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...

NASA’s Office of Inspector General recently reported that the agency’s lack of procedures and poor record keeping led to the loss of many priceless memorabilia over the past six decades, including a lunar rover prototype and an Apollo 11 collection bag that contained moon dust particles. ...

At a Glance A pair of so-called "ghost moons" have been documented orbiting Earth.These ghost moons, otherwise known as Kordylewski clouds, are large hazy clouds of dust.Discovered by Polish astronomer Kazimierz Kordylewski in 1961, his evidence was too faint to convince other scientists of their existence.It's unknown how long these clouds will stick around before dissipating. A pair of so-called "ghost moons" have been documented orbiting our planet and they're not far from the moon we all look up and...

See where SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket and its peculiar payload are nine months after blast-off. ...

Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object to visit our solar system, could be a clue on how life can also spread between the stars and possibly even across the galaxy, according to two new studies. ...

At a Glance The downed "flying saucer" was a sample return capsule from NASA's Genesis Mission.Genesis was launched in 2001 to study the sun and collect samples of solar wind particles.Many of the samples the return capsule carried were able to be analyzed despite the crash. What NASA is calling a "flying saucer" crash-landed in the Utah desert 14 years ago, and is now getting new life after being reposted by the space agency. Now, we know what you're thinking...

At a Glance The vibrant orange phenomenon is known as airglow.Airglow occurs when molecules in the atmosphere emit light to shed excess energy. While speeding more than 250 miles above Australia, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped a photo of a vibrant phenomenon that helps scientists learn about the connections between space weather and Earth's weather. The phenomenon is known as airglow, which is made up of scattered bands of light that can stretch anywhere , according to...