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- Doomed Alien Planets 'Polluted' White Dwarf Stars with Earth-Like Rocks October 17, 2019By analyzing the disintegrated remains of distant worlds consumed by their stars, a new study found that at least some rocky exoplanets may have interiors similar to those of Earth and Mars.
- Space Launch Calendar 2019: Sky Events, Missions & More October 17, 2019Here's a guide to SpaceX's launch schedule, other rocket missions, astronomical events of the next year, as well as milestones for spacecraft already in travel.
- Space Stories Land at NYC Explorers Club Saturday! October 17, 2019Space fans of New York City have a lot to look forward to on Saturday (Oct. 17), as the Explorers Club celebrates "Space Stories" with an all-day event.
- Scientists Want to Make a 3D Map of the Entire World Before Climate Change Ruins It October 17, 2019A nonprofit called The Earth Archive wants to make a 3D map of the entire planet, before the climate crisis changes Earth's face forever.
- Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day October 17, 2019The first-quarter moon rises over Earth's thin, blue atmosphere in this photo taken by an astronaut at the International Space Station.
- Humans Will Never Live on Another Planet, Nobel Laureate Says. Here's Why. October 17, 2019Here's the reality: We're messing up the Earth and any far-out ideas of colonizing another orb when we're done with our own are wishful thinking.
- On This Day in Space! Oct. 17, 2016: Antares Rocket Returns to Flight October 17, 2019On Oct. 17, 2016, Orbital ATK returned to flight, successfully launching a cargo shipment to the International Space Station (ISS) after its previous cargo mission failed to launch. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!
- A Faux Saturn Moon Titan on Earth Could Solve Solar System Mystery October 17, 2019Big, schmancy compounds keep popping up all over the solar system, and new research may help clear up confusion about how they form in so many places.
- Exotic 'Fuzzy' Dark Matter May Have Created Giant Filaments Across the Early Universe October 17, 2019Simulations help distinguish a cosmos containing fuzzy dark matter from one without it.
- NASA Spots InSight Mars Lander and Curiosity Rover from Space (Photos) October 17, 2019New photos give us the best-ever look at NASA's InSight lander on the surface of Mars and show the circuitous route the Curiosity rover is taking up a big Red Planet mountain.
- Rocket Lab Launches Highest Mission Yet to Put Astro Digital Satellite in Orbit October 17, 2019Rocket Lab's Electron booster lifted off today (Oct. 16) from Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand, carrying a technology-demonstrating satellite for California-based spacecraft manufacturer and operator Astro Digital.
- Watch Live All Day Thursday: Mars Society Conference October 17, 2019The Mars Society Conference runs from Thursday through Sunday (Oct. 17 through Oct. 20). Watch the webcast live here.
- Virgin Galactic Unveils Under Armour Spacesuits and 'Spacewear' for Space Tourist Flights October 16, 2019Virgin Galactic lifted the curtain Wednesday (Oct. 16) on its new line of Under Amour "spacewear" for passengers on suborbital trips aboard its SpaceShipTwo vehicles.
- Virgin Galactic May Raise the Ticket Price for SpaceShipTwo Again October 16, 2019The price of a ticket to space on Virgin Galactic's suborbital SpaceShipTwo will likely increase as the private spaceflight company gears up for its first commercial flights.
- Lawmakers Grill NASA Chief on Moon-by-2024 Budget, Schedule October 16, 2019A key group of congressional budgeters have big questions for NASA chief Jim Bridenstine about his moon-landing goals — and he doesn't have the answers they want.
- How Can a Star Be Older Than the Universe? October 16, 2019Somebody is lying about their age.
- Hubble Space Telescope Spots Interstellar Comet Borisov (Video) October 16, 2019NASA's venerable Hubble Space Telescope turned its eyes to interstellar visitor Comet 2I/Borisov and caught a surprise: The interloper looks a lot like comets from our own solar system.
- SpaceX's Starlink Constellation Could Swell by 30,000 More Satellites October 16, 2019SpaceX's Starlink internet-satellite constellation may end up being even bigger than we thought — a lot bigger.
- Rocket Lab Swaps Satellite Customers for Electron Launch Tonight: Watch It Live! October 16, 2019The private spaceflight company Rocket Lab will loft a small satellite for the California-based firm Astro Digital from New Zealand next week in a last-minute mission swap for the commercial launch company
- Moon VIPER: NASA Wants to Send a Water-Sniffing Rover to the Lunar South Pole in 2022 October 16, 2019NASA is already pulling together plans for what could become its first long-lived robotic rover on the moon's surface, designed to sniff out water and targeting a landing date of 2022.
