Perplexing 16-Year-Old Cosmic Mystery Solved, Revealing Stellar Missing Link
The Blue Ring Nebula, which perplexed scientists for over a decade, appears to be the youngest known example of two stars merged into one. In…
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Mars Is Getting a New Robotic Meteorologist to Help Prepare for Future Human Exploration
Sensors on NASA’s Perseverance will help prepare for future human exploration by taking weather measurements and studying dust particles. Mars is about to get a…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Takes Selfie With “Mary Anning” on the Red Planet
The Mars rover has drilled three samples of rock in this clay-enriched region since first arriving in July. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has a new…
Earth Has Captured a Tiny Object – Likely a 1960s-Era Rocket Booster
In 1966, NASA launched Surveyor 2 to the Moon. Now its rocket booster has apparently returned to near-Earth space. Earth has captured a tiny object…
NASA Preparing to Land Mars Perseverance: 100 Days and 166 Million Miles to Go
Mark your calendars: The agency’s latest rover has only about 8,640,000 seconds to go before it touches down on the Red Planet, becoming history’s next…
Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa Glows in the Dark
New lab experiments re-create the environment of Europa and find that the icy moon shines, even on its nightside. The effect is more than just…
Mysterious, Repeating Radio Burst Identified in Our Own Galaxy for the First Time
NASA Missions Help Pinpoint the Source of a Unique X-ray, Radio Burst This is the first time one of these mysterious, repeating radio burst has…
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Is Ready to Head Into Space
The newest addition to a long line of ocean-monitoring satellites is ready to head into space. With a little over two weeks to go until…
Prior Weather Linked to Rapid Intensification of Hurricanes Near Landfall
New study results show that ocean heat waves can provide enough fuel for hurricanes to gain momentum as they approach land. Although most hurricanes tend…
U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Sea Level Satellite Gears Up for Launch
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft will soon be heading into orbit to monitor the height of the ocean for nearly the entire globe. Preparations are…
NASA Contacts Voyager 2 – 11.6 Billion Miles From Earth – Using Upgraded Deep Space Station
The only radio antenna that can command the 43-year-old spacecraft has been offline since March as it gets new hardware, but work is on track…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Spots Signs That “Sprites” or “Elves” Frolic in Jupiter’s Atmosphere
An instrument on the spacecraft may have detected transient luminous events — bright flashes of light in the gas giant’s upper atmosphere. New results from…
Greenland’s Retreating Glaciers: NASA Details Physical Transformation of Over 200 Coastal Glaciers
Details about the physical transformation of over 200 of the island’s coastal glaciers are documented in a new study, in which the authors anticipate environmental…
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…
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…
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,…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Bringing 3D-Printed Metal Parts to Mars
This video clip shows a 3D printing technique where a printer head scans over each layer of a part, blowing metal powder which is melted…
At Last! NASA InSight’s “Mole” Is Out of Sight, Below the Surface of Mars
Now that the heat probe is just below the Martian surface, InSight’s arm will scoop some additional soil on top to help it keep digging…