Flocks of CubeSats Can Efficiently Monitor Farms
The widespread use of low Earth orbit (LEO), especially by thousands of CubeSats, has opened up many opportunities in research and business applications. One particular field that has benefited from…
Expedition 73 Crew Launches to International Space Station
NASA/Joel Kowsky A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members including NASA astronaut Jonny Kim on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome…
NASA Science Supports Data Literacy for K-12 Students
Explore This Section Science Science Activation NASA Science Supports Data… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science 3 min read NASA Science…
New Comet SWAN Could Put On a Brief Show at Dawn
Newly discovered comet C/2025 F2 SWAN could put on a brief dawn display over the next few weeks. Discovered thanks to the hard work of online sleuths and amateur astronomers,…
Mike Drury: A 40-Year Legacy of Precision
Deputy Integration and Testing Manager – Goddard Space Flight Center Mike Drury began at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, as a temporary technician — a contractor hired…
This Star Might Have Been Thrown Out of a Globular Cluster by an Intermediate Mass Black Hole
Astronomers are on the hunt for those in-between black holes, not the small stellar ones or the supermassive ones, but something right in the middle. Recently, a group of scientists…
There Could Be Life on Titan, But Not Very Much
The search for life in our Solar System, however primitive, past or present has typically focussed upon Mars and a select few moons of the outer Solar System. Saturn’s moon…
Space Force announces ‘Orbital Watch’ program to share intelligence with commercial sector
The program will distribute unclassified threat data to more than 900 space companies registered through the Space Systems Command’s “Front Door” portal The post Space Force announces ‘Orbital Watch’ program…
Boeing’s Millennium Space expands production to meet defense demand
The company is expanding its small-satellite production space from 22,000 square feet to nearly 42,000 square feet. The post Boeing’s Millennium Space expands production to meet defense demand appeared first…
The Solar Wind Crashes Into Jupiter a Few Times Every Month
In the great tug-of-war between the Sun and its planets, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus are much more susceptible to solar activities than scientists thought. Jupiter itself has an interesting reaction…