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- NASA Signs Deal For Rockets It Does Not Have The Money To Pay For October 17, 2019NASA Commits to Future Artemis Missions With More SLS Rocket Stages "For the first three Artemis missions, the SLS rocket uses an interim cryogenic propulsion stage to send the Orion spacecraft to the Moon. The SLS rocket is designed to meet a variety of mission needs by evolving to carry greater mass and volume with a more powerful EUS. The EUS is an i […]
- Hearing: NASA's Proposal to Advance the Next Moon Landing by Four Years October 17, 2019Chairman Serrano Statement at Hearing on NASA's Moon Landing Proposal "Not even NASA's own leadership has enough confidence in the success and safety of advancing this timeline. NASA Acting Associate Administrator Bowersox, who is a former astronaut and here with us today, referred to the 2024 moon landing date as difficult to achieve in a Hou […]
- Planetary Protection Review Report Coming Out On Friday October 17, 2019NASA to Discuss Planetary Protection Review's Findings and Recommendations "NASA will host a media teleconference at 3:30 p.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 18, to discuss recommendations presented by the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB), established in June 2019 by Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the agency's Science Mis […]
- When Space Experts Say Things Just To Get Quoted October 16, 2019NASA paid SpaceX for safety review after Musk smoked pot, Politico "The episode raises a number of questions, said Pete Garrettson, a recently retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and space strategist. "As a taxpayer why would I pay when I don't have to?" he asked. "If I was Boeing, I also would have said, 'Why am I being punish […]
- Douglas Loverro Selected as New NASA HEOMD AA October 16, 2019New Associate Administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate: Douglas Loverro "NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Wednesday selected Douglas Loverro as the agency's next Associate Administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. Loverro succeeds former astronaut Kenneth Bowersox who has been ac […]
- When Will The Artemis Open Source Thing Begin? October 15, 2019Keith's note: So when does the whole "open source" thing begin with regard to NASA's moon stuff? FWIW @JimBridenstine is talking about having lunar systems available to the world in an open source fashion yet the majority of details in the NASA RFI for the xEVA suit are not available in an open source fashion https://t.co/uqquSui1nI #arte […]
- Tuesday Is Notional xEVA Spacesuit Day At NASA HQ October 15, 2019NASA Invites Media to Events Highlighting Spacesuits for Moon to Mars "Media are invited to NASA Headquarters in Washington Tuesday, Oct. 15 to get an up-close look at the next generation spacesuits the first woman and next man to explore the Moon will wear as part of the agency's Artemis program. The public event will take place at 2 p.m. EDT and […]
- About That Asteroid Mining Thing October 13, 2019That Giant Asteroid of Gold Won't Make Us Richer "Rejoice, people of Earth! News outlets are reporting that NASA is planning to visit an asteroid made of gold and other precious metals! At current prices, the minerals contained in asteroid 16 Psyche are said to be worth $700 quintillion -- enough to give everyone on the planet $93 billion. We' […]
- That Other Rich Guy Who Is Also Space Crazy October 12, 2019Jeff Bezos's Master Plan, The Atlantic "Bezos is unabashed in his fanaticism for Star Trek and its many spin-offs. He has a holding company called Zefram, which honors the character who invented warp drive. He persuaded the makers of the film Star Trek Beyond to give him a cameo as a Starfleet official. He named his dog Kamala, after a woman who ap […]
- Doing Something Again For The First Time October 12, 2019Keith's note: I first published this two years ago. Yesterday both Jim Bridenstine and Elon Musk noted that they were not alive when humans walked on the Moon - so they do not have memories of that event. Alas, so much of how NASA has conveyed the importance of Artemis - and the way that the media describes it - seems to harken back to events that my fe […]
LiveScience.com – Top Stories
- Japan Just Imported Ebola to Prep for Possible Olympic Outbreak October 17, 2019Japan imported Ebola and other lethal viruses to prepare diagnostic test kits for the 2020 Olympics.Nicoletta Lanese
