Remarkable Similarities – New Analysis Reveals Links Between Galaxies Near and Far
An analysis of distant galaxies captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals that they are extremely young and exhibit remarkable similarities to a rare…
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Roscosmos Mission Control Evaluating New Spacecraft Coolant Leak – Launch Date of Replacement Spacecraft Under Review
Engineers at the Roscosmos Mission Control Center continue to evaluate a coolant leak from its Progress 82 cargo spacecraft that was identified on February 11….
Experts on the Future of Planetary Defense 10 Years After the Chelyabinsk Asteroid Impact’s 440 Kiloton Explosion
On February 15, 2013, the people of Chelyabinsk, Russia, experienced a shocking event, and yet it was a small fraction of the devastation an asteroid…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Shows Off Collection of Martian Samples in Stunning Panorama
NASA’s Red Planet rover snapped a portrait of the sample depot it has assembled with 10 backup sample tubes that could be returned to Earth…
NASA Prepares for Future Artemis Missions Using Data From the First SLS Flight
NASA continues to evaluate data and learn more about the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s debut performance during the agency’s November 16, 2022, Artemis I…
Hubble Space Telescope Directly Measures the Mass of the Surviving Core of a Burned-Out Sunlike Star
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have for the first time directly measured the mass of a single, isolated white dwarf star – the…
This Week @NASA: Webb Detects Main Belt Asteroid, Redesigned Moon Rocket Engine Tested
Celebrating diversity in space and technology … Some recognition for a unique mission … And a small find that is a pretty big deal ……
NASA Satellites Map Earthquake Damage in Turkey
Scientists from NASA and other agencies are using satellites to map damage caused by the devastating earthquake in the Republic of Türkiye. On February 6,…
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission Receives Space Foundation Achievement Award
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) team has been selected to receive the 2023 Space Achievement Award, a top award from the Space Foundation. This…
NASA Conducts Test of Redesigned RS-25 Moon Rocket Engine
NASA’s newly redesigned RS-25 engine for future flights of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, underwent its first hot fire test of the year on…
JPL and the Space Age: The Stuff of Dreams (NASA Documentary)
In 1977 the greatest adventure in space exploration began with the launch of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft – two robotic explorers designed…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Surprise Clues to Ancient Water on Mars
Among other discoveries made by the rover, rippled rock textures suggest lakes existed in a region of ancient Mars that scientists expected to be drier….
Deadly Fires Blaze Through South-Central Chile, Destroying More Than 1,000 Homes
Hot, dry winds fanned the flames of widespread fires in Chile. Stoked by a summer heat wave and strong winds, widespread fires have been raging…
NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann Captures Stunning “Space-Selfie” During Spacewalk
NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Nicole Mann points the camera toward herself and takes a “space-selfie” with her helmet’s visor up during a…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Views Rhythmic Rock Layers on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this stunning image of rhythmic rock layers with a repetitive pattern in their spacing and thickness. This rhythmic pattern could…
We Asked a NASA Scientist: Why Does Climate Change Matter?
Why does climate change matter? Well, it’s happening. We look at the Earth from space and we measure it on the ground. And what we…
Saturn’s Rings Are Acting Strange – Hubble Captures Mysterious “Spokes”
Mysterious Features Were First Seen Decades Ago by Voyager Spacecraft Since their discovery by NASA’s Voyager mission in the 1980s, temporary “spoke” features across Saturn’s…
NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope Detects First Gamma-Ray Eclipses From “Spider” Star Systems
Scientists have discovered the first gamma-ray eclipses from a special type of binary star system using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. These so-called…
