Finalists Chosen in NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover Naming Contest – Vote for Your Favorite
Nine finalists have been chosen in the essay contest for K-12 students across U.S. to name NASA’s next Mars rover. Now you can help by…
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NASA’s Mission to Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids Confirms Discovery of “Bonus” Exploration Opportunity
NASA’s Lucy mission team is seeing double after discovering that Eurybates, the asteroid the spacecraft has targeted for flyby in 2027, has a small satellite….
The James Webb Space Telescope Is the Largest, Most Powerful Space Telescope Ever Built [Video]
The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest, most powerful and most technologically challenging space telescope ever built. The Webb Telescope is so large; it…
Astronomers Discover the Best Places to Look for “Genesis II” and Intelligent Alien Life
Orange Dwarf Stars Most Likely to Host Planets To date astronomers have discovered over 4,000 planets orbiting other stars. Statistically, there should be over 100…
H0LiCOW! Cosmic Magnifying Glasses Yield Independent Measure of Universe’s Expansion That Adds to Troubling Discrepancy
New Hubble Measurement Strengthens Discrepancy in Universe’s Expansion Rate People use the phrase “Holy Cow” to express excitement. Playing with that phrase, researchers from an…
NASA Snow-Chasers Set to Fly Into Winter Storms to Study the Inner Workings [Video]
When giant white swirls of clouds cover the weather map with a winter storm warning, one question looms in the minds of people in its…
2019 Was the Second Hottest Year on Record According to Both NASA & NOAA
According to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2019 were the second warmest since…
Hubble Space Telescope Spies NGC 1803 in the Painter’s Easel
This bright, somewhat blob-like object — seen in this stunning picture as observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope — is a galaxy named NGC…
NASA Narrows Down Mars 2020 Rover Names – Here Are the Semifinalists
155 students from across the U.S. have been chosen as semifinalists in NASA’s essay contest to name the Mars 2020 rover and see it launch…
Latest NASA Satellite Observations of Australia’s Bushfires Show Smoke Going Round the World
NASA scientists using data from its NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite, has traced the movement of the smoke coming off the Australian fires across the globe…
NASA’s Webb Telescope to Search for Rogue Planets and Young Brown Dwarfs
How small are the smallest celestial objects that form like stars, but don’t produce their own light? How common are they compared to full-fledged stars?…
Meet 11 New NASA Astronauts Ready for Space Station, Moon, and Mars Missions
NASA welcomed 11 new astronauts to its ranks Friday, January 10, 2020, increasing the number of those eligible for spaceflight assignments that will expand humanity’s…
Ground Displacement From Puerto Rico Earthquake Mapped by NASA
Scientists use satellite data to help response agencies identify damaged areas. Days after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Puerto Rico, followed by hundreds of aftershocks, the…
Shedding Light on a Galactic Mystery That Has Long Puzzled Scientists
Our Milky Way galaxy has an elegant spiral shape with long arms filled with stars, but exactly how it took this form has long puzzled…
First Massive SLS Rocket Core Stage for NASA’s Artemis Completed and Loaded for Transport
The first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage for NASA’s Artemis program completed manufacturing work at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and…
Landsat 9 Science Instruments Attached to Spacecraft – One Step Closer to Launch
Landsat 9’s two science instruments are now attached to the spacecraft, bringing the mission one step closer to launch. In late December, the Operational Land…
Imposter or the Real Deal? Astronomers Finally Discover the Truth
This picture, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a close-up view of a galaxy named NGC 2770. NGC 2770 is intriguing, as over…
World Path of Smoke and Aerosols From Australian Fires Animated by Fleet of NASA Satellites
A fleet of NASA satellites working together has been analyzing the aerosols and smoke from the massive fires burning in Australia. The fires in Australia…