- Scorching Hot Take: September Was North America's Warmest Ever October 17, 2019September tied the record for the warmest average global temperatures during that month, according to a new NOAA report.Mindy Weisberger
- Virgin Galactic Unveils New Line of Under Armour 'Spacewear' for Space Tourists October 17, 2019Virgin Galactic and partner Under Armour unveiled a new line of "spacewear" spacesuits for future passengers on SpaceShipTwo.Tariq Malik
- Dead Elephant Found Lying on Top of a Squashed Crocodile. What Happened? October 17, 2019An elephant's seemingly final act after it was attacked by a crocodile was to collapse on top of the reptile, crushing the would-be predator.Mindy Weisberger
- Ancient 'Cockroaches of the Sea' Fossilized While Playing 'Follow the Leader' October 17, 2019Trilobites fossilized in Morocco seem to have been buried by a storm as they marched in an orderly queue.Stephanie Pappas
- Underwater Volcano Creates Bubbles More Than a Quarter-Mile Across October 17, 2019In the early 20th century, sailors near Alaska reported seeing black bubbles seeming to boil out from the sea. They weren't wrong.Yasemin Saplakoglu
- The 15 Weirdest Galaxies in Our Universe October 17, 2019There are galaxies shaped like jellyfish, galaxies that consume other galaxies, and galaxies that seem to lack the dark matter that pervades the rest of the universe. Here are the strangest galaxies in the universe.Stephanie Pappas
- Game Over: These Monkeys Just Crushed Humans on a Computer Game October 17, 2019While playing a game, monkeys switched strategies each round, while humans stuck to a set of inefficient rules.Nicoletta Lanese
- An Asteroid-Smashing Star Ground a Giant Rock to Bits and Covered Itself in the Remains October 17, 2019Good news for scientists. Bad news for any asteroid dwellers.Rafi Letzter
- Why Did This Man's Taste Buds Disappear? October 16, 2019A man's missing taste buds would turn out to be a sign of an underlying blood condition.Rachael Rettner
- The Man Who Found the Titanic Just Ended His Search for Amelia Earhart's Lost Plane October 16, 2019Two weeks and a multimillion-dollar search later, Robert Ballard said he has found no hint of it.Yasemin Saplakoglu
- Watch Rare Footage of Whales Blowing 'Bubble Nets' to Capture Prey in a Vortex of Doom October 16, 2019Underwater and airborne cameras recently captured an astounding sight: feeding whales producing bubble nets to trap their prey.Mindy Weisberger
- What Is a Sea Cucumber? October 16, 2019Nope, these cucumbers aren't plants. Sea cucumbers are colorful, squishy sea creatures that live on the ocean floor.Rachel Ross
- How the Nobel Prize-Winning Exoplanet Was Found October 16, 2019The 1995 discovery showed that the sun isn't the only star to host a family of planets — something we had long figured but never demonstrated — and also that the universe is really, really weird.Paul Sutter
- Why Computers Will Never Be Truly Conscious October 16, 2019Here's why computers will never be truly conscious.Subhash Kak
- 17th-Century Dutch Smugglers' Shipwreck Comes to Life in Virtual Reality October 16, 2019A virtual dive of a 17th-century shipwreck explores the remains of a ship used by the Dutch to secretly trade with Iceland.Mindy Weisberger
- Exotic 'Fuzzy' Dark Matter May Have Created Giant Filaments Across the Early Universe October 16, 2019Simulations help distinguish a cosmos containing fuzzy dark matter from one without it.Adam Mann
- 4,000-Year-Old Mummies Showed Early Signs of Heart Disease October 15, 2019Five mummies dating to 4,000 years ago had cholesterol buildup in their arteries, hinting that humans have been susceptible to heart disease since ancient times.Mindy Weisberger
- Widely Publicized Study on CRISPR Babies' Gene Mutation Now Retracted for Errors October 15, 2019A widely publicized study that suggested that the first gene-edited "CRISPR" babies could have shorter lifespans has been retracted due to crucial errors in the analysis.Rachael Rettner
- Scientists Want to Make a 3D Map of the Entire World Before Climate Change Ruins It October 15, 2019A nonprofit called The Earth Archive wants to make a 3D map of the entire planet, before the climate crisis changes Earth's face forever.Brandon Specktor
Discovery Space News
- Huge Tsunamis May Have Ravaged Ancient Mars May 25, 2016When Mars was a wet world, did its oceans experience powerful tsunamis spawned by meteorite impacts?
