Researchers rewind the clock to calculate age and site of supernova blastAstronomers are winding back the clock on the expanding remains of a nearby, exploded star. By using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, they retraced the speedy shrapnel from the blast to calculate a more accurate estimate of the location and time of the stellar detonation.....
NASA finds an alien planet with 3 sunsNASA has discovered an exoplanet with three stars, one with a bizarre orbit that has left astronomers baffled.....
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2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record according to NASANASA has analyzed the Earth’s global average surface temperature during 2020 and found that the year tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record. NASA says the planet’s long-term warming trend continued with 2020s global average temperature 1.84 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the baseli....
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Artemis I Orion spacecraft is ready to be fueled upNASA has announced that the Orion spacecraft used for the Artemis I mission has completed its time in the Neil Armstrong Operations & Checkout Building. The spaceship was hoisted from the stand in that building where it was outfitted with components, and systems were tested to ensure it was miss....
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2020 approaches record for hottest year"Whether one year is a record or not is not really that important — the important things are long-term trends," Gavin Schmidt, the director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said in a statement.....
Galaxies hit single, doubles, and triple (growing black holes)When three galaxies collide, what happens to the huge black holes at the centers of each? A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and several other telescopes reveals new information about how many black holes are furiously growing after these galactic smash ups.....
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NASA drops an unsettling new videoHumanity is radically disrupting the planet.
In a succinct new video released Thursday, NASA announced that 2020 tied 2016 for the warmest year on record. Importantly, the science agency underscored this warming is part of a stark trend, largely caused by heat-trapping greenhouse gase....
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Top U.S. scientists: 2020 was damn hotTop U.S. research agencies confirmed Thursday that 2020 rivaled 2016 for the warmest year on record. Modern records go back 140 years.
NASA data shows 2020 matched 2016 for the warmest recorded year, while the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found 2020 just barely missed tyin....
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A replay of our start-of-year press conference with ESA Director General Jan Wörner, future Director General Josef Aschbacher and other ESA Directors, held online on Thursday, 14 January 2021.They looked ahead at Europe's space activities in 2021 and answered questions ....
NASA prepares to share sounds from Mars as Perseverance nears planetOn February 18, a little over a month from now, NASA’s Perseverance rover will land on the Red Planet, bringing with it new tools and technologies for additional exploration. Among the items carried by the rover is a microphone located on its SuperCam instrument — and NASA plans to use t....
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Burst of light April 15, 2020 likely magnetar eruption in nearby galaxyOn April 15, 2020, a brief burst of high-energy light swept through the solar system, triggering instruments on many NASA spacecraft. Scientists think the blast came from a supermagnetized stellar remnant located in a neighboring galaxy.....
NASA helps cement plan to return to the moonThough NASA may have trouble returning to the moon by 2024, the U.S. space agency is doing what it can to eventually explore the lunar surface, announcing a formal partnership with Japan for the lunar Gateway.....
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Triple star system discovered in NASA Kepler dataNASA began operating the Kepler mission in 2009. The space telescope spotted a planet estimated to be about half the size of Saturn in a multiple-star system called KOI-5Ab. That was the second planet candidate ever discovered by Kepler but was ultimately ignored. Kepler operated until 2018 and disc....
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Strange FM signal discovered coming from one of Jupiter's moonsNASA recently extended the life of two of its planetary discovery missions, including the Juno mission to Jupiter. Now it's come to light Juno has discovered an FM signal emanating from one of the gas giant's moons, Ganymede.....
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Prepping for a spacewalk typically means diving underwater to rehearse and fine-tune operations.In 2016, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst performed such an underwater rehearsal for the Colka high speed radio, the brown box imaged above, that will be installed this month on the Internation....
Chandra X-ray Observatory gathers data on a magnetar discovered in 2020In 2020, astronomers discovered a new member of an exotic family of objects known as magnetars. More recently, the NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory has made observations that support the idea that the magnetar discovered last year is also a pulsar. A pulsar emits regular pulses of light. Magnetars are....
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How to make drones sound less annoyingThese days almost everyone has either flown a drone or listened to the nasty whining sound they produce. Although small drones (up to 20 kg) are about 40 decibels quieter than conventional civil aircraft, they produce a high-pitched noise – which people tend to find very annoying. One NASA study ....
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NASA shows off new images of massive Martian canyonAnyone who’s ever visited the Grand Canyon in the United States knows how massive it is. The Grand Canyon certainly lives up to its name, but it’s got nothing on a canyon on the surface of Mars. NASA has released new images of the largest canyon in the solar system, which is nearly ten t....
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NASA issues Mission to Mars Student ChallengeNext month is an important month for NASA when on February 18, it will attempt to land the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars. NASA is encouraging students to join in the excitement of the upcoming landing with the NASA Mission to Mars Student Challenge. NASA wants classrooms, infor....
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NASA extends science missions for Juno and InSightNASA has announced that it is extending the missions for a pair of spacecraft after an external review of their scientific productivity. The missions are Juno and InSight, both of which have increased the understanding of the solar system and resulted in scientists asking new sets of diverse questio....
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SpaceX will splash down a Dragon Capsule filled with science experimentsSpaceX has a unique cargo Dragon spacecraft returning to Earth after its 21st commercial resupply services mission for NASA. The modified Dragon capsule will depart the ISS and splashdown off the coast of Florida about 12 hours later. This marks the first time a Dragon capsule will splashdown off th....
