Ripped Apart: A Gigantic Black Hole Destroys a Massive Star
Astronomers uncover details of a massive star, ASASSN-14li, devoured by a black hole, challenging previous theories and hinting at new methods for cosmic exploration. Researchers…
Astronomers uncover details of a massive star, ASASSN-14li, devoured by a black hole, challenging previous theories and hinting at new methods for cosmic exploration. Researchers…
Riding with the Perseverance rover, the instrument has proved to be a viable technology for astronauts on Mars to produce oxygen for fuel and breathing….
Life science and space physics research continued aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, September 7, aiming to improve human health and advance fundamental…
Bound for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche mission is targeting October 5 to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida….
Using remote sensing, researchers have developed a method to guide the state of Maryland’s tree-planting efforts. Nature has provided an effective tool for removing some…
Circular Depressions Seep Hydrogen Gas Naturally occurring hydrogen was discovered emanating from “fairy circles” in Australia. Pockmarked landscapes in Australia may be a treasure map…
The Expedition 69 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) focused its main research activities on biotechnology on Wednesday. The orbital residents also continued the…
Sturdy legs are needed to absorb the impact of the heaviest spacecraft to ever touch down on the Red Planet. NASA’s Perseverance rover continues to…
Four new Expedition 69 flight engineers are in their second week aboard the International Space Station (ISS) spending more time on microgravity research and lab…
NASA’s LRO – the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter – spacecraft imaged the Chandrayaan-3 landing site on the Moon’s surface. The ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) Chandrayaan-3…
On September 5, 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft lifted off atop its Titan/Centaur-6 launch vehicle from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,…
Data from the PREFIRE mission will inform climate and ice models, providing better projections of how a warming world will affect sea ice loss, ice…
In this 40-year-old image from September 5, 1983, Guion “Guy” Bluford checks out the sample pump on the continuous flow electrophoresis system (CFES) experiment in…
NASA is working with its international partners to study the ancient Earth as it relates to Mars. In June 2023, NASA’s Mars Exploration Program leaders…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is set to return the first U.S. asteroid sample to Earth in September after a successful mockup drop test in Utah’s West…
Scientists have discovered six new exoplanets, taking the total to 5,502. With advancements in technology, the field of exoplanet research has grown exponentially since the…
NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev splashed down safely in the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour in…
What are some skywatching highlights in September 2023? Venus returns to the early morning skies as a bright beacon in the east. The full moon…