Amy Shira Teitel
The Story of Ceres, the Not-Quite-a-Planet Planet
There are signs that Ceres contains large amounts of water ice beneath its surface and water vapor perhaps rooted in sublimating ice.
The Story of Beagle 2, the Long-Lost Martian Rover That's Finally Been Found
More than 12 years later, and sadly a year after Pillinger’s death, NASA has found Beagle 2.
Why NASA Reshot One of Its Most Iconic Space Photos
A much fancier Hubble camera helped make the "Pillars of Creation" even better.
Building Floating Colonies on Venus Isn't Entirely Outrageous
Venus is a hellish world, but not if we stick to the clouds.
How To Stop Light and Make Objects Transparent
New research offers hope for optical cloaking and much more.
To Teach Computers to See, Give Them Imaginations
A team of MIT researchers offers a novel solution to an old computer science problem.
If You're Ultra-Rich and Often Late, You Might Want Aerion's New Supersonic Jet
Most of us travel subsonically, but that might change before too long—at least for a wealthy few.
Today's Super-Fast LED Lights Might Mean Tomorrow's Quantum Communication
For the light-based communication of the future, it just takes a plasmonic patch antenna, two silver nanocubes, and a bit of gold.
Why NASA Has 13 Spacecraft Watching a Single Comet This Weekend
Comet C/2013 A1, also known as comet Siding Spring, will pass about 87,000 miles from Mars, and a whole fleet of spacecraft and rovers have been lined up to image it.
NASA's MAVEN Probe Is Already Sending Back New Data on Mars' Climate Past
The agency's newest Mars mission is already shaping up to be awesome.
Science Found a New Way to Save Bridges and Planes from Cracking Metal
Being able to detect micro cracks from fatigue could change the way we fly.