- Collapsing Cosmic Clouds Birth Black Hole Monsters May 24, 2016Supermassive black holes occupy all known galaxies, but astronomers have little idea how they formed. Now space telescopes have found a clue.
- Mystery Plumes: Did the Sun Bruise Mars? May 24, 2016Strange plumes have been spotted high in the Martian atmosphere that have, so far, defied explanation. Now scientists think space weather is to blame.
- NASA Probe Tracks Object in Solar System's Badlands May 23, 2016While coasting through the outer solar system, NASA's New Horizons is busying itself with astronomical observations of a distant Kuiper Belt Object.
- Solar Superflares Set Stage for Life on Earth May 23, 2016Earth could have grown warm enough for liquid water as far back as 4 billion years ago thanks to massive and frequent solar flares.
- See the Red Planet with Your Own Eyes This Weekend May 21, 2016Mars reaches opposition this weekend, making Saturday and Sunday (May 21 and 22) an opportune time to see the Red Planet with your own eyes.
- Extreme Exoplanets Reveal Migration Mystery May 20, 2016A star hosting 4 massive gas giant exoplanets has been spotted -- is this how our solar system looked in its ancient past?
- How to Form Io's Mountains? Just Squeeze! May 20, 2016On Earth, mountains form along tectonic boundaries, but Io, Jupiter's volcanic moon, is awash with molten rock and dotted with solitary mountains -- how did they form?
- DNews: Meet a Black Hole 17 Billion Times the Sun's Mass May 20, 2016DNews sits down with U.C. Berkeley astronomy professor Chung-Pei Ma to learn all about supermassive black holes, including one nearby that's just honking huge.
- LHC Opens the Quantum Physics Floodgates May 20, 2016As it restarts its mission to discover weird and exotic things about our universe, the Large Hadron Collider is about to become a firehose of quantum data.
SpaceRef
- Hubble Observes Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov October 17, 2019On 12 October 2019, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provided astronomers with their best look yet at an interstellar visitor -- Comet 2I/Borisov -- which is believed to have arrived here from another planetary system elsewhere in our galaxy.Keith Cowing
- HiRISE Views InSight and Curiosity on Mars October 17, 2019The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently sent home eye-catching views of the agency's InSight lander and its Curiosity rover.Keith Cowing
- Andrew Morgan's Space Selfie October 16, 2019NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan takes an out-of-this-world "space-selfie" during a spacewalk to upgrade International Space Station power systems on the Port- 6 (P6) truss structure.Keith Cowing
- Going Against the Flow Around a Supermassive Black Hole October 16, 2019At the center of a galaxy called NGC 1068, a supermassive black hole hides within a thick doughnut-shaped cloud of dust and gas.Keith Cowing
- Orbital View As Atlantic Subtropical Storm Melissa Forms Off Of The New England Coast October 15, 2019Satellite data has confirmed the formation of Subtropical Storm Melissa. NASA's Terra Satellite provided a visible image the former Nor'easter turned subtropical storm off the coast of New England.Keith Cowing
- Black Holes Stunt The Growth Of Dwarf Galaxies October 15, 2019Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered that powerful winds driven by supermassive black holes in the centers of dwarf galaxies have a significant impact on the evolution of these galaxies by suppressing star formation.Keith Cowing
- Interstellar Comet with a Familiar Look October 14, 2019For decades, astronomers have speculated that the space between stars may be populated by exosolar minor bodies -- comets and asteroids -- ejected from their home planetary systems.Keith Cowing
- Suomi NPP Finds A Weaker Typhoon Hagibis Nearing Japan October 14, 2019On Oct. 10, Hagibis was a super typhoon, but overnight, the storm weakened to typhoon status.Keith Cowing
- Revealing the Milky Way's Center October 14, 2019The center of our Milky Way galaxy is hidden from the prying eyes of optical telescopes by clouds of obscuring dust and gas.Keith Cowing
- This Week at NASA: Spacewalk Completed, Commercial Crew Progress October 13, 2019A pair of power plays aboard the space station, checking out progress of our Commercial Crew Program, and studying the frontier of space ... a few of the stories to tell you about - This Week at NASA.Marc Boucher
Space Flight Now
- Dream Chaser structure arrives at factory for outfitting October 17, 2019The composite structure of Sierra Nevada Corp.'s first space-rated Dream Chaser space plane has arrived at the company's Colorado factory for integration with computers, a heat shield and mechanical systems before launch to the International Space Station in late 2021.Stephen Clark
