Measuring Earth’s Wobble Without Looking at the Stars
Most people are familiar with the fact that the Earth spins on its axis once every day. The spin however, isn’t as steady as you might think. Like a spinning…
Simulating HWO’s Ability to Characterize Earth-Sized Exoplanets
How will NASA’s upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) mission differentiate Earth-sized exoplanets from other exoplanets, specifically Earth-sized exoplanets within the habitable zone, also called exoEarths? This is what a recent…
The JWST Spies The Raw Materials For Exomoons
The JWST observed the moon-forming disk around a Jupiter-mass planet about 625 light years away. The telescope gave astronomers a detailed view of the circumplanetary disk and found that it’s…
Could a Primordial Black Hole Explain that Mysterious Neutrino?
If a new proposal by MIT physicists bears out, the recent detection of a record-setting neutrino could be the first evidence of elusive Hawking radiation.
Report claims NASA taking illegal steps to implement budget proposal
As the federal government nears a potential shutdown, a report by Senate Democrats alleges that NASA is already taking steps in to carry out the administration’s proposed budget. The post…
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4668-4674: Winding Our Way Along
Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources…
The Rubin Observatory’s upcoming images may stack up to space telescope ones. Here’s how
The algorithm has already been tested on images from the Subaru telescope and will now be used on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory once science results begin to flood in.
Astronauts on the moon and Mars? World space leaders lay out visions for an ambitious future
At a major space congress in Sydney, leaders from NASA, ESA, ISRO, CNSA, and more shared visions for humanity’s return to the moon, journeys to Mars and the tech shaping…
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket explodes during preflight test
Firefly Aerospace’s seventh Alpha rocket exploded on Monday (Sept. 29) during preflight testing. The vehicle was destroyed, and Firefly is assessing the damage to its test stand.
How would a government shutdown affect NASA?
International Space Station astronauts can breathe easy — other NASA missions not so much.