A new video from NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover chronicles major milestones during the final minutes of its entry, descent, and landing on the Red Planet on Feb. 18 as […]
Researchers use supercomputers to better understand the sun’s corona
(Newswise)–As worldwide mandates prevented gatherings over the holiday season, crowds in Chile and Argentina donned masks and eye shields to take in some outdoor magic: a two-minute solar eclipse on […]
NASA conducts test of SLS rocket core stage for Artemis I Moon mission
NASA conducted a hot fire Saturday of the core stage for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will launch the Artemis I mission to the Moon. The hot fire is the final […]
NASA approves heliophysics missions to explore the sun, Earth’s aurora
NASA has approved two heliophysics missions to explore the Sun and the system that drives space weather near Earth. Together, NASA’s contribution to the Extreme Ultraviolet High-Throughput Spectroscopic Telescope Epsilon […]
NASA moves forward with a campaign to return Mars samples to Earth
NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) are moving to the next phase in a campaign to deepen understanding of whether life ever existed on Mars and, in turn, better understand […]
Hubble pins down weird exoplanet with a far-flung orbit
(Newswise)–A planet in an unlikely orbit around a double star 336 light-years away may offer a clue to a mystery much closer to home: a hypothesized, distant body in the […]
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft successfully touches asteroid
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched an asteroid to collect dust […]
Studying the sun as a star to understand stellar flares and exoplanets
(Newswise)–New research shows that sunspots and other active regions can change the overall solar emissions. The sunspots cause some emissions to dim and others to brighten; the timing of the […]
Hubble uses Earth as a proxy for identifying oxygen on potentially habitable planets around other stars
(Newswise)–Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have detected Earth’s own brand of sunscreen – ozone – in our atmosphere. This method simulates how […]
NASA announces new James Webb Space Telescope target launch date
NASA is now targeting Oct. 31, 2021, for the launch of the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana, due to impacts from the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as […]