- Rocket Lab delivers on dedicated launch for Astro Digital October 17, 2019A technology demonstration microsatellite for Astro Digital rode a Rocket Lab Electron launcher into orbit Wednesday (U.S. time) from New Zealand, setting the stage for the debut of new systems on the next Electron flight as engineers move closer to retrieving and reusing the rocket's first stage.Stephen Clark
- Egyptian satellite, ESA science probe share plane ride to launch base October 16, 2019A European-built communications satellite, manufactured in secret for the Egyptian government, joined a European Space Agency exoplanet observatory aboard a Ukrainian Antonov An-124 cargo plane for a trans-Atlantic flight Wednesday to begin final launch preparations in French Guiana.Stephen Clark
- Hubble observes interstellar visitor October 16, 2019The Hubble Space Telescope has returned an image of a comet that originated outside our solar system, providing astronomers with their best view yet of an interstellar visitor at a distance of 260 million miles from Earth.Stephen Clark
- NASA names new chief of human space operations October 16, 2019Douglas Loverro, a veteran manager with broad experience in national security space operations, has been selected by NASA to lead the agency's human space flight programs. He takes over at a critical moment as the agency assesses the readiness of new commercial crew ships amid a full-court press to land astronauts on the moon in 2024.William Harwood
- Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches for fifth time this year October 16, 2019An experimental microsatellite built and owned by Astro Digital, a California-based company, rode Rocket Lab's Electron rocket into orbit at 9:22 p.m. EDT Wednesday (0122 GMT Thursday) from New Zealand.Stephen Clark
- Documents suggest SpaceX may launch 30,000 more Starlink satellites October 15, 2019SpaceX is seeking approval to add up to 30,000 more satellites to its Starlink broadband network, on top of 12,000 spacecraft already authorized by U.S. government regulators, according to filings submitted to the International Telecommunication Union.Stephen Clark
- Japanese satellite re-enters atmosphere after experiments in ultra-low orbit October 15, 2019An experimental Japanese satellite has ended its mission after proving it could operate at super-low altitudes, testing an Earth-imaging camera and using ion propulsion to fight against aerodynamic drag at an altitude of 112 miles.Stephen Clark
- All-female spacewalk on tap this week October 15, 2019Two NASA astronauts will take part in the first all-female spacewalk this week, a critical outing to restore lost power in the wake of an equipment failure that cropped up after new batteries were installed in the International Space Station’s solar power system during two earlier spacewalks.William Harwood
- Rocket Lab preps for commercial satellite launch this week October 15, 2019Rocket Lab's fifth flight of the year is set for liftoff as soon as Wednesday (U.S. time) carrying a small experimental satellite to orbit for Astro Digital, a Silicon Valley company aiming to demonstrate technologies in space after an earlier focus on Earth observation.Stephen Clark
SpaceRef — Mars News
- HiRISE Views InSight and Curiosity on Mars October 17, 2019The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently sent home eye-catching views of the agency's InSight lander and its Curiosity rover.
- River Relic Spied By Mars Express October 11, 2019Mars may seem to be an alien world, but many of its features look eerily familiar - such as this ancient, dried-up river system that stretches out for nearly 700 kilometres across the surface, making it one of the longest valley networks on the planet.
- Global Analysis Of Submarine Canyons On Earth May Shed Light On Martian Landscapes October 10, 2019Submarine canyons are a final frontier on planet Earth.
- Mars 2020 Rover Tests Descent-Stage Separation October 6, 2019In this picture from Sept. 28, 2019, engineers and technicians working on the assembly and testing of the Mars 2020 spacecraft look on as a crane lifts the rocket-powered descent stage away from the rover.
- NASA's Push to Save the Mars InSight Lander's Heat Probe October 4, 2019NASA's InSight lander, which is on a mission to explore the deep interior of Mars, positioned its robotic arm this past weekend to assist the spacecraft's self-hammering heat probe. Known as "the mole," the probe has been unable to dig more than about 14 inches (35 centimeters) since it began burying itself into the ground on Feb. 28, 201 […]
- NASA's InSight 'Hears' Peculiar Sounds on Mars October 2, 2019Put an ear to the ground on Mars and you'll be rewarded with a symphony of sounds. Granted, you'll need superhuman hearing, but NASA's InSight lander comes equipped with a very special "ear."
