NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter team says goodbye—for now

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, right, stands near the apex of a sand ripple in an image…

Researchers unveil unique tidal disruption event with pronounced early optical bump

Schematic illustration of the processes that occurred in AT 2023lli, ordered in a chronological sequence. Credit:…

Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus could support life—researchers are working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells there

Scientists could one day find traces of life on Enceladus, an ocean-covered moon orbiting Saturn. Credit:…

Studying spaceflight atrophy with machine learning

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, equipped with a bungee harness, exercises on the…

Study finds presence of water molecules not a major obstacle for formation

Dr. Serge Krasnokutski, Laboratory Astrophysics and Cluster Physics group at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy…

NASA’s near space network enables PACE climate mission to ‘phone home’

An artistic rendering of multiple Earth-observing satellites around the globe using NASA’s Near Space Network to…

Astronauts to patch up NASA’s NICER telescope

This image, obtained June 8, 2018, shows NASA’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) on the…

NASA’s Roman space telescope’s ‘eyes’ pass first vision test

This photo shows the entire optics system for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. It consists…

NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Saturn’s moon Titan confirmed

Artist’s concept of Dragonfly soaring over the dunes of Saturn’s moon Titan. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve…

On-demand nutrient production system for long-duration space missions

NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Nicole Mann works in the International Space Station’s Harmony…