More from Mary Beth Griggs

That flickering ‘alien megastructure’ star is probably just dusty
Physics

That flickering ‘alien megastructure’ star is probably just dusty

By Mary Beth Griggs

Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory is up and running, and it just spotted a nearby asteroid
Science

Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory is up and running, and it just spotted a nearby asteroid

By Mary Beth Griggs

SpaceX Launch
Private Space Flight

Why did last week’s SpaceX launch look so strange?

By Mary Beth Griggs

Mind your pickaxe: What to do when you encounter fossils and artifacts in the wild
Archaeology

Mind your pickaxe: What to do when you encounter fossils and artifacts in the wild

By Mary Beth Griggs

Books to give kids who love science
Gear

Books to give kids who love science

By Mary Beth Griggs

NASA’s next mission will either grab part of a comet, or bop around one of Saturn’s moons
Science

NASA’s next mission will either grab part of a comet, or bop around one of Saturn’s moons

By Mary Beth Griggs

Planetariums seem old-school, but they have a surprisingly lively future
Science

Planetariums seem old-school, but they have a surprisingly lively future

By Mary Beth Griggs

'Oumuamua
Science

Interstellar visitor doesn’t appear to be an alien ship, does appear to be covered in organic gunk

By Mary Beth Griggs

Now we know why Hurricane Harvey’s rainfall was so intense
Climate Change

Now we know why Hurricane Harvey’s rainfall was so intense

By Mary Beth Griggs

HTHH
Environment

This tiny South Pacific Island should be dead by now, but it’s still alive and kicking

By Mary Beth Griggs

MU69 and Moon
Pluto

The mysterious object NASA is visiting in 2019 might have its very own moon

By Mary Beth Griggs

Astronomers just discovered a supermassive black hole from the dawn of the universe
Black Holes

Astronomers just discovered a supermassive black hole from the dawn of the universe

By Mary Beth Griggs

You have to admit that this horseshoe crab looks just like Darth Vader
Animals

You have to admit that this horseshoe crab looks just like Darth Vader

By Mary Beth Griggs

How to prepare your home for winter
DIY

How to prepare your home for winter

By Mary Beth Griggs

We are basically positive that the Russians did not find alien bacteria in space
International Space Station

We are basically positive that the Russians did not find alien bacteria in space

By Mary Beth Griggs

Agung
Environment

Volcanic eruptions are incredibly hard to predict. Here’s why.

By Mary Beth Griggs

The lake is basic. The slippery, scuba-diving fly that lives there is not.
Animals

The lake is basic. The slippery, scuba-diving fly that lives there is not.

By Mary Beth Griggs

Will the world shake with more large earthquakes in 2018? Time will tell.
Science

Will the world shake with more large earthquakes in 2018? Time will tell.

By Mary Beth Griggs

keystone
Climate Change

The Keystone pipeline just spilled another 210,000 gallons of oil

By Mary Beth Griggs

Meteor shower
Science

How to watch a meteor shower like a pro

By Mary Beth Griggs

Pluto New Horizons
Pluto

Pluto is way cooler than it should be, and now we might know why

By Mary Beth Griggs

blue marble Earth image
Climate Change

Should we try to fix global warming with fake volcanic eruptions? TBD.

By Mary Beth Griggs

Pollution
Environment

After a brief pause, carbon emissions are back on the rise

By Mary Beth Griggs

We’d rather that bridges never wobbled—but here’s why they do
Engineering

We’d rather that bridges never wobbled—but here’s why they do

By Mary Beth Griggs

More evidence that the dinosaurs were super unlucky with regards to that whole asteroid thing
Dinosaurs

More evidence that the dinosaurs were super unlucky with regards to that whole asteroid thing

By Mary Beth Griggs

Here’s the weird alphabet soup that scientists use to name stuff in space
Science

Here’s the weird alphabet soup that scientists use to name stuff in space

By Mary Beth Griggs

Mars 2020
Mars

NASA’s future Mars robot will take the fastest pictures yet of the red planet

By Mary Beth Griggs

The ozone hole is at its smallest size since 1988, thanks to hot air and a massive international effort
Environment

The ozone hole is at its smallest size since 1988, thanks to hot air and a massive international effort

By Mary Beth Griggs

There’s apparently a giant void in the Great Pyramid. Here’s why we don’t know what’s in there.
Archaeology

There’s apparently a giant void in the Great Pyramid. Here’s why we don’t know what’s in there.

