NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Captures Impact Site of Failed HAKUTO-R Moon Lander
The HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander, launched by ispace in December 2022, failed to land safely on the Moon. In April 2023, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance…
The HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander, launched by ispace in December 2022, failed to land safely on the Moon. In April 2023, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance…
NASA’s Focal Plane System, a key part of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, has arrived at Ball Aerospace for assembly into the Wide Field…
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet, LP 791-18 d, believed to be highly volcanic. The planet’s volcanic activity could sustain an atmosphere potentially allowing for…
The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged lenticular galaxy NGC 5283, a Seyfert galaxy with a visible structure and an active galactic nucleus. The observation is…
An Oregon State University scientist is leading new research aimed at uncovering the role of dust in sustaining global ocean ecosystems and controlling atmospheric carbon…
A new study posits that the earliest building blocks of life on Earth, namely amino acids and carboxylic acids, may have been formed due to…
NASA’s Hubble Telescope has captured an image of the lenticular galaxy NGC 3489, 30 million light-years away. This galaxy, exhibiting traits of both spiral and…
Scientists discovered that asteroid Phaethon, the source of the Geminid meteor shower, has a tail made of sodium, not dust. This finding challenges 14 years…
NASA’s retired Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) spacecraft re-entered Earth’s atmosphere at 8:21 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 19, almost 21 years…
This composite image of a total solar eclipse was captured on April 20, 2023 from Exmouth, Australia, a small coastal town in Western Australia known…
Dark Nebula is a Cauldron of Star Birth You should know where you come from, but understanding the birth of our Sun and family of…
The green light streaking across the cloudy sky was something that Daichi Fujii had never seen before. The museum curator’s motion-detecting cameras were set up…
NASA Retired Solar Energy Imager Spacecraft to Reenter Atmosphere NASA’s retired Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) spacecraft is predicted to reenter Earth’s…
Earth’s magnetic environment is filled with a symphony of sound that we cannot hear. All around our planet, ultralow-frequency waves compose a cacophonous operetta portraying…
NASA’s Lucy mission captured its first views of four Jupiter Trojan asteroids, with observations helping to choose exposure times for close-up observations. Lucy is on…
NASA is leveraging quantum research to advance space communications through projects like the Goddard Space Flight Center’s Quantum Laboratory and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s PEACOQ…
Glowing dust and elements display complex structures that are challenging for scientists to explain. The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the…
NASA has named Dr. Makenzie Lystrup as the new director of Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. She will be the first female center director…