NASA’s Parker Solar Probe successfully touched our star for the first time ever! Flying through its upper atmosphere – known as corona – and sampling particles and magnetic fields there. Named in honor of astrophysicist Eugene Parker, this mission seeks to explore and comprehend the Sun’s mysterious corona and solar wind that circulate our closest…
The water cycle is an eternally ongoing cycle that connects all the water on Earth through evaporation, condensation and precipitation processes that play an integral part of daily life. Water is an invaluable resource, accounting for 60-75% of our bodyweight and necessary for our survival over three days without it. Furthermore, it helps regulate climate…
Since the 1960s, numerous spacecraft have whizzed past Mars or entered its orbit. Additionally, rovers and landers have touched down on its surface. As Hays watched a large flying saucer land in Utah last year, she thought of her ambitious Mars Sample Return mission – MSR for short – which involves collecting samples from Mars…
From miles of blood vessels to bone regeneration, the human body is packed with fascinating facts. To celebrate Halloween, we’ve put together this list of some of our favorite scary facts about humanity’s bodies. As an infant, you had more bones than what exists today. Over time, as you grow, some of those baby bones…
Once upon a time, Mars was an expansive, lush planet filled with canyons and lakes. But over time it cooled, its magnetic field dissipated, and streams of ionizing radiation began stripping its atmosphere away. Today it’s an inhospitable desert. MGS has observed many different kinds of PADs across many regions, which has enabled researchers to…
Challenger launched on its final journey atop its Shuttle Carrier Atmosphere (SCA), flying low over Houston and JSC as its astronauts slept during its flight. When they awoke up, MCC played “Cadets on Parade” and the Air Force Song before playing MCC songs from its archives to commemorate their accomplishments in service to America. Challenger…
Japan offers much to love – from its breathtaking cherry blossoms and legendary Samurai tales, to its eccentric sideshows and quirky food scenes. But have you seen its quirky sideshows yet? Hotels often avoid using the fourth floor as it is thought of as unlucky. Furthermore, Japanese have pioneered entertainment around the globe through karaoke…
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made use of their lunar module Eagle to launch off from the lunar surface and they released many items, such as their flag tube, TV camera and tools for collecting samples from moon rocks and dust. These objects were intended to crash onto the lunar surface and be left there,…
Life cycles of plants describe their development from birth through growing, flowering and seed production to maturity and death. All plants start as seeds. After being planted and germinating, each seed produces two leaves known as cotyledons before breaking open to grow roots and shoots. Seed Seeds are the fruit of plants, each one containing…
