The stars in the big Wyoming skies inspired Aaron Vigil as a child to dream big.…
NASA G-IV Plane Will Carry Next-Generation Science Instrument
In June 2024, a new tail number swept the sky above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center…
Hubble observes an oddly organized satellite galaxy
Andromeda III is one of at least 13 dwarf satellite galaxies in orbit around the Andromeda…
Hubble Observes An Oddly Organized Satellite
Andromeda III is one of at least 13 dwarf satellite galaxies in orbit around the Andromeda…
The Rubin Observatory Will Unleash a Flood of NEO Detections
After about 10 years of construction, the Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) is scheduled to see its…
Blue Origin completes latest space tourism flight successfully
The capsule reentered the atmosphere, deployed its parachutes and landed in the desert with a puff…
NASA JPL Developing Underwater Robots to Venture Deep Below Polar Ice
Called IceNode, the project envisions a fleet of autonomous robots that would help determine the melt…
Listen to Juice’s flyby of Earth
In space nobody can hear you scream. There might be no soundwaves but there are plenty…
International consortium with NASA reveals hidden impact of spaceflight on gut health
Experimental design. Credit: npj Biofilms and Microbiomes (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41522-024-00545-1 Scientists have uncovered how spaceflight profoundly…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope to Investigate Galactic Fossils
The universe is a dynamic, ever-changing place where galaxies are dancing, merging together, and shifting appearance.…