Could There Be a Strange Form of Life Inside Stars?
Are we alone in the universe? It is one of the most profound questions posed in modern astronomy. But although our understanding of the cosmos…
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NASA Selects Nokia to Build First-Ever Cellular Network on the Moon
LTE/4G technology promises to revolutionize lunar surface communications by delivering reliable, high data rates while containing power, size, and cost. Communications will be a crucial…
NASA Discovers “Very Weird” Molecule in Titan’s Atmosphere
NASA scientists identified a molecule in Titan’s atmosphere that has never been detected in any other atmosphere. In fact, many chemists have probably barely heard…
Here’s How to Get New NASA Posters Featuring Cosmic Frights for Halloween
The eye-catching posters depict some of the universe’s most mysterious astronomical phenomena with artistic flair. With Halloween just around the corner, NASA has released its…
Hidden Pockets of Water Could Be Common on the Surface of the Moon
Tiny Moon Shadows May Harbor Hidden Stores of Ice Hidden pockets of water could be much more common on the surface of the moon than…
Woah, We’re Halfway There: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Is Midway to Mars
Sometimes half measures can be a good thing — especially on a journey this long. The agency’s latest rover only has about 146 million miles…
The Science Behind Life in Space on Netflix’s Series “Away”
Unfolding spacecraft, artificial gravity, and space disease all feature on Netflix’s series ‘Away’, but how much of the action is true to life? Do you…
Pristine Extraterrestrial Organic Compounds Discovered in “Fireball” Meteorite
On the night of January 16, 2018, a fireball meteor streaked across the sky over the Midwest and Ontario before landing on a frozen lake…
Jezero Crater – Landing Site of Mars Perseverance Rover – Was a Lake in Mars’ Ancient Past
This illustration shows Jezero Crater — the landing site of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover — as it may have looked billions of years ago…
First Ultraviolet Observations Offer More Complete View of Massive Asteroid Psyche
Researcher made first observations of asteroid at mid-ultraviolet wavelengths. A new study authored by Southwest Research Institute planetary scientist Dr. Tracy Becker discusses several new…
Earth vs. Pluto: Snowy and Icy Peaks with Very Different Origins
Like Earth, the dwarf planet of Pluto has mountains. Like their earthly cousins, some of those peaks are covered in blankets of white. But the…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Goes for Early Stowage To Minimize Asteroid Sample Loss
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is ready to perform an early stow on Tuesday, October 27, of the large sample it collected last week from the surface…
NASA’s Cosmic Time Machine
NASA’s Cosmic Time Machine: The James Webb Space Telescope Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. Join NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers on a…
NASA’s Airborne Observatory Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that…
Sensors on NASA’s Mars 2020 Spacecraft Answer Long-Distance Call From Earth
Instruments tailored to collect data during the descent of NASA’s next rover through the Red Planet’s atmosphere have been checked in flight. On October 8,…
First Habitable-Zone, Earth-Sized Exoplanet Discovered With Planet-Hunter TESS
TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, was launched in 2018 with the goal of discovering small planets around the Sun’s nearest neighbors, stars bright enough…
Highly Unusual “Hot Neptune” Exoplanet 260 Light Years Away That “Shouldn’t Exist”
A team led by an astronomer from the University of Kansas has crunched data from NASA’s TESS and Spitzer space telescopes to portray for the…
Scientists Peer Inside an Asteroid – Is Bennu in the Process of Spinning Itself Into Pieces?
New findings from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission suggest that the interior of the asteroid Bennu could be weaker and less dense than its outer layers—like a…