By Mary Beth Griggs

coronal hole
Science

Space dust is stirring this star’s plasma soup

By Mary Beth Griggs

Giant ice cracks in Antarctica stymie important research for the second winter in a row
Science

Giant ice cracks in Antarctica stymie important research for the second winter in a row

By Mary Beth Griggs

Jupiter's auroras
Science

Jupiter’s strange, pulsating auroras are even more mysterious than we thought

By Mary Beth Griggs

A/2017 U1
Science

A strange object from outside our solar system just zoomed past the sun

By Mary Beth Griggs

You should make fermented veggies—for science
DIY

You should make fermented veggies—for science

By Mary Beth Griggs

The coloring of a raccoon-eyed dinosaur could reveal its habitat
Dinosaurs

The coloring of a raccoon-eyed dinosaur could reveal its habitat

By Mary Beth Griggs

This lonely human skull might belong to an ancient tsunami victim
Archaeology

This lonely human skull might belong to an ancient tsunami victim

By Mary Beth Griggs

Millions of years ago, hollow trees literally tore themselves apart to grow
Science

Millions of years ago, hollow trees literally tore themselves apart to grow

By Mary Beth Griggs

These Staten Islanders lost their neighborhood to Sandy. Here’s why they’re not taking it back.
Environment

These Staten Islanders lost their neighborhood to Sandy. Here’s why they’re not taking it back.

By Mary Beth Griggs

blue marble Earth image
Moons

This entourage of weirdos hangs out in Earth’s cosmic neighborhood

By Mary Beth Griggs

Stuck in
Animals

2017’s most awe-inspiring—and devastating—wildlife photos

By Mary Beth Griggs

merging neutron stars
Science

Neutron star collisions may have created most of the gold in the universe

By Mary Beth Griggs

This year’s 11 most important innovations in engineering
Announcements

This year’s 11 most important innovations in engineering

By Mary Beth Griggs

crater moon
Moons

We could actually learn a lot by going back to the Moon

By Mary Beth Griggs

If an astronaut gets hurt on the moon, this is how we’ll rescue them
Moons

If an astronaut gets hurt on the moon, this is how we’ll rescue them

By Mary Beth Griggs

Longhorn beetle
Animals

These are the most beautiful pictures of bugs you will ever see

By Mary Beth Griggs

These dirty birds show why we need natural history museums
Animals

These dirty birds show why we need natural history museums

By Mary Beth Griggs

boy holding a model plane
Science

A man who’s participated in 41 space missions remembers the Sputnik launch

By Mary Beth Griggs

60 years ago, Sputnik shocked the world and started the space race
NASA

60 years ago, Sputnik shocked the world and started the space race

By Mary Beth Griggs

SpaceX wants to build the Swiss Army knife of rockets
Private Space Flight

SpaceX wants to build the Swiss Army knife of rockets

By Mary Beth Griggs

Mars orbiter and landers
Mars

All the countries (and companies) trying to get to Mars

By Mary Beth Griggs

NASA is teaming up with Russia to put a new space station near the moon. Here’s why.
Deep Space

NASA is teaming up with Russia to put a new space station near the moon. Here’s why.

By Mary Beth Griggs

Elusive, unusually large tree-dwelling rodent discovered in the Solomon Islands
Animals

Elusive, unusually large tree-dwelling rodent discovered in the Solomon Islands

By Mary Beth Griggs

These hermit crabs shack up inside living coral instead of mere shells
Animals

These hermit crabs shack up inside living coral instead of mere shells

By Mary Beth Griggs

Earthquakes are even harder to predict than we thought
Environment

Earthquakes are even harder to predict than we thought

By Mary Beth Griggs

This scorching black exoplanet takes in all the light it can and gives almost nothing back
Deep Space

This scorching black exoplanet takes in all the light it can and gives almost nothing back

By Mary Beth Griggs

Cassini just smashed into Saturn’s atmosphere. What comes next for solar system exploration?
Pluto

Cassini just smashed into Saturn’s atmosphere. What comes next for solar system exploration?

By Mary Beth Griggs

Saturn
NASA

Glance through Cassini’s last glimpses of the Saturn system

By Mary Beth Griggs

Eulogy for Cassini: A fond farewell to a faithful explorer.
Moons

Eulogy for Cassini: A fond farewell to a faithful explorer.

By Mary Beth Griggs

Cassini
Science

Cassini will plunge into Saturn and pull our heartstrings with it

By Mary Beth Griggs

A timeline of Cassini’s plunge of fiery doom on Friday
NASA

A timeline of Cassini’s plunge of fiery doom on Friday

By Mary Beth Griggs

8.1 magnitude earthquake is one of the strongest to ever hit Mexico
Environment

8.1 magnitude earthquake is one of the strongest to ever hit Mexico

By Mary Beth Griggs

Rocky ground
Biology

A brief history of origin theories

By Mary Beth Griggs

Bats’ echolocation has one major blind spot
Animals

Bats’ echolocation has one major blind spot

By Mary Beth Griggs

Which Way
Science

Time is understood very differently across cultures

By Mary Beth Griggs