Time To Rethink Theories: Physicists Predict Neutron Stars May Be Bigger Than Previously Imagined
When a massive star dies, first there is a supernova explosion. Then, what’s left over becomes either a black hole or a neutron star. That…
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NASA James Webb Space Telescope Launch Delayed Again – Waiting on Ariane 5 Rocket Readiness
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which will be the premier observatory of the next decade, remains on schedule for a launch readiness date no earlier…
World’s Most Powerful Telescopes Unite in Unprecedented Observations of Famous Black Hole
Scientists have coordinated observations of many of the world’s most powerful telescopes of the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87. In April 2019, the…
Surviving on Mars: NASA’s InSight Lander Uses Martian Sand To Give Itself a Power Boost
To clean a bit of dust from one of its solar panels, NASA’s InSight lander trickled sand above the panel. The wind-borne sand grains then…
First NASA Probe Mission to Venus in 40 Years: DAVINCI+ to Explore Divergent Fate of Earth’s Mysterious Twin
Although Earth and Venus are similar in size and location, they are very different worlds today. While Earth has oceans of water and abundant life,…
Extraterrestrial Materials: Measuring the Moon’s Nano Dust Is No Small Matter
Like a chameleon of the night sky, the Moon often changes its appearance. It might look larger, brighter, or redder, for example, due to its…
New Research May Help Illuminate the Origins of Life on Earth
One of the fundamental themes in astrobiology is to seek to ascertain the origin and distribution of life in the cosmos. As part of this,…
NASA’s SpaceX Dragon Resupply Mission Launches – Cargo Includes Water Bears, Squid, Solar Panels
The latest SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 1:29 p.m. EDT Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy…
Cosmonauts Finish Spacewalk to Ready Space Station for New Module
Expedition 65 Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos have completed a spacewalk lasting seven hours and 19 minutes….
NASA Celebrates OSIRIS-REx’s Perfect Departure Maneuver From Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is 328,000 miles, or 528,000 kilometers, away from the asteroid Bennu, having fired its engines on May 10 to initiate a return…
Massive Stars Are Formed Not From Dust Disk but From Debris – “A Chaotic Mess”
A Dutch-led team of astronomers has discovered that high-mass stars are formed differently from their smaller siblings. Whereas small stars are often surrounded by an…
Best View Yet of Exceptional Cosmic Explosion – Challenges Established Theory of Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Universe
Observation challenges established theory of gamma-ray bursts in the universe. Scientists have gained the best view yet of the brightest explosions in the universe: A…
Space Junk and Human Spacecraft – Department of Defense Tracking More Than 27,000 Pieces of Orbital Debris
More than 27,000 pieces of orbital debris, or “space junk,” are tracked by the Department of Defense’s global Space Surveillance Network (SSN) sensors. Much more…
Deep Water on Ice Giants Neptune and Uranus May Be Magnesium-Rich
While scientists have amassed considerable knowledge of the rocky planets in our solar system, like Earth and Mars, much less is known about the icy…
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Delivers His First State of NASA Address
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson talks to the agency’s workforce during his first State of NASA event Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at the Mary W. Jackson…
NASA to Send Two Missions to Study “Lost Habitable” World of Venus
NASA has selected two new missions to Venus, Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. Part of NASA’s Discovery Program, the missions aim to understand how Venus became an…
Hubble Views Magnificent Lopsided Galaxy NGC 2276
The magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 2276 looks a bit lopsided in this Hubble Space Telescope snapshot. A bright hub of older yellowish stars normally lies…
Scientists Create Exotic “Outer Space” Ice – Unlike Any on Earth
The search for life beyond Earth typically focuses on first looking for water, the basis for life as we know it. Whether the water is…