NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement has selected seven student teams to participate in a culminating event…
Improving a 1960s Plan to Explore the Giant Planets
In the 1960s, NASA engineers developed a series of small lifting-body aircraft that could be dropped…
NASA volunteers find 15 rare ‘active asteroids’
Volunteers from the NASA’s “Active Asteroids” Citizen Science project identified a comet tail coming from Asteroid…
Leslie Livesay Named Deputy Director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The first woman to serve as JPL’s deputy director, Livesay serves under Laurie Leshin, the first…
Thomas Stafford, 93, Commander of First U.S.-Soviet Space Mission, Dies
Thomas P. Stafford, an astronaut who pioneered cooperation in space when he commanded the American capsule…
Finally, an Explanation for the “String of Pearls” in Supernova 1987A
Not long after the explosion of Supernova 1987a, astronomers were abuzz with predictions about how it…
The cosmic neutrino background would tell us plenty about the universe, says researcher
Japan’s Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector. Credit: Universe Today Readers of Universe Today are probably already familiar with…
NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch; Trio to Join Expedition 70
Three crew members will blast off on Thursday, March 21, to support Expedition 70 aboard the…
NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch; Trio to Join Expedition 70
Three crew members will blast off on Thursday, March 21, to support Expedition 70 aboard the…
Hubble views dwarf galaxy LEDA 4216
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows LEDA 42160, a galaxy about 52 million light-years from…