Beyond the Textbook: DC-8 Aircraft Inspires Students in Retirement

In May 2024, Idaho State University’s class of 2025 received a new learning tool from NASA.…

New Study Proposes how a Black Hole in Orbit Around a Planet Could be a Sign of an Advanced Civilization.

In 1971, English mathematical physicist and Nobel-prize winner Roger Penrose proposed how energy could be extracted…

Lessons from industry can inform satellite and spacecraft management in orbit

Most space mission systems historically have used one spacecraft designed to complete an entire mission independently.…

NASA’s EXCITE Mission Prepared for Scientific Balloon Flight

5 min read NASA’s EXCITE Mission Prepared for Scientific Balloon Flight Scientists and engineers are ready…

Leadership to Discuss NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and leadership will hold an internal Agency Test Flight Readiness Review on…

Debris from DART could hit Earth and Mars within a decade, say scientists

The asteroid Dimorphos was captured by NASA’s DART mission just two seconds before the spacecraft struck…

NASA Selects Three New Venture-Class Launch Service Providers

NASA has selected three additional companies to provide launch services for future agency missions through its…

Strange stars full of metals may be created by imploding supernovae

A supernova remnant in the Milky Way galaxy Chandra X-ray Observatory After a star explodes in…

Comparing Two Proposed NASA Missions to Jupiter’s Moon Io

Thanks to NASA’s Juno mission to the Jupiter system, we’re getting our best looks ever at…

Astrophysical simulations predict new detectable gravitational wave source from collapsing stars

After the death of a massive, spinning star, a disk of material forms around the central…