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Brilliant Hubble images show colliding galaxiesWhen galaxies collide, they appear distorted and strange.
This week, astronomers working on the NASA and European Space Agency's legendary Hubble Space Telescope posted six images of vivid galactic mergers. You can see them below.
"It is during rare merging events that galaxies undergo drama....
NASA and FAA pen agreement in support of future space missionsNASA and the FAA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement to streamline spaceflight requirements and standards in addition to supporting future space missions. Among other things, the newly penned MOU will see NASA and FAA work together on a ‘clear framework’ designed fo....
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Chandra X-ray Observatory studies extraordinary magnetarIn 2020, astronomers added a new member to an exclusive family of exotic objects with the discovery of a magnetar. New observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory help support the idea that it is also a pulsar, meaning it emits regular pulses of light.....
NASA chooses four small-scale astrophysics missions for the Pioneers programNASA has confirmed that it has chosen four small-scale astrophysics missions for further development. The missions were selected as part of its new Pioneers program and are intended to explore cosmic phenomena like galaxy evolution, exoplanets, high-energy neutrinos, and neutron star mergers. The fo....
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NASA's small cameras will watch a lander make craters on the moonNASA has created four small cameras, each about the size of a computer mouse, to figure out what happens underneath a lunar lander when it lands on the moon. The small cameras are dubbed Stereo Camera for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies or SCALPSS. NASA’s cameras are expected to head to the moon t....
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NASA's next asteroid mission is taking shapeNASA is currently preparing for its next asteroid-visiting missing which is set to launch this year.
The mission, which will see a spacecraft named Lucy perform a flyby of asteroids that are believed to have originated when our solar system was born, is scheduled to launch in October.
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Striped or spotted? Winds and jet streams found on the closest brown dwarfUsing high-precision brightness measurements from NASA's TESS space telescope, astronomers found that the nearby brown dwarf Luhman 16B's atmosphere is dominated by high-speed, global winds akin to Earth's jet stream system. This global circulation determines how clouds are distributed in the brown ....
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Hexamine — a Key Building Block for Life — Found in MeteoriteResearchers at NASA and in Japan have found HMT — a key ingredient for life — trapped inside an asteroid. This chemical is used in building other organic materials, including some of the molecules which drive the mechanisms of life. Life on Earth is based on organic materials, built on carbon a....
NASA Lucy mission integrates its second scientific instrumentThe first NASA mission to the Trojan asteroids is called Lucy. The spacecraft is closer to launch after the Lucy team integrated its second scientific instrument called L’TES, or Lucy Thermal Emission Spectrometer. When complete, the spacecraft will have three scientific instruments, and Lucy ....
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NASA details best BIG Challenge concepts for future lunar missionsNASA has briefly detailed the eight lunar tech finalist concepts for future missions, ones that provide potential ways to illuminate the dark parts of the Moon, improve exploration, and more. The concepts come from university students across the US and will be presented as part of NASA’s Break....
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Astronauts were allowed to eat veggies grown in spaceAstronauts living aboard the International Space Station had the opportunity to taste-test some food that was grown in their own orbiting laboratory.
Radishes grown on the space station took 27 days to mature, and eventually became a meal for the crew.
The radishes were apparently just as....
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Space Launch System rocket could conduct a hot fire test soonNASA’s Space Launch System rocket is ready to proceed to the final test in the Green Run series. The final test is the hot fire test and could happen as early as January 17. Hot fire is the cumulation of all the Green Run test series, which was an eight-part test campaign. The point of the tes....
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SPHEREx space telescope preliminary design plans approvedNASA has announced that it has approved the preliminary design plans for an upcoming space telescope known as SPHEREx. According to NASA, the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoque of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) space telescope has entered Phase C. Entering Phase C ....
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S. Korea and NASA begin development of space telescopeThe Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute will begin a space project to develop a space telescope with the US space agency NASA and the California Institute of Technology, the ICT Ministry here announced Wednesday. The space project, titled t....
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S. Korea, NASA start building space telescopeSouth Korea's science ministry said Wednesday it has started manufacturing a space telescope in a joint project with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The Ministry of....
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This massive camera can see into space history – Future BlinkThe LSST Camera is a 3.2 billion pixel space camera that can take the largest single image in the world. It can be used to peer into the deepest reaches of space history and gain insight on how our universe formed... but you can't use it to take a selfie! Read more...More about Space, Nasa, Mashable....
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NASA's latest image of the day shows a 'hungry goblin' in spaceNASA has highlighted another particularly notable ‘image of the day,’ one featuring the pulsar PSR B1509-58 in the Circinus constellation. This particular celestial destination was first discovered in the early 1980s and has since been the source of images triggering pareidolia in viewer....
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NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins performs the Grasp experiment in the Columbus module of the International Space Station ahead of the New Year. The experiment studies how the central nervous system, specifically hand-eye coordination, adapts to microgravity. Grasp stands for Gravitational R....
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Here are the 6 most exciting space missions of 2021Space exploration achieved several notable firsts in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, including commercial human spaceflight and returning samples of an asteroid to Earth. The coming year is shaping up to be just as interesting. Here are some of the missions to keep an eye out for. Artemis 1 Arte....
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NASA talks about key experiments conducted aboard the ISS in 2020Dozens of experiments are underway aboard the International Space Station at any given time. As 2020 drew to a close, NASA talked about a few of those experiments. One of the experiments being conducted is known as MARROW. This particular experiment is meant to diagnose a question that has long ling....
