Mark Kaufman

NASA spacecraft films crazy vortex while flying through sun’s atmosphere

The fastest spacecraft in our solar system has captured wild footage inside the sun's atmosphere.NASA's Parker Solar Probe — a…

4 weeks ago

The U.S. is exploring a railroad for the moon. It has a good reason.

The first U.S. transcontinental railroad, completed with a spike hammered into the track in 1869, transformed the nation. Perhaps the…

1 month ago

Scientists find clear proof that a supervolcano won’t wipe humans out

Thankfully, it's rare for supervolcanoes to erupt — the last one exploded 26,500 years ago.Yet even when such a potent…

1 month ago

Mars may have once held a shocking amount of water, scientists find

It's clear that Mars once gushed with water.Today, aerial views of the Red Planet's Jezero crater (shown below) reveal that…

2 months ago

What’s the ‘best’ place to see the solar eclipse? Experts explain.

Every total solar eclipse is astonishing — if you can see it.The looming eclipse on April 8, 2024, will allow…

2 months ago

Scientists find planet with a tail 150 times longer than the Mississippi

There are some strange planets out in deep space.Now, scientists have found a planet with a tail at least 350,000…

4 months ago