by ESA/Hubble Information Centre In the most extensive survey of its kind ever conducted, a team of scientists have found an unambiguous link between the presence of supermassive black holes that power […]
Merging Galaxies Break Radio Silence
Critical NASA Research Returns To Earth Aboard U.S. SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft
by NASA SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 12:42 p.m. EDT Thursday with almost 3,100 pounds of NASA cargo from the International Space Station, including research on […]
SpaceX Demonstrates Astronaut Escape System For Crew Dragon Spacecraft
by NASA A loud whoosh, faint smoke trail and billowing parachutes marked a successful demonstration Wednesday by SpaceX of its Crew Dragon spacecraft abort system – an important step in NASA’s endeavor to […]
The View From Up There, Down Here
by NASA | Johnson Space Center When many people saw the first stunning photos of the fragile blue marble of Earth from space, it changed their outlook of humanity. It was a […]
Celestial Fireworks Celebrate Hubble’s 25th Anniversary
by ESA/Hubble Information Centre On 24 April 1990 the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was sent into orbit aboard the space shuttle Discovery as the first space telescope of its kind. It offered […]
NASA Extends Campaign For Public To Name Features On Pluto
by NASA The public has until Friday, April 24 to help name new features on Pluto and its orbiting satellites as they are discovered by NASA’s New Horizons mission. Announced in March, […]
NASA’s Opportunity Mars Rover Finishes Marathon, Clocks In At Just Over 11 Years
There was no tape draped across a finish line, but NASA is celebrating a win. The agency’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity completed its first Red Planet marathon Tuesday — 26.219 miles (42.195 […]
NASA’s SOFIA Finds Missing Link Between Supernovae And Planet Formation
Using NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), an international scientific team discovered that supernovae are capable of producing a substantial amount of the material from which planets like Earth can form. […]
NASA’s Hubble Observations Suggest Underground Ocean On Jupiter’s Largest Moon
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has the best evidence yet for an underground saltwater ocean on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. The subterranean ocean is thought to have more water than all the water […]
NASA Research Suggests Mars Once Had More Water Than Earth’s Arctic Ocean
A primitive ocean on Mars held more water than Earth’s Arctic Ocean, according to NASA scientists who, using ground-based observatories, measured water signatures in the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Scientists have been searching […]
NASA Science Leads New York City Climate Change 2015 Report
The New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC) 2015, co-chaired by a NASA researcher, published its latest report which details significant future increases in temperature, precipitation and sea level in the […]
Critical NASA Science Returns To Earth Aboard SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean about 7:44 p.m. EST Tuesday 259 miles southwest of Long Beach, California, with nearly 3,700 pounds of NASA cargo, science and first-of-its-kind […]
NASA, Space Station Partners Announce Future Mission Crew Members
NASA and its International Space Station partners have announced the crew members, including NASA astronauts Kate Rubins, Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson, for three upcoming missions to the space station. Rubins will […]
The Pioneering Female Astronauts Who Never Saw Space
In April 1959, the newly formed Nasa announced the formation of its first group of astronauts – the Mercury Seven. Over 500 of America’s top pilots applied; all had to be under […]
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