. This will be the third supermoon of the year.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the Cartwheel Galaxy, some 500 million light-years away. The galaxy was captured using the observatory's NIRCam.
Smoke plumes from the largest wildfire burning in California are seen in NOAA space satellite images. The McKinney Fire has scorched more than 55,000 acres so far.