Auroral Mysteries Unveiled: NASA’s Sounding Rocket Rises Into Alaskan Skies
NASA launched the DISSIPATION mission from Alaska to study auroral heating of the atmosphere. A sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks,…
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Galactic Collision Captured in Stunning Detail: NASA’s Webb & Hubble Unite To Create Most Colorful View of Universe
The result: A vivid landscape of galaxies along with more than a dozen newfound, time-varying objects. When two flagship observatories unite, they reveal a wealth…
Liftoff! Dragon Safely on Its Way To Space Station for NASA’s SpaceX Mission
SpaceX’s Dragon has launched on a resupply mission to the ISS, carrying scientific experiments, crew supplies, and a variety of food items. SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft…
Hubble’s Stellar Detective Work: Unmasking the Milky Way’s Hidden Jewel
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a vivid image of the globular star cluster Terzan 12, illustrating how space dust can affect starlight. This colorful…
Klyuchevskoy Erupts: Eurasia’s Tallest Active Volcano Spews Ash 40,000 Feet Into the Air
Eurasia’s tallest active volcano spewed ash that drifted hundreds of kilometers. Eruption activity escalated at the Klyuchevskoy volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in autumn 2023….
Another Surprise From NASA’s Lucy Asteroid Encounter: “We Never Suspected Anything So Bizarre!”
NASA’s Lucy Surprise Observation of 1st-ever Contact Binary Orbiting Asteroid It turns out there is more to the “marvelous” asteroid Dinkinesh and its newly discovered…
Expedition 70: Visionary Research and Earth Observations Precede Dragon’s Arrival
The Expedition 70 crew mainly focused Wednesday’s scientific research activities on the human eye and Earth observations while also continuing its life support maintenance tasks….
Clear Skies Expected for NASA’s SpaceX Launch From Kennedy Space Center
Weather officials with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron predict a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions for liftoff of the 29th commercial…
NASA’s AWE Mission Launching to Space Station To Study Atmospheric Gravity Waves via Airglow
NASA’s AWE mission, set to launch to the ISS, will examine atmospheric waves and their effects on space weather through the Earth’s natural airglow, informing…
A Day in Microgravity: Immunity Research and 3D Printing on the ISS
Human research and space manufacturing packed the science schedule aboard the International Space Station (ISS) once again on Tuesday, November 7. The Expedition 70 crew…
Historic Martian Milestone: NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars
The Curiosity mission team is making sure the robotic scientist, now in its fourth extended mission, is staying strong, despite the wear and tear from…
Astro Lab Chronicles: Blood, Sweat, and Gears With Expedition 70
Life science and spacesuit maintenance topped the schedule at the beginning of the week for the Expedition 70 crew. The orbital residents also pursued Earth…
Hubble’s Ultraviolet Eye Reveals Jupiter’s Great Red Spot in a New Light
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope provides a new ultraviolet image of Jupiter during its opposition, revealing details like the Great Red Spot in false-color to highlight…
From Martian Oxygen to Sonic Thumps: NASA’s Stellar TIME Inventions of 2023
MOXIE, the oxygen-generating experiment aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, is among the technologies honored by the magazine. As NASA explores, innovates, and inspires through its…
This Week @NASA: First Lucy Asteroid Flyby, Stepping Out for a Spacewalk, and More
Stepping out for a spacewalk at the space station … The first asteroid flyby for NASA’s Lucy spacecraft … Signing up for safe and peaceful…
Crab Nebula’s Puzzling Mysteries Unveiled by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
Exquisite, never-before-seen details help unravel the supernova remnant’s puzzling history. Although the Crab Nebula is one of the most well-studied supernova remnants, questions about its…
Don’t Miss: Leonid Meteor Shower Peak & Saturn in “The Sea”
What are some skywatching highlights in November 2023? The Leonid meteors peak, Saturn sits in the celestial sea, and Venus and Jupiter are visible on…
We Asked a NASA Scientist: Is NASA Mining Asteroids?
Is NASA mining asteroids? No, NASA is not mining asteroids. The technologies for mining asteroids are not well developed. We actually can’t really mine asteroids…