Hubble spots tiny galaxy working overtime to build new stars
Like everything else in the universe, galaxies are born, live, and ultimately die, and thanks to incredibly powerful tools like the Hubble Space Telescope, we …
Like everything else in the universe, galaxies are born, live, and ultimately die, and thanks to incredibly powerful tools like the Hubble Space Telescope, we …
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is an incredibly useful tool that allows scientists to image areas of the planet’s surface with ultra-sharp detail. It has revealed …
NASA’s Cassini mission officially ended way back in 2017. It was then that the spacecraft plunged into Saturn, destroying itself in a blaze of glory, …
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope is finally nearing the end of an absolutely incredible journey. The spacecraft has been peering deep into space for well over …
When you’re planning on taking a trip it pays to plan ahead, and one of the first things you should do is check the weather …
The fuel that powers most spacecraft today is incredibly toxic to living organisms. That’s normally not a big issue when you’re sending something into space, …
NASA has big plans for its immediate future, including missions to Mars and of course the Moon 2024 effort that was completely unaccounted for in …
Back in 1969 NASA was in the middle of the biggest space race in human history. The Apollo 10 mission was a huge milestone in …
The Mars 2020 mission will truly be one for the record books when it begins in July of next year. Not only is the Mars …
We take it for granted most of the time, but the Sun is mighty important to our very existence. Without it, we wouldn’t be here …
NASA’s InSight lander is having some problems. The robot, which has already delivered some very interesting observations since arriving on Mars late last year, can’t …
NASA plans to return humans to the Moon within the next five years. That’s a tall order and, while many people remain skeptical that the …
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has a habit of providing us with some downright gorgeous views of deep space, but its latest snapshot might actually be …
We often think of stars as things that don’t move around much, but in some galaxies, that’s far from a universal truth. New observations made …
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is late to its own party, and it’s not just a little bit late. NASA originally planned to have the …
The International Space Station is one of the most important scientific laboratories on (or around) Earth, and it’s home to travelers from the United States, …
SpaceX has been on a real hot streak as of late, with many successful missions and firsts, like the successful docking of its Crew Dragon …
NASA has planned on returning to the Moon for some time now, hashing out plans for its Lunar Gateway which will eventually serve as a …
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission could teach us some incredible new things about our planetary neighbor, and even provide us with valuable insights that will shape …
NASA has big plans for returning to the Moon. Whether it can be done within the next five years, as the current administration desires, is …
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has already accomplished a lot since arriving at the space rock known as Bennu late last year. The spacecraft successfully entered orbit …
Despite plenty of skepticism over whether or not they can pull it off, NASA seems determined to make it back to the Moon by 2024 …
Mars 2020 is shaping up nicely, with NASA recently revealing that its rover-hauling spacecraft is essentially complete and currently undergoing testing well ahead of its …
NASA’s Curiosity rover, InSight lander, and Reconnaissance Orbiter are all doing remarkable work on and around the Red Planet, but that’s not stopping scientists from …
NASA is betting big on the future of space robots. As automated gadgets become more and more advances, scientists are starting to imagine how robots …
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has delivered some of the most stunning glimpses of the gas giant that mankind has ever seen, but it’s also taught scientists …
Of all the pieces of hardware that NASA has sent to Mars, we don’t hear about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter nearly as much as we’d …
Back in March, the Trump administration declared that it was directing NASA to send humans back to the Moon no later than 2024. That’s an …
NASA is desperate for its own transportation solution to send astronauts to and from the International Space Station. It’s paid both SpaceX and Boeing huge …
Robots and space exploration go hand-in-hand, so it’s no surprise that NASA is on the forefront of experimental new robotics technologies that could be used …