Geoff Brumfiel

People as far south as Florida were treated to a celestial light show Friday night as a geomagnetic storm set off an aurora, and caused some disruption to satellites.

A spacecraft built by Boeing is set to carry two astronauts to the International Space Station. Just like Boeing's airplanes, the Starliner has been beset by technical problems and safety concerns.

Bedouin citizens of Israel are forbidden from building rocket shelters in their homes. The recent wars have made that policy deadly.

The Nobel-Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs has died at age 94. He was celebrated for his work on the mass of subatomic particles.

Millions of Americans will drive to see the total solar eclipse. Traffic analysis from the 2017 eclipse has clues about what travelers and people who live in the areas of totality might expect.

The eclipse on April 8 provides a unique opportunity for students across the country to conduct science. NASA is backing a nationwide project to collect data with research balloons.

SpaceX's third launch attempt of Starship took the spacecraft farther and higher than ever before.

Intuitive Machines will attempt a landing on the moon Thursday evening. If it succeeds, it will be the first U.S. soft landing in decades.

There's a new Russian weapon under development. A source has confirmed to NPR that the weapon is some kind of space-based nuclear system for targeting satellites.

The U.N. agency charged with providing relief to Palestinians has fired several employees over their alleged involvement in the Oct. 7 attack in Israel.

Alon Ohel was taken hostage on Oct. 7 in a village near Gaza, his family recently held a concert in the hopes that he might hear it.

The Israeli military confirmed the deaths of 21 soldiers near Israel's border with Gaza.

The death toll in Gaza is approaching 25,000 since Israel's war against Hamas began. After a weeklong blackout, cell and internet services are slowly returning.

NPR's TKTKTK talks to Regina Barber and Geoff Brumfiel of Short Wave about a new moon mission, a global map of fishing ships, and mysterious rings of radio waves surrounding some galaxies.

On Monday, NASA launched America's first robotic mission to the moon's surface since the Apollo era. The small probe, called Peregrine-1, is already having issues.

NPR's Short Wave hosts Geoff Brumfiel and Regina Barber wrap up of the year in AI, James Webb Space Telescope research and climate change.

From Elon's giant rocket explosions to asteroid sample returns, we round up the news from a big year off-world.

The rocket cleared the launchpad and separated from its booster, surpassing the first attempt. But minutes later, controllers lost contact with the vehicle.

Israeli forces control the area around a desalination facility and a sewage treatment plant, and troops appear to be stationed in several schools in Gaza City.

AI comes to the animal kingdom: researchers have used advanced facial recognition techniques to track geese and other animals. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on November 2, 2023.)