Mira’s Last Journey: Extreme-Scale Exploration of the Dark Universe
A massive simulation of the cosmos and a nod to the next generation of computing. A team of physicists and computer scientists from the U.S….
A massive simulation of the cosmos and a nod to the next generation of computing. A team of physicists and computer scientists from the U.S….
Scientists have discovered the first evidence for a rare type of stellar explosion, or supernova in the Milky Way. This intriguing object lies near the…
In order to study a wide range of astronomical phenomena, the VLA has several shapes or configurations, each with its own advantages. When the Very…
This week’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features an impressive portrait of M1-63, a beautifully captured example of a bipolar planetary nebula…
How times have changed since the Apollo era. Within the space of a few days, two space missions from China and the United Arab Emirates…
GBT-VLBA System Images Lunar Landscape The National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Observatory (GBO) and National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), and Raytheon Intelligence & Space conducted…
NASA is remembering Millie Hughes-Fulford, the first woman to fly as a NASA payload specialist, who died Thursday. Hughes-Fulford was selected as a payload specialist…
NIX – a powerful new ‘luggage-sized’ cryogenic camera, will take the first pictures of young giant exoplanets. This state-of-the-art, infra-red, cryogenic camera system has been…
MIT-led NASA mission finds a multi-planetary system that could be an “ideal laboratory” to study planetary formation and evolution. MIT researchers have discovered four new…
Detailed observations of molecular gas in a tidal dwarf galaxy have important implications for our understanding of how stars are formed. A lot is known…
To solve the mysteries of black holes, a human should just venture into one. However, there is a rather complicated catch: A human can do…
Five, four, three, two, one…. FIREWORKS! The countdown to a new year is in many ways a defining moment for our lives on Earth. Our…
NASA asked university students around the country to help solve the pesky problem of lunar dust as the agency plans for sustainable human exploration of…
Using data from facilities including NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), scientists have studied 20 instances and counting of regular…
Trees connect us scientifically, environmentally, and culturally. We all know that trees are vital to our planet’s health. As trees grow, they absorb carbon from…
Quasars are perhaps the best-known kinds of active galactic nuclei (AGN), galaxies whose central supermassive black holes are luminous, sometimes brighter than the rest of…
NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas, approximately $93.3 million to deliver a suite of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations to the…
An international research team including members from The University of Manchester has shown that a rapidly rotating neutron star is at the core of a…