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Snowfall was recorded in the Sahara Desert for the first time in 37 years —...
It snowed on December 19 in the Sahara Desert, and NASA's Landsat 7 satellite was there (or rather, hundreds of miles overhead) to see it.The photo comes from Landsat 7's Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus...
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Scientists discovered a river of molten iron in the middle of Earth that...
Deep underground, there is a massive river of molten iron flowing around the Earth's core. It's moving westward under Alaska and Siberia and it's speeding up.The river lies 3,000 kilometres beneath the...
View ArticleThis award-winning video reveals what would happen if an asteroid hit the ocean
Oceans cover 71% of the Earth's surface. If an asteroid were to strike us, it would probably land in the water. This award-winning animation from Los Alamos National Lab shows a detailed simulation of...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson thinks there's a 'very high' chance the universe is just...
As we approach the end of 2016, a number of people might be wondering whether there's some chance that the past year was just some sort of weird dream.It turns out that if you ask the scientists whose...
View ArticleThese 9 space facts will change your perception of the universe
Space is so unfathomably large and so unbelievably weird, that it can sometimes be difficult to convey basic facts. For example, you can fit all of our solar system's planets in the space between the...
View ArticleHere's what it's like to go to space for the first time
On November 12, 1995, Chris Hadfield went on his very first trip to space. Since that day, Hadfield has spent a total of 166 days in space, gone on two spacewalks, and become a two-time best-selling...
View ArticleAstronomers discovered a new class of X-ray bursts in space that they can’t...
Astronomers discovered bursts of flares in space that give off an unusual amount of X-rays.Video courtesy of Chandra X-ray ObservatoryFollow Tech Insider: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this...
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8 space phenomena and missions to look forward to in 2017
It's been a rough 2016 on Earth so I wanted to share (just some of) my reasons why I think we should celebrate New Years as 2017 is looking incredibly exciting. Everything from meteor showers and...
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2017 should be a big year for discovering new potentially habitable worlds
Until 1992, our notion of star-orbiting planets beyond Earth's solar system only existed in science fiction. That's when astronomers Alex Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced the first discovery of such...
View ArticleNASA astronaut explains how his journeys into space changed his view on life
Astronaut Jeffrey Williams has spent 534 days in space so far, currently giving him the record for most days in space of any American astronaut. In this video, he shares his insights after observing...
View ArticleScientists believe this may be the formation of a new Earth-like planet
The nearby star TW Hydrae may unveil the mystery of how planets like earth form.Follow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the conversation about this story »
View ArticleSee if you have what it takes to become an astronaut
The requirements to become an astronaut for NASA aren't as crazy as you might think.Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
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Here's why you should never, ever visit the surface of Venus
If there's one patch of solid ground in the solar system you should never, ever visit, it's the surface of Venus.Not even hardened robotic probes are a match for conditions there. One of the last to...
View ArticleAstronauts are learning to become space explorers in one of the least likely...
Astronauts are spending weeks in underground caves in Italy. The conditions are thought to help prepare astronauts for the harsh reality of spaceflight.Video courtesy of ESA.Follow Tech Insider:On...
View ArticleThere’s a region over South America where NASA shuts down its satellites
The closest radiation belt to Earth roams above South America. It is called the South Atlantic Anomaly and gives off high levels of radiation that has been known to destroy satellites. Follow Tech...
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NASA is going to probe the metal core of a dead planet
Every few years, NASA picks a roughly $450 million mission to explore the solar system.On Wednesday, however, the space agency announced not one, but two new space probes from a batch of five...
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Here's how high you could jump on other worlds in the solar system
Take a moment to jump straight up and down... Go ahead, we'll wait.How high was your jump? And how long did it last?On Earth, a good leap can clear over half a meter (1.6 feet) in a second. But hop...
View ArticleNASA's 'Mohawk Guy' thinks it's only a matter of time before we find alien life
In 2012, Bobak Ferdowsi (aka "NASA Mohawk Guy") went viral for his unusual hairdo during the Mars Curiosity Rover landing. Now he's working on a mission to find signs of habitability on Europa, one of...
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There are 2,076 black holes lurking in this photo of deep space
Stretch out your hand and raise your pinky finger.Now imagine an area roughly 10% as large as your fingertip.That's the size of a patch of space shown below, and astronomers behind the Chandra X-ray...
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A meteorite recently slammed into Mars and left this giant black stain of a...
Like Earth, planet Mars is a shooting gallery for rogue space rocks that zip around at tens of thousands of miles per hour.But the red planet has barely 1% of the atmosphere of Earth's to slow down,...
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