At a Glance The "Beaver" supermoon will be the largest in almost 70 years.The moon won't come this close to Earth again until 2034. Sky gazers are about to be treated to a celestial event that hasn't been observed in almost 70 years and won't come again for many years to come. The "record-breaking" supermoon slated for Monday, Nov. 14, known as the Beaver Moon or Frost Moon, will be exceptionally large and bring with it higher than normal tides....

This visible-light image showing the rings of Saturn was captured Sept. 24, 2016 by the Cassini spacecraft. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute) At a Glance A new study released by a Cornell University researcher revealed Saturn's rings may only be 15 to 100 million years old.Previous estimates said Saturn's rings were at least 10 billion years old.The new findings were made possible by data from the Cassini spacecraft, which has been in Saturn's orbit for 12 years. For decades, scientists have held...

A new study supports the theory that Pluto may have an underground ocean. It has long been suspected the dwarf planet has a deep sea beneath its frozen surface. Observations and studies from a flight past Pluto in 2015 by NASA's New Horizons and published in this week's journal Nature focus on a 600-mile basin known as Sputnik Planitia in the left lobe of Pluto's heart-shaped region. Evidence suggests tidal forces with jumbo moon Charon may have prompted Pluto to...

At a Glance The nation's most advanced weather satellite, GOES-R, launched Saturday at sunset. It will produce the sharpest and fastest images yet of the nation's weather events. Eventually it will become part of $11 billion system that will ultimately include four satellites Saturday night, NASA launched the nation’s most advanced weather satellite ever. The $1 billion Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) satellite was created for the purpose of churning out the sharpest and fastest pictures yet of hurricanes,...

NASA invites you to float through The International Space Station in Ultra High Definition. ...

Using ground-penetrating radar, a NASA satellite that orbits Mars has discovered a large ice deposit under Mars’ surface ...

At a Glance Scientists have found a massive ice deposit beneath Mars' surface.The frozen body of water contains as much frozen water as Lake Superior. Underneath Mars’ cracked and pitted surface is an ice deposit with as much frozen water as Lake Superior. “Morphological analyses of Utopia Planitia, Mars, have led to the hypothesis that ,” wrote the researchers in the study. According to the study, the scientists used NASA’s Shallow Radar (SHARAD) instrument to find the ice deposit, which...

NASA is seeking the public’s help in finding a way to manage human waste for 6 days straight in a spacesuit. ...

At a Glance A 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit New Zealand exposed new land on the country's coast.Researchers believe the land is here to stay. When a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake jolted New Zealand in November, it lifted the seabed along the country’s northeastern coast and exposed new land, researchers say. of the Kaikoura coast, according to NASA's Earth Observatory. In one area, the land had been raised 18 feet. (MORE:) The satellite image above shows land exposed on the...

Virgin Galactic’s new space plane, the VSS Unity, just conducted its first successful glide test. ...

Images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's northern hemisphere include photos of a strange hexagon-shaped jet stream encircling a storm. According to a report by NASA, , which will include 20 orbits around the planet before it skims past the outer edges of the planet's main rings. These latest images were captured Dec. 2 and 3. Over the course of the next four months, Cassini will capture some of the closest-ever views of the outer rings and small moons...

At a Glance The Geminid meteor shower will peak Tuesday and Wednesday in North America.Although less visible this year because of the full supermoon, the meteor shower will still be dazzling.The best time to view the shower is around 2 a.m. local time. The annual Geminid meteor shower will peak Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and although the December supermoon will wash it out a bit this year, sky gazers can still expect to see a dazzling show. "It's usually the...