Don't miss the Taurid meteor shower peak with colorful fireballs and shooting stars this week Don't miss the Taurid meteor shower peak with colorful fireballs and shooting stars this week
'Alien vs. Predator' 20 years later: What went right and what went wrong? With both Alien and Predator back in action, here's what we can learn from their first big-screen crossover two decades ago.
Boost for Mars life? Red Planet's magnetic field may have lasted longer than thought Mars' global magnetic field may have hung around for 200 million years longer than scientists had thought, possibly giving life a longer window to take hold on the Red Planet.
SpaceX scrubs Starlink satellite launch due to apparent rocket helium leak SpaceX scrubbed a planned launch of 23 Starlink satellites on Sunday (Nov. 3) due to a helium issue in the first stage of the company's Falcon 9 rocket.
30 Years Ago: STS-66, the ATLAS-3 Mission to Study the Earth’s Atmosphere On Nov. 3, 1994, space shuttle Atlantis took to the skies on its 13th trip into space. During the 11-day mission, the STS-66 crew of Commander Donald R. McMonagle, Pilot Curtis L. Brown, Payload Commander Ellen Ochoa, and Mission Specialists ...
Watch SpaceX launch 3 tons of cargo to ISS today Liftoff is scheduled for 9:29 p.m. ET today (Nov. 4).
See the moon snuggle up to Venus after sunset tonight Monday evening (Nov. 4), the night before Election Day, will bring a lovely celestial display involving the two brightest objects in the nighttime sky: the moon and Venus.
Astronomers urge FCC to halt satellite megaconstellation launches Over 100 astronomers from leading U.S. universities have signed an open letter calling for an assessment of potential impacts of satellite megaconstellations on Earth's environment.
The Dark Tower Image: ESO/VPHAS+ Team.
This eerie, dark silhouette is a cometary globule designated GN 16.43.7.01. Despite their name, cometary globules have nothing to do with comets, beyond having a similar shape to a dusty head with a tail. Cometary globules are a ...
This eerie, dark silhouette is a cometary globule designated GN 16.43.7.01. Despite their name, cometary globules have nothing to do with comets, beyond having a similar shape to a dusty head with a tail. Cometary globules are a ...
NASA Awards Contract for Refuse and Recycling Services Credit: NASA
NASA has awarded the Custodial and Refuse/Recycle Services contract to Ahtna Integrated Services LLC of Anchorage, Alaska, to provide trash, waste, and recycling services at the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.
This is a hybrid contract that ...
NASA has awarded the Custodial and Refuse/Recycle Services contract to Ahtna Integrated Services LLC of Anchorage, Alaska, to provide trash, waste, and recycling services at the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.
This is a hybrid contract that ...
NASA’s New Edition of Graphic Novel Features Europa Clipper A new edition of Issue #4 of Astrobiology: The Story of our Search for Life in the Universe has been released to include the NASA Europa Clipper mission.
NASA Astrobiology/Aaron Gronstal
To celebrate the successful launch of NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, the ...
NASA Astrobiology/Aaron Gronstal
To celebrate the successful launch of NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, the ...
From Mars Rovers to Factory Assembly Lines 2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
European company apetito uses Neurala’s vision inspection software to ensure the quality of its prepared meals, such as green bean portions pictured here. The software evolved from code Neurala was developing ...
European company apetito uses Neurala’s vision inspection software to ensure the quality of its prepared meals, such as green bean portions pictured here. The software evolved from code Neurala was developing ...
30 Years On, NASA’s Wind Is a Windfall for Studying our Neighborhood in Space 5 min read
30 Years On, NASA’s Wind Is a Windfall for Studying our Neighborhood in Space
An artist’s concept of NASA’s Wind spacecraft outside of Earth’s magnetosphere.
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Picture it: 1994. The first World Wide Web conference took place in Geneva, the first ...
30 Years On, NASA’s Wind Is a Windfall for Studying our Neighborhood in Space
An artist’s concept of NASA’s Wind spacecraft outside of Earth’s magnetosphere.
NASA
Picture it: 1994. The first World Wide Web conference took place in Geneva, the first ...
Legendary star lacks evidence for large planet formation A Hubble Space Telescope false-colour view (left) of a 100-billion-mile-wide disc of dust around the star Vega. The James Webb Space Telescope (right) resolves the glow of warm dust in a disc halo. Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, S. Wolff ...
Week in images: 28 October - 01 November 2024 Week in images: 28 October - 01 November 2024
Discover our week through the lens
Discover our week through the lens
Earth from Space: Ross Island, Antarctica Image:
The icy landscape of Ross Island in Antarctica is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image from 3 February 2024, during the austral summer.
The icy landscape of Ross Island in Antarctica is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image from 3 February 2024, during the austral summer.
Join the Space Resources Challenge The Space Resources Challenge was launched last week, an opportunity for innovators to pioneer the technologies that will help humankind live and work sustainably on the Moon.
Going south in Sculptor Magnificent NGC 253, the Silver Coin Galaxy in Sculptor. Image: Warren Keller/Telescope Live.
Amateur astronomers just love the challenge of checking out those horizon-hugging southern constellations and seeking the deep-sky gems they host. At the time of the year the great ...
Amateur astronomers just love the challenge of checking out those horizon-hugging southern constellations and seeking the deep-sky gems they host. At the time of the year the great ...
‘Blood-soaked’ eyes: Webb and Hubble examine galaxy pair The gruesome palette of these galaxies is owed to a mix of mid-infrared light from the James Webb Space Telescope, and visible and ultraviolet light from the Hubble Space Telescope. Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
Stare deeply at these galaxies. They ...
Stare deeply at these galaxies. They ...
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/26/2024 Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew continued assisting the ISS crew with various audits and housekeeping. They also performed CloudNet Testing and STEMonstration Earth Science activities. Payloads: Sleep in Orbit: A crewmember transferred the MicroSD memory card ...
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