To combine both halves of Webb, engineers carefully lifted the Webb telescope (which includes the mirrors…
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Telescope for NASA's WFIRST mission advances to new phase of development
On schedule to launch in the mid-2020s, NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission will…
How elephant declines are affecting African forests
John Poulsen, assistant professor of tropical ecology at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, has…
NASA's Mars helicopter attached to Mars 2020 rover
Engineers attached NASA’s Mars Helicopter, which will be the first aircraft to fly on another planet,…
Celebrating Spitzer's Sweet Sixteen
Spitzer Space Telescope into orbit around the Sun on Aug. 25, 2003. Since then, the observatory…
Results: Study on impact of increased information volumes on researcher workload
Elsevier, the large information and analytics company that also serves as a platform for multiple publishing…
A unique conducting state under UV-irradiation
A highly conducting state has been found in a molecular crystal under UV-irradiation. The state reversibly…
UN report on oceans, frozen zones: the facts
Humanity should brace itself for some serious blowback over this century and beyond from the oceans…
NACA Test Pilot Competed in Cleveland National Air Races
A NACA test pilot competed in the Cleveland National Air Races in 1946. Click…
Track our spacecraft
For the first time ever, you can follow ESA’s fleet of spacecraft in Earth orbit and…