Astronaut Ricky Arnold captures incredible dusk-’til-dawn views from the International Space Station. ...

This metal object discovered in a Hanford, Texas, walnut orchard on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. (Kings County Sheriff's Office) At a Glance Detectives with the Kings County Sheriff's Officewere called to a central California orchard on Oct. 13.The sheriff's office reached out toVandenberg Air Force Base to see if they could shed some light on the origins of the object.The Air Force officials determined the object was most likely a fuel tank fromIridium satellite No. 70. Air Force officials have...

At a Glance Chengdu, a city in southwest China, wants to launch an illumination satellite in 2020.The artificial moon would be eight times brighter than the real moon.Some fear the plan could add to the problem of light pollution. A city in southwestern China has announced an unusual plan to illuminate city streets that seems more sci-fi than science. Chengdu, capital of the Sichuan province, plans to the People's Daily Online reports. The Chinese newspaper said Wu Chunfeng, chairman of...

An artist’s conception of a distant Solar System Planet X. (Roberto Molar Candanosa and Scott Sheppard/Carnegie Institution for Science) At a Glance The dwarf planet was discovered in 2015, but wasn't unveiled until this week. The icy world is just 186 miles across and takes 40,000 years to circle the sun. A tiny dwarf planet nicknamed "the Goblin"has been spotted orbiting the far reaches of our solar system. The dwarf planet, formally TG387,was discovered in 2015around Halloween (hence the spooky...

The Hulk and Godzilla are just two of the 21 modern constellations constructed from sources in the gamma-ray sky. At a Glance NASA announced last week a new set of modern constellations using light sources in the gamma-ray sky.The modern constellation set uses modern myths to name patterns, like the Hulk and Godzilla.The new constellations were a way to celebrate NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope's 10 years of operations. Back in July 2008, NASA launched its Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope,...

An extremely rare lunar meteorite was sold at auction for a whopping $612,000. ...

At a Glance A photo of the first rectangular iceberg went viral after NASA tweeted it. NASA has released images of a second tabular iceberg photographed on the same day.The photos were made on Operation IceBridge flights which help gather data on the polar ice fields. That that freaked out so many people a couple of weeks ago wasn't the only unusually sharp-angled slab of ice NASA photographed that day. The flight on Oct. 16 captured a second, smaller rectangular...

The elongated "water ice cloud" seen lingering over Arsia Mons on Sept. 13, 2018. (European Space Agency) At a Glance There's a long, curious cloud lingering over Mars' massive Arsia Mons volcano.Despite its location, the European Space Agency says it's not linked to volcanic activity. Volcanic activity at Arsia Mons has been extinct for about 50 million years now. There's a long, curious cloud lingering over Mars' Arsia Mons volcano that the European Space Agency (ESA) has been observing for...

You blinked and October is already over. As much as you might not like packing away your Halloween costume and shelving all your scariest movies, November is here. Butit's not all bad news – November is bringinga loaded plate of things to look for in the night sky, from meteor showers to the eerie Skull Asteroid. Here's everything you can look up and see inNovember: TauridMeteor Shower: Nov. 4-5 With an extrahour of night sky following Daylight Saving Time on...

At a Glance A thermal anomaly was documented in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean during a scan in July 2017.Scientists say the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly (SAMA) caused the anomaly.SAMA is a weakness in Earth's magnetic field that allows exposure to an extra dose of radiation to the area. When the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite scans the Earth's surface each night, itproduces thousands of red dots, each signifying a thermal anomaly. The...

A NASA satellite spotted something strange -- what appears to be a fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Here’s what happened. ...

At a Glance The agency lost a moon rover prototype that was eventually sold to a junkyard.An Apollo 11 collection bag containing moon dust particles was lost and sold at auction for $1.8 million. NASAlost priceless historical artifacts over the yearsbecause of poor record-keeping and a lack of follow-through, a new report said. The audit conducted by the Office of the Inspector General said the agency such as"an Apollo 11 lunar collection bag that contained lunar dust particles" and a...