Article Published by: npr.org Four astronauts lifted off Sunday night from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX rocket bound for the International Space Station. Liftoff occurred right on schedule at 7:27 p.m., despite concerns about weather earlier in the day. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins,...
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Article Published by: sciencenews.org In a first, the Juno spacecraft may have spied the bright, superfast flashes on another world. Jupiter may be the first planet besides Earth known to host atmospheric light shows called “sprites” or “elves.” Sprites (SN: 6/14/02) and elves (SN: 12/23/95) are two kinds...
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Article Published by: forbes.com Is it an asteroid? Could it be “space junk?” A strange object in space dubbed asteroid “2020 SO” will today be captured by Earth’s orbit and become, for a short while, a “mini-moon.” It’s not a “doomsday rock” and it poses no danger, but...
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Article Published by: space.com Europe's new telescope studying alien planets has created its first detailed portrait of a world, and it's a weird one: hot and tilted around a warped star. The European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite, nicknamed CHEOPS, in December; the spacecraft...
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Article Published by: space.com It's like somebody put Jupiter under a blacklight. A new photo by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the solar system's largest planet in surprising pastel hues. The image, captured on Aug. 25, combines data in ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared light to give researchers a...
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Article Published by: bbc.com To understand the SAA, you must first understand the Van Allen radiation belts. These are two doughnut-shaped areas of charged particles that surround the Earth and are held in place by its magnetic field. “The Sun puts out a huge amount of...
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Article Published by: nasa.gov An SUV-size space rock flew past our planet over the weekend and was detected by a NASA-funded asteroid survey as it departed. Near Earth Asteroids, or NEAs, pass by our home planet all the time. But an SUV-size asteroid set the record this...
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Article Published by: nasa.gov Distant cosmic objects such as planets, galaxies, and nebulae are sometimes referred to by the scientific community with unofficial nicknames. As the scientific community works to identify and address systemic discrimination and inequality in all aspects of the field, it has become...
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Article Published by: nasa.gov Mars is an obvious source of inspiration for science fiction stories. It is familiar and well-studied, yet different and far enough away to compel otherworldly adventures. NASA has its sights on the Red Planet for many of the same reasons. Robots, including the...
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Article Published by: nasa.gov NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA. Jackson started her NASA career in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of the agency’s...
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