Significant events in history keep finding Mat Bevill. As the associate chief engineer for NASA’s SLS…
The ambitious plans to study the sun during April’s solar eclipse
NASA’s WB-57 research jets will be used to study the eclipse Amir Caspi Across North America,…
Webb Joins the Hunt for Protoplanets
We can’t understand what we can’t clearly see. That fact plagues scientists who study how planets…
Faintest known star system orbiting the Milky Way discovered
Hidden in this deep sky image (left) is Uma3/U1, a minuscule group of stars (right) bound…
New image of Milky Way black hole shows a spiraling magnetic field : NPR
For the first time, we’re seeing the Sagittarius A* black hole in polarized light. The Event…
NASA Selects Construction Management Services Acquisition Contractor
NASA has selected small business Firelake-Arrowhead NASA Services Joint Venture of Lawrence, Kansas, to acquire construction…
Hubble Sees a Star About to Ignite
We know how stars form. Clouds of interstellar gas and dust gravitationally collapse to form a…
What do scientists hope to learn from total solar eclipse in US?
A total solar eclipse will be seen across the United States in April 2024 — this…
NASA, Salisbury U. Enact Agreement for Workforce Development
NASA and Salisbury University (SU) in Maryland signed a collaborative Space Act Agreement Thursday, March 28,…
This Supernova Lit Up the Sky in 1181. Here’s What it Looks Like Now
Historical astronomical records from China and Japan recorded a supernova explosion in the year 1181. It…