NASA Exoplanet-Hunting CubeSat Delivers “First Light” Images
With the first images from the spacecraft now in hand, the team behind NASA’s Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS) is ready to begin charting the energetic lives of the galaxy’s…
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4832–4837: Driving the (Contact) Line!
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…
TransAstra aims to move 100-ton asteroid to stable orbit for processing
SAN FRANCISCO — TransAstra is performing a study, funded by investors and customers, to explore the technical feasibility of moving a 100-metric-ton asteroid to a stable near-Earth orbit. “We want…
‘Starfield’ is finally coming to PS5, alongside DLC that adds new quests and the ability to fly between planets
Rejoice, PlayStation gamers! “Starfield” is finally making the hyperspace journey to PS5 alongside some major game updates for everyone.
Lava Flows Down Mayon
At any given moment, about 20 volcanoes on Earth are actively erupting. Often among them is Mayon—the most active volcano in the Philippines. Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the…
From Service to Space Systems: A Pathways Journey to NASA
For Corey Elmore, the path to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center did not begin in engineering. It began in service. Today he serves as a NASA Pathways engineering intern in the…
Solar array deal sheds more light on South Korea’s defense constellation
South Korea’s plans for a national security constellation are coming into sharper focus after a March 18 solar array supply deal set the stage for a first demonstrator as early…
Astronomers Search for “Exotrojans” Hiding in Extreme Pulsar Systems
Greek mythology has given a name to a great many objects in our solar system. But perhaps one of the least well understood are the Trojans, named after the people…
Frontier justice: navigating the future legal landscape for private actors in space law
At the dawn of the Space Age, then President-elect John F. Kennedy spoke to the American people of “a new frontier” of unknown opportunities and perils, unfulfilled hopes and unfilled…
Why Conventional SETI Needs A Major Refocus
After decades of searching for alien signals in narrow radio and microwave bandwidths, a new paper suggests that we take a wholly different approach. The idea is to broaden the…