One of the main scientific objectives of next-generation observatories (like the James Webb Space Telescope) has…
Fish Could Turn Regolith into Fertile Soil on Mars
What a wonderful arguably simple solution. Here’s the problem, we travel to Mars but how do…
NASA’s Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, is doing science again after problem
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain NASA’s Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, is sending science…
Voyager 1, After Major Malfunction, Is Back From the Brink, NASA Says
Several months after a grave computer problem seemed to spell the end for Voyager 1, which…
Don’t Get Your Hopes Up for Finding Liquid Water on Mars
In the coming decades, NASA and China intend to send the first crewed missions to Mars.…
NASA’s Hubble Restarts Science in New Pointing Mode
Hubble went into safe mode May 24 due to an ongoing issue with one of its…
Summary of the Ninth DSCOVR EPIC and NISTAR Science Team Meeting
Kai Yang [UMD] presented the algorithm for retrieving tropospheric O3 from EPIC by estimating the stratosphere–troposphere…
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to Launch Student Experiments
More than 50 student and faculty teams are sending experiments into space as part of NASA’s…
Edward Stone, 88, Physicist Who Oversaw Voyager Missions, Is Dead
Edward C. Stone, the visionary physicist who dispatched NASA’s Voyager spacecraft to run rings around our…
NASA to Discuss Outcome of 5th Biennial Asteroid Threat Exercise
NASA will host a virtual media briefing at 3:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 20, to discuss…