NASA Decommissions GALEX
After a decade of service, operators at Orbital Sciences Corporation sent the signal to decommission NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer. Pasadena, California — NASA has turned…
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NASA’s Voyager 1 Explores the Outer Limits of Our Heliosphere
Now more than 18 billion kilometers away from Earth, NASA’s Voyager 1 is close to entering interstellar space. Using data from the spacecraft’s journey, several…
NASA’s Near-Earth Object Observations Program Discovers Ten Thousandth NEO
Researchers have now discovered 10,000 near-Earth asteroids and comets, with the 10,000th being a 1,000 foot (300 meters) asteroid called 2013 MZ5. More than 10,000…
Data Indicates Temperatures Rise and Fall Twice a Day on Mars
Data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has indicated that temperatures rise and fall twice a day on Mars, with a rise during the nighttime as…
Linear Gullies on Mars Caused by Sliding Dry-Ice
By examining images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and performing experiments on sand dunes in Utah and California, researchers believe that marks on the Martian…
Data Reveals Dormant Black Hole Amidst Stellar Chaos
NuSTAR data reveals that the once active supermassive black hole at the center of the Sculptor galaxy, also known as NGC 253, is now dormant,…
Cassini Data Confirms PAHs Play Major Role in Production of Lower Haze on Titan
Data from Cassini’s visual and infrared mapping spectrometer has allowed researchers to confirm that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) play a major role in the production…
Kepler Data Reveals That Stars Don’t Eat Their Young Migrating Planets
Using data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, a newly published study suggests that migrating planets stop their inward journey before reaching their stars, remaining in…
Curiosity Finds Evidence of Ancient Streambed on Mars
Further analysis of Curiosity data has led researchers to believe that an ancient, flowing stream once existed on Mars. Pasadena, California – Detailed analysis and…
GRAIL Data Helps Solve Mystery of Moon’s Uneven Surface Gravity
By combining GRAIL gravity data with computer models of large asteroid impacts and known details about the geologic evolution of impact craters, scientists were able…
First Radar Images Reveal Asteroid QE2 Has Its Own Moon
Using the Deep Space Network antenna, astronomers have captured the first radar images of asteroid QE2. The asteroid is approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers) in…
Evidence of Activity at Saturn Moon Dione
Researchers have found hints of evidence suggesting that Saturn’s moon Dione was likely active in the past, and could still be active now. From a…
NASA’s WISE Mission Identifies 28 New Asteroid Families
Using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, scientists have identified 28 new asteroid families and have place thousands of previously hidden and uncategorized asteroids into families…
Century-Old HMS Challenger Expedition Data Helps Confirm Ocean Warming
A new study using ocean data from the 135-year-old HMS Challenger oceanographic expedition combined with modern measurements of ocean temperatures reveals that warming of the…
NASA to Discuss the Latest Findings from the Curiosity Rover
On May30th, NASA will hold a press conference to discuss the latest findings from the Mars Science Laboratory Radiation Assessment Detector aboard the Curiosity rover….
Computer Simulations Help Reveal the Inner Workings of Galaxy Formation
A newly published study details how galaxies form, using computer simulations to reveal that cool gas flows into the centers of galaxies along filaments where…
Herschel Discovers Massive Merging of Two Galaxies
The Herschel Space telescope has discovered a massive merging of two galaxies that took place when the universe was roughly 3 billion years old. The…
Curiosity Rover Drills Second Rock Target
NASA’s Curiosity rover has completed the drilling of the second rock sample on Mars and should deliver portions of the sample in coming days to…
