NASA is extending U.S. media accreditation for the launch of the agency’s ninth rotational mission of…
NASA Pilot Program Continues to Award Small Business Innovators
Earlier this month, nine small businesses received 2023 NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Ignite Phase…
Is Betelgeuse Actually a Binary Star?
Betel-gurz or Beetle-juice has been a favourite among amateur astronomers for many years. However you pronounce…
Research investigates variable star population of globular cluster NGC 1851
Identification chart of variable stars in the field of NGC 1851. Credit: Ferro et al., 2024.…
Work Is Under Way on NASA’s Next-Generation Asteroid Hunter
The mirrors for NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope are being installed and aligned, and work…
Study provides a more nuanced understanding of black hole thermodynamics
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A paper titled “Universality of the thermodynamics of a quantum-mechanically radiating black…
Hubble Traces Star Formation in a Nearby Nebula
NGC 261 blooms a brilliant ruby red against a myriad of stars in this new image…
How biofilms can help or hinder spaceflight
Graphic depicting the various uses of biofilms. Credit: NASA As humans spread into the cosmos, we…
SpaceX delays Polaris Dawn launch again with no new date set
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Billionaire Jared Isaacman’s return trip to space on the Polaris Dawn mission…
Measuring the speed of winds on Mars using sound
Researchers Robert White (left), Ian Neeson (center) and Don Banfield (right) in the Mars Simulation Wind…