NASA Astrobiology Has Discovered a Ring of Material Around Star HD 191098
Researchers supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Program have discovered a ring of material around the star HD 191098 that resembles our solar system’s…
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Wild Orbits of Neptune Moons a ‘Dance of Avoidance’ [Video]
Even by the wild standards of the outer solar system, the strange orbits that carry Neptune’s two innermost moons are unprecedented, according to newly published…
air-LUSI: New Moon-Seeking Sensor Aims to Improve NASA’s Earth Observations
A new instrument with its eye on the Moon is taking off aboard a high-altitude NASA plane to measure the Moon’s brightness and eventually help…
Strange, Luminescent Galactic Creatures at Play
The pair of strange, luminescent creatures at play in this image are actually galaxies — realms of millions upon millions of stars. This galactic duo…
NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover Will Hunt for Evidence of Life on Mars in Microscopic Fossils
Scientists with NASA’s Mars 2020 rover have discovered what may be one of the best places to look for signs of ancient life in Jezero…
Meet the Icy World ‘Arrokoth’ From a Billion Miles Beyond Pluto in the Kuiper Belt
In a fitting tribute to the farthest flyby ever conducted by spacecraft, the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 has been officially named Arrokoth, a Native…
“Mind Boggling” Mars Mystery As Oxygen Doesn’t Behave by Known Chemistry
For the first time in the history of space exploration, scientists have measured the seasonal changes in the gases that fill the air directly above…
Mineral That Could Preserve Signs of Past Life Spotted at Future Mars Landing Spot
Using orbital instruments to peer into Jezero crater, the landing site for NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, researchers found deposits of hydrated silica, a mineral that’s…
Lunar IceCube to Locate Water Resources Needed for Moon Base – Uses Ion Propulsion Thruster
As we venture forward to the Moon and establish a sustained lunar presence, finding and understanding water on the lunar surface becomes increasingly important. Lunar…
Mercury Transit: Important Details for Observing Stunning Phenomenon
Today, November 11, 2019, we’re in for a rare treat, as the innermost planet, Mercury, passes directly in front of the Sun for a few…
‘The Pathfinders’ Trains Lens on Daring Mission to Mars
The era NASA called “Faster, Better, Cheaper” started with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory agreeing to land something on Mars – cheaply – and to do…
NASA Instrument to Explore the Atmospheres of Exoplanets
NASA will contribute an instrument to a European space mission that will explore the atmospheres of hundreds of planets orbiting stars beyond our Sun, or…
The Transit of Mercury – Skywatching Tips and All the Details
It only happens about 13 times a century and won’t happen again until 2032, so don’t miss the transit of Mercury on Monday, November 11!…
Alternative Earths – Secrets of Sustaining Life
Three billion years ago, Earth was a very different place. The sun that shone on its oceans and continents was not as bright as it…
Space Warping Creates Stunning Kaleidoscope View of Distant Galaxy
NASA’s Hubble Captures a Dozen Galaxy Doppelgangers The “funhouse mirror” has delighted carnival-goers for more than a century by twisting peoples’ images into wildly distorted…
Hubble Spies Champions League of Stellar “Teammates” in NGC 1333 Reflection Nebula
Within a galaxy hosting around 300 billion stars, here the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a mere handful or two — just about enough…
All Four Rocket Engines Attached to the SLS Core Stage for Artemis I Mission
All four RS-25 engines were structurally mated to the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for Artemis I, the first mission of…
Arctic Shifts to Carbon Source – Stunning Reversal After Capturing Carbon for Tens of Thousands of Years
A NASA-funded study suggests winter carbon emissions in the Arctic may be adding more carbon into the atmosphere each year than is taken up by…