On April 8th a total solar eclipse occurred, blocking out the sun’s rays nearly completely depending on location. A total solar eclipse occurs when “ the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely...

The sun decided to end 2023 with a bang. As we on Earth were celebrating the arrival of 2024, the sun was having its own celebration. A gigantic solar flare erupted from the Sun’s Corona, the outermost...

Scientists have predicted that Asteroid Bennu, which passes by Earth every six years in its orbit, has a 1 in 2700 chance of striking Earth in 2182.  Bennu has been on NASA’s radar for 25 years,...

Ellen Ochoa was the first person of Hispanic descent and first Latina Women in Space. Her life and accomplishments had inspired so many women and people of color to follow their dreams too and make headways...

On December 25, 2021, NASA launched the James E. Webb Space Telescope (JWST) (see Exhibit 1), the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. The telescope was launched from the Ensemble de Lancement Ariane...

On February 18th, Earth saw another one of its beloved rovers, Perseverance, touch down on Mars’ surface and continues to watch as the device begins its endeavor to explore the surface of Mars and further...

Thanks to NASA’s InSight mission, launched in November 2018, we have been hearing new sounds on Mars. The technology that NASA has placed on Mars has led to the discovery of “Marsquakes” (earthquakes...

For the first time ever, an unidentified object, from interstellar space, has been spotted in our solar system. The unidentified object was named A/2017 U1. Paul Chodas, a manager of the center for Near-Earth...

Before the moonwalk of 1972, a NASA researcher argued that there were tunnels underneath the moon’s surface.  The researcher believed that lava, from volcanoes, could have made these extensive tunnels,...

Imagine a world where you can walk side by side with a green three eyed alien! Those dreams might just become a reality. NASA and European astronomers, with the help of the Spitzer Space Telescope, have...

Many are aware of the vast gender gap in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) fields. The problem is apparent because most girls at Centreville High School that were asked whether they wanted...