Luminous quasar PDS 456 explored with MUSE

MUSE image centered on the quasar PDS 456. Credit: Travascio et al., 2024. Using the Multi…

Is it safe to fly during the solar eclipse? Here’s what experts have to say

Credit: CC0 Public Domain If you need to fly in the afternoon of April 8, you…

NASA Picks 3 Companies to Help Astronauts Drive Around the Moon

NASA will be renting some cool wheels to drive around the moon. Space agency officials announced…

SLAC completes construction of the largest digital camera ever built for astronomy

A front view of the completed LSST Camera, showing the 3,200-megapixel focal plane within. Credit: Jacqueline…

NASA Invites Media to Annual FIRST Robotics Competition in Rocket City

The Rocket City Regional – Alabama’s annual For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)…

Australian ‘bush glass’ bears the fingerprints of a cosmic collision with an iron meteorite

How Earth and the other planets of the solar system formed and evolved over the eons…

NASA Selects Companies to Advance Moon Mobility for Artemis Missions

NASA has selected Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab to advance capabilities for a lunar…

How Animal Movements Help Us Study the Planet

Scientists have been underutilizing a key resource we can use to help us understand Earth: animals.…

Rock sampled by NASA’s Perseverance embodies why rover came to Mars

This mosaic shows a rock called “Bunsen Peak” where NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover extracted its 21st…

The Marshall Star for April 3, 2024

By Celine Smith On April 8 between 1 and 3 p.m., the Moon will pass between…