Tag: space
Curious Kids: Why do people look into space with telescopes but...
Silas Laycock, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
Apollo 12: Fifty years ago, a passionate scientist’s keen eye led...
Timothy Swindle, University of Arizona
When Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, it was a giant leap for mankind and a huge success for American...
What moons in other solar systems reveal about planets like Neptune...
Bradley Hansen, University of California, Los Angeles
What is the difference between a planet-satellite system as we have with the Earth and Moon, versus a...
Women are less supportive of space exploration – getting a woman...
Wendy Whitman Cobb, US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies
In March 2019, Vice President Mike Pence stated that the goal of...
5 Moon-landing innovations that changed life on Earth
Jean Creighton, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Much of the technology common in daily life today originates from the drive to put a human being on the...
The tell-tale clue to how meteorites were made, at the birth...
William Herbst, Wesleyan University and James Greenwood, Wesleyan University
April 26, 1803 was an unusual day in the small town of L’Aigle in Normandy, France...
Asteroid dust brought back to Earth may explain where our water...
Maitrayee Bose, Arizona State University
Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, and scientists argue that the planet’s interior also contains a lot...
What’s on the far side of the Moon?
Wayne Schlingman, The Ohio State University
Looking up at the silvery orb of the Moon, you might recognize familiar shadows and shapes on its face...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
