According to a latest update by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, on January 17, 2025, two asteroids will make a close pass by Earth. Tracking these objects allows scientists to detect any ...

LEWISTON – The return of upriver spring chinook to the Columbia River that starts in a few months will nearly mirror the 2024 run, according to fisheries managers. That’s the sort-of-good news.

NASA is currently monitoring asteroid 2024 PT5, which is passing by Earth this month at a safe distance. Discovered in August 2024, the 33-foot-wide object has followed a path similar to Earth’s, ...

The flyby images, all black-and-white 1024x1024 pixel snapshots, come from two M-CAM monitoring cameras on BepiColombo that are mostly there to monitor the spacecraft's solar panels, antenna and ...

A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high-definition photos of our scorching hot solar system companion. Mercury is ...

Some of the images acquired of Mercury by the BepiColombo spacecraft during its sixth Mercury flyby on January 8, 2025. Credit: ESA/BepiColombo/MTM ESA’s BepiColombo spacecraft is currently ...

A joint Japanese-European mission to Mercury just made its sixth flyby of the planet, revealing stunning close-ups of the permanently shadowed craters at Mercury's north pole. When you purchase ...

A spacecraft operated by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has made its final flyby of Mercury, as scientists now work to guide BepiColombo into the planet’s orbit.

A spacecraft making its final flyby of Mercury has captured incredible images. BepiColombo spacecraft made its sixth pass of the closest planet to the sun on Jan. 8. It flew just a few hundred ...

Two huge firefighting helicopters touched down Thursday in Riverton on their way to water-bomb the devastating wildfires burning in Southern California. The Chinook choppers can carry up to 26,000 ...

Ice, ice, baby — too cold, too cold. A recent spacecraft flyby over Mercury has experts believing that the planet closest to the sun has “frozen water” on its surface — and they’re ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image provided by European Space Agency shows close-up photos of Mercury’s north pole taken by the ...