- Sols 2536-2537: Mars Curiosity's SAM Wet Chemistry Experiment September 27, 2019Searching for organic molecules in rocks on Mars is no easy task. Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument is designed to analyze the chemical composition of gases, which it creates by slowly heating rock samples in an oven.
- Getting Mac And Cheese To Mars September 25, 2019Washington State University scientists have developed a way to triple the shelf life of ready-to-eat macaroni and cheese, a development that could have benefits for everything from space travel to military use.
- Drones Probe Dust Devils to Understand Mars's Atmosphere September 23, 2019Dust devils, small dusty whirlwinds, have been studied for decades. But, says Brian Jackson, an associate professor in the Department of Physics at Boise State University, the ability of dust devils to lift dust into the atmosphere remains murky.
- Layers in Mars' Danielson Crater September 20, 2019This image taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft shows sedimentary rock and sand within Danielson Crater, an impact crater about 42 miles or 67 kilometers in diameter, located in the southwest Arabia Terra region of Mars.
SpaceX
- Starship Launch Animation October 14, 2019
- Starship Update September 29, 2019
- 150 Meter Starhopper Test August 27, 2019
- AMOS-17 MISSION August 8, 2019
- CRS-18 Mission July 25, 2019
- Crew Dragon Parachute Tests July 18, 2019
- STP-2 Mission June 25, 2019
- RADARSAT Constellation Mission June 12, 2019
- Starlink Mission May 24, 2019
Spacewire
- NASA Commits to Future Artemis Missions With More SLS Rocket Stages
- American Author Robert Heinlein's Legacy To Be Presented At International Space Event
- Commercial Spaceflight Federation Applauds NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate Flight Opportunities Program’s Selection of 25 Promising Space Technologies
- UNOOSA and SGAC Space4Youth Competition winners to participate at high-level Astronautical Conference in Washington D.C.
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- Near-Earth Asteroids Spectroscopic Survey at Isaac Newton Telescope
- Arecibo Observatory's Computing Power to Be Enhanced
- NASA ROSES-19 Amendment 43: changes to B.7 Space Weather Science Applications Operations 2 Research
- Chairman Serrano Statement at Hearing on NASA's Moon Landing Proposal
- Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast 16 October 2019
NASA Image of the Day
- Astronaut Christina Koch Works in the Vacuum of Space October 16, 2019NASA astronaut Christina Koch works while tethered near the Port 6 truss segment of the International Space Station.
- Artemis Generation Spacesuit Event October 16, 2019Amy Ross, a spacesuit engineer at Johnson Space Center, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, watch as Kristine Davis and Dustin Gohmert wear prototype spacesuits.
- Serena Auñón-Chancellor Talks to Girls About Life on the Station October 11, 2019NASA astronaut Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor speaks about her experience on Expeditions 56 and 57 onboard the International Space Station (ISS) at Excel Academy Public Charter School, Monday, June 10, 2019.
- NASA’s X-59 QueSST Airplane Takes Shape at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works October 10, 2019NASA’s X-59 QueSST, an experimental piloted aircraft designed to fly faster than sound without producing the annoying – if not alarming – sonic booms of previous supersonic aircraft is taking shape..
- Revealing the Milky Way’s Center October 9, 2019Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared cameras penetrate much of the dust, revealing the stars of the crowded galactic center region of our Milky Way.
- A Glimpse of a Rocky Exoplanet's Surface October 8, 2019Discovered in 2018 by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey (TESS) mission, planet LHS 3844b is located 48.6 light-years from Earth and has a radius 1.3 times that of Earth.
- Replacing the Space Station’s Solar Array Batteries October 7, 2019After completing the first of 10 spacewalks to upgrade the station, astronaut Christina Koch, wrote: The great @Space_Station battery swap series of spacewalks is underway!
Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Moons of SaturnOn July 29, 2011 the Cassini spacecraft's
- BHB2007: A Baby Binary Star in Formation How do binary stars form?
- The Galaxy Above Have you contemplated your home galaxy lately?
- Andromeda before Photoshop What does the Andromeda galaxy really look like?
- A Stellar Jewel Box: Open Cluster NGC 290 Jewels don't shine this bright -- only stars do.
- Interplanetary EarthIn an interplanetary first, on July 19, 2013
- Planet Earth at Blue HourNature photographers and other
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