‘Star Wars meteorite’ sheds light on the early solar system

The asteroid 4 vesta, left, and Tatooine, as seen in Star Wars, on the right. Credit:…

NASA’s Juno to Get Close Look at Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io on Dec. 30

The orbiter has performed 56 flybys of Jupiter and documented close encounters with three of the…

Research Physical Scientist Tra-My Justine Richardson

“It takes a lot of courage to confront your fears and failures. Each and every time…

India made history with 2023's low-budget Chandrayaan-3 moon landing

With the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission in August, India became the fourth country to land…

From the moon’s south pole to an ice-covered ocean world, several exciting space missions are slated for launch in 2024

An artist’s conception of the Hera mission to literally measure the impact of NASA’s DART mission…

OTPS Releases its 2023 Annual Report

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy,…

Six of the most amazing space pictures from 2023

Right: Wolf-Rayet star WR 124 as glimpsed by JWST NASA, ESA, CSA, STSCI and ERO Production…

LST-1 discovers the most distant active galactic nucleus at very high energies

LST-1 during observations at CTAO-North, La Palma, Spain. Credit: CTAO gGmbH (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) On 15…

NASA’s Agency Chief Technologist presents their first annual year-in-review for 2023

OTPS shares an annual letter from the Agency Chief Technologist (ACT), updates on various studies in the…

Cosmic Strings: Have we found filaments of pure energy unleashed during the big bang?

HOW long is a piece of string? In this case, as long as the entire universe…