Science

January 11, 2019

Juno Sends Back Photos of Volcanic Activity on Jupiter’s Moon Io

Throughout its time studying Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back some incredible images. And now, to cap off its work in 2018, it's providing us a glimpse of the incredible volcanic activity on one of Jupiter's moons. Io, Jupiter's fourth largest moon, has over 400 active volcanos and is the most geologically active body in the solar system.

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October 29, 2018

Interview: After 30 Years, Photographer Reveals Historic Archive of NASA Space Shuttle Images

The career of photographer John A. Chakeres spans over 40 years. His work is included in the permanent collections of acclaimed institutions around the world. For his most recent publication, First Fleet (Daylight Books), he looks back at a project near and dear to his heart, one that saw him collaborating with NASA early in his career.

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September 27, 2018

SpaceX Aims to Start a Self-Sustaining City on Mars in 2022

Elon Musk's SpaceX recently announced that Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will take a private passenger flight around the moon in 2023. Thanks to this trip, the company will be able to continue development on the BFR (Big Falcon Rocket), which will help with satellites, space station missions, and interplanetary transport. “Interplanetary” means that things are about to get interesting—all plans are leading up to the development of a self-sustaining civilization on Mars.

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July 26, 2018

Zealandia Is the Continent You Never Knew Existed

In school, you were probably taught about seven continents—Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. But did you know that, according to geologists, there's another hidden continent? Zealandia, a term first coined in 1995, is the name of a piece of sunken continental subcrust off the coast of Australia. And now, researchers are saying that it qualifies as its own continent.

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