Russian Cosmonaut and Filmmakers Return to Earth From Space Station
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos and Russian actress Yulia Peresild and Russian producer-director Klim Shipenko landed on Earth at 12:35 a.m. EDT Sunday, October…
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Hubble Spies Galaxy Doomed To End Catastrophically
This observation from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases Arp 86, a peculiar pair of interacting galaxies which lies roughly 220 million light-years from Earth…
How NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Talks to Us From Mars
The Ingenuity helicopter made history on April 19, 2021, with the first powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. How do engineers talk…
Auroras Announce the Solar Cycle: More Frequent Opportunities To See the Northern and Southern Lights
The 25th cycle is underway, and it brings more frequent opportunities to see the northern lights and southern lights. Solar Cycle 25 is underway, and…
Geomagnetic Storm: Solar Eruption Arrives at Earth
A mass of solar material that erupted from the Sun on October 9, 2021, reached Earth on October 12. The Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, or…
International Observe the Moon Night: 10 Ways To Observe the Moon
Believe it or not, observing the Moon is something you can do no matter the weather, time of day, or location! We interpret “observe” very…
Waiting To Unload: Global Supply Chain Disruption Visible From NASA Satellites
The pandemic has disrupted global supply chains and markets in ways that have led to backlogs of cargo ships at key ports. Booming demand for…
Annual World-Wide Celebration: International Observe the Moon Night 2021
Everyone, everywhere, every year is invited to celebrate with fellow Moon enthusiasts around our planet for International Observe the Moon Night – a worldwide public…
NASA Lucy Launched on Atlas V Rocket – Asteroid Mission to “Fossils” of Planet Formation
NASA’s Lucy mission, the agency’s first to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, launched at 5:34 a.m. EDT Saturday on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket…
Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night With NASA
The public is invited to participate in several of NASA’s virtual activities in celebration of International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday, October 16. This…
NASA’s Lucy Trojan Asteroid Mission Invites You to Build Your Own Time Capsule
Where will you be and what will you be up to in August of 2027? What about March of 2033? NASA knows exactly where the…
NASA Releases Climate Action Plan
NASA released a climate action plan on October 7, 2021, aimed at averting mission impacts due to climate change, ensuring the resiliency of facilities and…
Hubble Finds Mysterious Replenishment of Water Vapor on Jupiter’s Moon Europa
Ice Sublimating Off the Surface Replenishes a Tenuous Envelope You would think that living half-a-billion miles from the Sun would be no place to call…
We Love Lucy – Four Questions With NASA Mission Manager Sherry Jennings
NASA is preparing to launch a new spacecraft on a quest to unlock the mysteries of our Solar System’s formation. Named for the fossilized human…
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Arrives at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope successfully arrived in French Guiana Tuesday (October 12, 2021), after a 16-day journey at sea. The 5,800-mile voyage took Webb…
Alisal Fire Rages Near Santa Barbara – Strong Winds Fuel Fast-Moving Fire
Chaparral shrublands and strong winds are fueling the fast-moving fire. For much of summer 2021, large fires decimated forests in Northern California. By the middle of…
NASA’s Daring Lucy Mission to Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids Poised To Launch
SwRI’s Levison, Olkin lead the mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is encapsulated in a protective fairing atop an Atlas V rocket, awaiting…
How To Ship the World’s Largest and Most Powerful Space Telescope 5,800 Miles Across the Ocean
When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launches, it will undergo one of the most harrowing deployment processes any spacecraft has ever endured. But before it…