Expert Tips for Viewing the 2024 Solar Eclipse
A montage of a solar eclipse as photographed by Brian Mernoff. Credit: Brian MernoffBrian Mernoff of MIT’s Department of Aeronautics...
NASA’s Upgraded SLS Mega Rocket Design for Next-Gen Moon Missions
A final round of certification testing for production of new RS-25 engines to power the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket,...
Ice Shells Expose Alien Ocean Temperatures
Astrobiologists at Cornell University have devised a method to determine the ocean temperatures of distant celestial bodies like Enceladus and...
NASA’s History-Making OSIRIS-REx Mission Awarded Robert Goddard Memorial Trophy
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight CenterNASA’s OSIRIS-REx team received the prestigious Goddard Memorial Trophy...
A New Era of Science on the Lunar Gateway Space Station
The Gateway space station will be humanity’s first space station around the Moon as a vital component of the Artemis...
Resurrected To Probe Black Hole Mysteries
By NASA April 5, 2024IXPE spacecraft, after an avionics reset, resumed observing cosmic phenomena, including a potential accreting black hole,...
Solar Observatory Discovers Its 5,000th Comet
SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA. SOHO’s science ranges from the Sun’s hot interior, through...
Challenging Conventional Wisdom – Astronomers Discover the Dual Nature of Galaxy Groups and Clusters
Research led by the University of Tartu reveals deeper distinctions between galaxy groups and clusters than previously understood, identifying two...
NASA Rockets To Dive Deep Into Eclipse Phenomena
NASA is set to launch three sounding rockets during the 2024 total solar eclipse to study the ionosphere’s response, using...
A Lunar Orbit That’s Just Right for Humanity’s First Space Station Around the Moon
The Gateway space station hosts the Orion spacecraft and SpaceX’s deep space logistics spacecraft in a polar orbit around the...
