This Week @NASA: Crew-3 Astronauts Return to Earth, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, Black Holes
The Crew-3 astronauts return from the space station … The spacecraft for another commercial crew mission is on the move …. And discussing NASA’s budget…
The Crew-3 astronauts return from the space station … The spacecraft for another commercial crew mission is on the move …. And discussing NASA’s budget…
A small CubeSat, about the size of a microwave oven and weighing just 55 pounds (25 kg), will serve as the first spacecraft to test…
The discovery helps explain the puzzle of hydrogen loss pre-supernova, and supports the theory that most massive stars are paired. It’s not unheard of to…
Hubble’s launch and deployment in April 1990 marked the most significant advance in astronomy since Galileo’s telescope. Thanks to five servicing missions and more than…
Soil on the moon contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuels, according to a new study by scientists in China…
The Expedition 67 crew was back to normal on Friday following the departure of four commercial crew astronauts early Thursday morning. The seven International Space…
The images released by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) team last week aren’t officially ‘first light’ images from the new telescope, but in a…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts aboard the Dragon Endurance spacecraft safely splashed down Friday in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida, completing the…
NASA’s Swift Observatory Tracks Potential Magnetic Flip of Monster Black Hole A rare and enigmatic outburst from an active galaxy 236 million light-years away may…
What Is an Exoplanet? An exoplanet is a planet that is located outside our Solar System. While there is currently no formal agreement on what…
NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari, and Tom Marshburn, as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer splashed down safely in the SpaceX…
In just minutes, a flare on the Sun can release enough energy to power the entire world for 20,000 years. These solar flares are triggered…
On Wednesday, May 4, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was joined with the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket that will launch the spacecraft on…
The SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft with NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari, and Tom Marshburn, as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer…
Two new sonifications of well-known black holes have been released for NASA’s Black Hole Week. The Perseus galaxy cluster was made famous because of sound…
NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn handed over command of the International Space Station (ISS) to Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev in a traditional Change of Command ceremony…
Completion of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s optical alignment has moved us into the final phase of commissioning the Science Instruments. During this final phase…
The system, which may have originated near the center of the Milky Way, is orbited by a third stellar companion. The flashing of a nearby…