Will Crashing Into an Asteroid Change its Course? NASA Plans to Test This Theory In Case of a Real-Life Armageddon

SPACE 11.04.2021 22:26 PM

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft is off to an exciting mission: to crash into an asteroid to change its course. The team has a launch window in February 2022 after a delay in November.

NASA Releases November Highlights in the Solar System; Here are Some Skywatching Tips

11.04.2021 21:28 PM

A partial lunar eclipse, sunset planets, and the winter stars' return are just among the highlights of November in the solar system, according to NASA.

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Captures Mysterious "Superbubble" and Cleopatra's Eye in the Sky

11.04.2021 06:14 AM

A mysterious "superbubble" dominates the view of the latest image from the Hubble Space Telescope. Scientists linked this dark and starry gap to a supernova activity.

Taco in Space: NASA Astronauts Prep Up the Mexican Dish After First Harvest of Green Chile on ISS

11.03.2021 22:37 PM

NASA astronauts have finally got to enjoy a spicy, space-grown treat after the successful first harvest of Hatch chile on the International Space Station.

NASA Mars Curiosity Rover Finds Organic Molecules on Martian Soil for the First Time; What Did Experts Say?

11.02.2021 22:13 PM

After NASA Mars Curiosity Rover cleaned up some dirt in 2017, a team of researchers discovered organic compounds on Martian soil.

DART Asteroid Mission: NASA to Discuss Details of Test Launch Soon; What Will This Probe Do?

11.02.2021 21:17 PM

NASA is hoping to launch the DART mission as soon as possible. As a result, the space agency will hold a news conference on the probe's departure later this month.

NASA Says Climate Change Will Affect Crops Faster Than Expected, Farmers Urged To Adapt To Avert Massive Losses

11.02.2021 00:12 AM

Potential climate-related implications on future agricultural yields, according to NASA and other academics, cause serious social concern.

NASA Delays SpaceX Crew-3 Mission Launch Again To Saturday Due To Astronaut Non-COVID-19 Medical Issue

11.01.2021 22:36 PM

Due to a medical concern with one of the crew members, NASA stated Monday that the launch will be delayed until at least Saturday, November 6th.

NASA, National Geographic to Document Artemis II First Lunar Crewed Mission, Here Are Details of 'Return to the Moon' Show

10.31.2021 23:52 PM

NASA is sending National Geographic cameras with the Artemis II mission to record this historical event, almost 50 years since humankind last step foot on the Moon.

NASA Delays SpaceX Crew-3 Mission to November 3 Due to Weather Conditions

10.31.2021 21:30 PM

NASA confirmed on Saturday that the SpaceX Crew-3 mission would be delayed until November 3 due to weather conditions.

Crew-2 Astronauts Will Have to Use Undergarments For Waste Management As Toilet in SpaceX's Dragon is Off-Limits

10.30.2021 22:02 PM

NASA announced that SpaceX's toilet on its Crew Dragon Endeavour will be off-limits for the four Crew-2 mission astronauts when they return to Earth due to possible urine leak like the one in the Inspiration4 flight in September.

NASA Awards Charles River Analytics Contract to Support Lunar Robot Exploration

10.30.2021 20:35 PM

Charles River Analytics has been awarded a ~$125K contract from NASA to give teams of exploration robots the ability to act as an autonomous swarm.

First 3D View of Jupiter's Atmosphere Shows the Great Red Spot is Deeper Than Expected, NASA's Juno Reveals

10.29.2021 05:50 AM

NASA's Juno probe has finally got close enough to Jupiter's Giant Red Spot to measure its depth, which measures between 186 to 310 miles (300 to 500 kilometers) deep.

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Shares Spooky Spiderweb Just In Time For Halloween

10.28.2021 23:20 PM

This year's Halloween observation from the NASA Hubble Space Telescope is a carbon star CW Leonis that looks like a space spiderweb.

NASA Juno Spacecraft Compares Jupiter's Great Red Spot To A Floating Pancake Above the Clouds

10.28.2021 22:09 PM

The Great Red Spot in Jupiter, which is massive and slowly spreading across Jupiter, stretches hundreds of miles into the planet's atmosphere, NASA's Juno spacecraft says.

Massive X1 Solar Flare Could Result In Impressive Aurora Lights This Weekend

10.28.2021 21:02 PM

The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently posted on Twitter two views of the Sun as it fired off a major solar flare.

Godzilla Nebula? Unreleased Spitzer Space Telescope Image Captured a Cosmic Figure Like the Monster

10.28.2021 06:35 AM

A new nebula image from the Spitzer Space Telescope reveals a figure similar to the kaiju Godzilla. Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon where individuals could see imaginative figures such as faces and objects in a random abstract.

How Do NASA Mars Perseverance Rover, Probes Call Home From Billions of Light Years Away? Can DSN Help?

10.28.2021 01:31 AM

Using the Deep Space Network, NASA can still communicate with rovers and space probes billions of miles apart from Earth.

Mixed Reality Utilized by NASA to Repair the Cold Atom Lab Aboard ISS

10.28.2021 01:10 AM

Mixed reality has been used by NASA to upgrade the ISS facility called the Cold Atom Lab. NASA adapted a new level of mixed reality technology that will be usable for the future of the space agency's upgrades and installation process for one of the International Space Station's specialized facilities called the Cold Atom Lab.

NASA Requests to Maximize Efficiency and Sustainability of SLS, Offers Private Development Half the Price To Clone Rockets

10.27.2021 23:45 PM

NASA released a request to the private industry regarding iits new terms over the Space Launch System rocket and its corresponding ground-based equipment.

NASA Juno Spacecraft Team To Reveal Jupiter’s 3D Atmosphere; What Did The Probe See?

10.27.2021 22:48 PM

NASA will host a virtual media conference on Thursday at 3 p.m. EDT to explain the latest Juno mission data.