NASA Is Looking for Flight Directors To Lead Its Future Spaceflight Missions

POLICY 09.02.2020 08:10 AM

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking for the next class of its flight directors - who will lead its upcoming human spaceflight missions - in a press release Tuesday, September 1.

Asteroid Bigger Than Great Pyramid of Giza May Pass Earth Next Week

09.01.2020 07:00 AM

Scientists at NASA are tracking a huge asteroid hurtling towards the Earth that is set to hit the atmosphere on September 6. The asteroid is said to be twice the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Concept Submarine May Explore Titan's Seas by the 2030s

08.27.2020 23:05 PM

Scientists are conceptualizing a submarine that could explore seas, lakes and oceans from other worlds, like Titan. The team hopes to have NASA's support and approval for the mission to take place within 10 years.

The 9th ISS R&D Conference Is Opening This Week, but This Year's Setup Is Different

08.26.2020 00:33 AM

The ninth annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) is set to open on Thursday, August 27, at 10AM EDT, coinciding with the microgravity laboratory's "20th anniversary of continuous human presence in space."

James Webb Space Telescope Just Completed Its Initial Pre-Flight Testing

08.26.2020 00:19 AM

The James Webb Space Telescope successfully passed its first testing and is scheduled to launch by October next year. Its mission will be to land on a celestial body about a million miles away from Earth to scan for galaxies and exoplanets.

Jeanette Epps Set to Be the First Black Woman to Join ISS Crew

08.25.2020 21:42 PM

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is now poised to be the first Black woman to be a crew member of the International Space Station.

An Asteroid Is Moving Towards Earth on Election Day Eve

08.23.2020 07:30 AM

An asteroid first discovered back in 2018 is projected to move close to Earth on November 2, the day before the US Presidential Vote.

California Wildfires Visible From Space, Astronaut Sends "Thoughts and Prayers"

08.22.2020 23:33 PM

California has been struggling with wildfires the past few days, and its effects are now visible from space.

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Comet NEOWISE at its Brightest

08.22.2020 08:00 AM

The Hubble Space Telescope captures the best and brightest images ever taken of Comet NEOWISE during its near approach towards the Sun. The images capture impressive details of the comet's structure.

WATCH: NASA’s Guide to Near-Light-Speed Interstellar Travel

08.20.2020 22:41 PM

Sometimes science fiction goes beyond the imagination that even the impossible is made possible just like traveling through space in the speed of light as the characters explore the vastness of the universe. But the laws of physics do not allow that to happen in real life. In the new video of NASA, they showed what it would be like if someone is to travel in the speed of light.

Equinox: The Light and Darkness Phenomenon That Happens Twice a Year

08.19.2020 08:42 AM

From the Latin words "aequus" (equal) and "nox" (night), equinox happens twice a year, a time when the day and night are both equal in the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

Citizen Scientists Help Discover 95 New Brown Dwarfs

08.18.2020 22:51 PM

Astronomers collaborate with astronomers to search the cosmos for stars, asteroids, brown dwarfs, and other space objects. A recent discovery identified 95 cool brown dwarf candidates.

There's a Dent in Earth's Magnetic Field, What Could This Mean for Satellites?

08.17.2020 23:05 PM

NASA is tracking a dent in Earth's magnetic field, an unusually weak spot in the field called the South Atlantic Anomaly, which allows harmful particles from the sun from going deeper into the Earth's surface than normal, which could be bad news for the low orbit satellites that pass through it.

NASA's THEMIS Mission Provides First Strong Evidence Explaining Mysteries of Auroras

08.15.2020 07:30 AM

Auroral beads are lights that often show up just before the large auroral displays. They caused by substorms or the electrical storms in space.

NASA Moves Forward With Its Orion Adapter Installation

08.14.2020 07:30 AM

NASA technicians at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, have started to install an Orion adapter for its Artemis I Mission spacecraft.

Hubble Team Unveils Why Betelgeuse Unexpectedly Started Dimming

08.14.2020 06:00 AM

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the reason behind why Betelgeuse, a red supergiant and among the brightest in our night sky, has unexpectedly begun to dim earlier this year.

After 50 Years, Earth Receives Laser Signals From the Moon

08.11.2020 07:30 AM

50 years after the first glass panel was installed on the Moon, laser beam signals were picked up at a station in France. Scientists can now measure the precise and changing distance between the Moon and Earth amongst other measurements.

Dwarf Planet Ceres May Have Been an Ocean World

08.11.2020 06:00 AM

NASA scientists confirm the presence of liquid water on the icy, Pluto-like dwarf planet Ceres. The planet's craters have bright spots full of evidence that water evaporated from beneath the surface, leaving salt residues.

NASA to Remove “Insensitive” and “Harmful” Names

08.08.2020 22:53 PM

NASA has announced that it will drop nicknames that are "insensitive" and "harmful" for space objects in a move to address systemic discrimination and inequality.

Look: NASA Satellite Maps Extent of Beirut Explosion

08.08.2020 07:00 AM

NASA revealed the devastating extent of the explosion that happened in Beirut, Lebanon on August 4. The world was shocked to hear the news of the explosion in Beirut caused by 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in the city's port.

Crew Dragon: Bob Behnken’s Vivid Account of Returning to Earth

08.05.2020 07:20 AM

NASA astronauts land a safe splashdown back on Earth after two months at the International Space Station. The historic day marks new beginnings for space exploration and will be a 'springboard' for future missions.