NASA’s Orion spacecraft is designed to keep astronauts safe in deep space, protecting them from the…
X1.4 solar flare erupts on the Sun’s west limb — second X-class flare of the day
A major, impulsive solar flare measuring X1.4 erupted at 15:47 UTC on October 9, from a…
How Do Astronauts Get in Shape? – New “Ask SME” from NASA eClips
The NASA Science Activation program’s NASA eClips project, led by the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA),…
European settings for a Moon camera
ESA astronaut Rosemary Coogan points at a lunar-like landscape with a camera designed to take pictures…
NASA-Funded Study Assesses Pollution Near Los Angeles-Area Warehouses
Satellite-based data offers a broad view of particulate air pollution patterns across a major West Coast…
Sentinel-1C on its way to Europe’s Spaceport
Following its journey from Cannes, France, via Turin, Italy, Sentinel-1C, the third satellite of the Copernicus Sentinel-1…
Black Hole Destroys Star, Goes After Another, NASA Missions Find
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have identified a supermassive black hole that has torn…
Space Team Europe for Hera: Patrick Michel
Patrick Michel, Hera Principal Investigator at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), describes in this…
Strong solar radiation in progress, severe geomagnetic storm watch in effect
A strong solar radiation storm is currently underway following a major X1.8 solar flare at 01:56…
Periglacial landforms in perspective (3)
An oblique perspective view of a portion of the south polar Australe Scopuli region on Mars.…