Articles by

Lisa Grossman

First maps of the sun’s outer boundary may help predict solar storms

The sun’s outer atmosphere resembles a pufferfish. That’s what scientists have gleaned from the first verified maps...

These space stories made us look up in 2025

From eclipses on demand to a rare interstellar visitor to the chances of Earth being flung out...

The Vera Rubin Observatory is ready to revolutionize astronomy

At 3 a.m. on a crisp May night in Chile, all seemed well with the world’s largest...

A Soviet spacecraft will crash to Earth this month

A Soviet space probe stuck in orbit since a failed 1972 launch is expected to crash to...

A claimed hint of alien life whips up spirited debate

You may have already seen the headlines: Signs of life have reportedly been discovered on an alien...

A NASA rover finally found Mars’ missing carbon

The carbon that once warmed Mars’ atmosphere has been locked in its rusty rocks for millennia.  That’s...

Check out some of the weird rocks that have turned up on Mars

As the Mars rover Perseverance crested the top of Witch Hazel Hill, its operators back on Earth...

JWST spots the earliest sign yet of a distant galaxy reshaping its cosmic environs

The James Webb Space Telescope has caught a distant galaxy blowing an unexpected bubble in the gas...