The Surprising Source of Radiation Coming From Black Holes

Black holes are famous for sucking in everything that crosses their event horizons, including light. So,…

NASA Mission Gets Its First Snapshot of Polar Heat Emissions

Data from one of the two CubeSats that comprise NASA’s PREFIRE mission was used to make…

Asking the Big Question: Where Did Life Originate?

Where on Earth did life originate, and where else could it occur? A comprehensive answer is…

El X-59 de la NASA avanza en las pruebas de preparación para volar

Read this story in English here. El equipo que prepara el X-59 de la NASA continúa…

There Was a Strange Sound Coming From Starliner. It Was Caused by a Speaker in the Capsule

As part of the Commercial Crew Program (CCP), NASA contracted with commercial space partners to develop…

La NASA invita a los medios al lanzamiento de Europa Clipper

Read this release in English here. La NASA y SpaceX tienen planificado que la ventana para el…

NASA’s mini BurstCube mission detects its first gamma-ray burst

BurstCube, trailed by another CubeSat named SNOOPI (Signals of Opportunity P-band Investigation), emerges from the International…

40 Years Ago: STS-41D – First Flight of Space Shuttle Discovery

On Aug. 30, 1984, space shuttle Discovery lifted off on the STS-41D mission, joining NASA’s fleet…

NASA Ames Astrogram – July/August 2024

Ames and Langley just added another light to the night sky. Congratulations to the Advanced Composite Solar…

This Ancient Galaxy Merger Will Produce a very Luminous Quasar

In the contemporary Universe, massive galaxies are plentiful. But the Universe wasn’t always like this. Astronomers…