Synchrotron Emission Will Allow Astronomers to Find Stars That No One Has Seen Before
Astronomers believe that radio waves coming from supersonic stars will help them find stars that no one has seen before. The center of our Milky…
Space Exploration
Astronomers Develop a New Model for Cataloging the Universe
Scientists from the Berkeley Lab have created a new statistical analysis model designed to enhance one of modern astronomy’s most time-tested tools: sky surveys. The…
Nanosatellites Provide New Opportunities for Space Science
Miniaturized satellites, known as nanosatellites or CubeSats, are small platforms that enable the next generation of scientists and engineers to complete all phases of a…
NASA’s New Horizons Begins Intensive Data Downlink
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft has begun downlinking the data is has collected on its mission to the Pluto system. The entire process will take about…
Soyuz TMA-18M Successfully Launched, Heads to International Space Station
Soyuz TMA-18M successfully launched with its three crew members representing Russia, Denmark and Kazakhstan. They are headed to the International Space Station to provide a…
NASA Comet Hitchhiker Would Take Tour of Small Asteroids and Comets
Comet Hitchhiker is in Phase I study through the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program. Its goal is to use the kinetic energy of comets and…
The Interior Chemistry of Distant Planet’s May Differ from Earth
New research suggests that magnesium peroxide may be abundant in extremely oxidized mantles and cores of rocky planets outside our Solar System. Washington, DC —…
NASA Selects Potential Kuiper Belt Target for New Horizons
NASA scientists have selected the small Kuiper Belt object (KBO) known as 2014 MU69 as the next potential destination for the New Horizons mission. 2014…
If Life Can Travel Between The Stars We Should Be Able To Detect It
A new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics suggests that if life can travel between the stars (in a process called panspermia), it would…
NASA SLS Program ‘Right on Track’ for Journey to Mars
NASA’s Space Launch System Program has completed its review – another step forward for the program that will help launch astronauts on missions to an…
Kepler-452b and the Search for Another Earth
With the help of the Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers and scientists continue to search for another Earth-like planet. The discovery of a super-Earth-sized planet orbiting…
“Windbots” – The Future Explorers of Planetary Skies?
Engineers are investigating the feasibility of creating a windbot, a new class of robotic probe designed to stay aloft in a planet’s atmosphere for a…
Fluid Shifts Investigation to Help Advance Journey to Mars
A research partnership between NASA’s Human Research Program and the Russian Space Agency is helping to prepare us for the journey to Mars. NASA and…
ESA Selects Contractor for JUICE Mission to Jupiter and Its Icy Moons
Airbus Defence & Space in France has been selected as the prime industrial contractor for ESA’s JUICE mission to Jupiter and its icy moons. The…
Scientists Discuss the Search for Life in Our Solar System and Beyond
Follow along as researchers discuss the search for evidence of habitability in our solar system and beyond during the 2015 Astrobiology Science Conference. NASA and…
NASA Scientists Are Developing Tools to Allow Astronauts to “Live Off the Land”
Similar to when early explorers crossed vast oceans to reach new worlds, NASA engineers and scientists now are developing the tools that will allow astronauts…
Testing Environment for Future Astronaut Expeditions into Deep Space
NASA’s Glenn Research Center Vacuum Chamber 5 provides a testing environment for Glenn’s advanced Solar Electric Propulsion technology needed for future astronaut expeditions into deep…
NASA Announces Progress on Asteroid Redirect Mission & Future Expeditions to Deep Space
In a new press release, NASA details its Asteroid Redirect Mission and reveals that it has increased the detection of near-Earth asteroids by 65 percent…