NASA’s Newest Astronauts Ready for Space Station, Moon, and Mars Missions

NASA welcomed 11 new astronauts to its ranks Friday, increasing the number of those eligible for…

NASA Awards Contract for Aircraft Operations Support

NASA has awarded a contract to Vertex Aerospace LLC of Madison, Mississippi, for aircraft operations support…

Landsat 9: The Pieces Come Together

Two science instruments are now attached to the satellite spacecraft, bringing the mission one step closer…

NASA Animates World Path of Smoke and Aerosols from Australian Fires

A fleet of NASA satellites working together has been analyzing the aerosols and smoke from the…

PIA23443: Ganymede

           Target: Jupiter Mission:  Juno Instrument:  JunoCam Image Credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSSImage processing by Gerald Eichstädt …

ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/09/2020

CBEF-L (Cell Biology Experiment Facility-L): The crew removed the Plant Experiment Unit from the CBEF-L facility…

NASA’s Lucy Mission Confirms Discovery of Eurybates Satellite

NASA’s Lucy mission team is seeing double after discovering that Eurybates, the asteroid the spacecraft has…

Hubble Detects Smallest Known Dark Matter Clumps

Dark matter forms much smaller clumps than previously known. This result confirms one of the fundamental…

Goldilocks Stars Are Best Places to Look for Life

In looking for life beyond Earth, astronomers seek planets in stars’ “habitable zones” (nicknamed the “Goldilocks…

Cosmic Magnifying Glasses Yield Independent Measure of Universe's Expansion

Knowing the precise value for how fast the universe expands is important for determining the age,…