Einstein Proven Right Yet Again: Theory of General Relativity Passes a Range of Precise Tests
The theory of general relativity passes a range of precise tests set by pair of extreme stars. An international team of researchers from ten countries…
The theory of general relativity passes a range of precise tests set by pair of extreme stars. An international team of researchers from ten countries…
Work on the deployment of Webb’s sunshield mid-booms went late into the night yesterday. Webb mission management decided this morning to pause deployment activities for…
Researcher utilized SwRI-developed instrument on New Horizons to measure how much Lyman-alpha light the Milky Way galaxy is shining on our solar system. A new…
Receiving the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope, sending the first uncrewed Artemis mission around the Moon and back to Earth, sending NASA…
One of the strangest things in the cosmos might be – us. Among the thousands of planets confirmed to be in orbit around other stars,…
With the successful extension of Webb’s second sunshield mid-boom, the observatory has passed another critical deployment milestone. Webb’s sunshield now resembles its full, kite-shaped form…
The Webb mission operations team has extended the first of the sunshield’s two “arms” – the port (left side) mid-boom. The critical step of the…
What Are Neutron Stars? A giant star faces several possible fates when it dies in a supernova. That star can either be completely destroyed, become…
Interview with Oliver Krause from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy about the James Webb Space Telescope. It will be the largest observatory ever stationed…
What has NASA’s Perseverance rover accomplished since landing on the surface of Mars in February 2021? Surface Operations Mission Manager Jessica Samuels reflects on a…
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter does not run Apache or log4j nor is it susceptible to the log4j vulnerability. NASA takes cybersecurity very seriously and, for this…
Since February 18, 2021, Perseverance has been exploring the Jezero crater floor, including an exposure of rock and sand that the rover’s science team calls…
Astronomers have managed to link the properties of the inner planets of our solar system with our cosmic history: with the emergence of ring structures…
Webb’s engineers have released and rolled up the sunshield covers that protected the thin layers of Webb’s sunshield during launch. After the team electrically activated…
Shortly after 9 a.m. EST today (December 30, 2021), the Webb team completed deployment of the observatory’s aft momentum flap. In a process that took…
With Webb’s first major structural deployments completed and the observatory’s Deployable Tower Assembly extended, we are taking a step back to learn more about Webb’s…
Yesterday afternoon, the Webb team successfully extended the observatory’s Deployable Tower Assembly (DTA), creating critical distance between the two halves of the spacecraft. The DTA…
An international scientific group with outstanding Valencian participation has managed to measure for the first time oscillations in the brightness of a neutron star –…