WASHINGTON — NASA plans to fly the Space Launch System on Artemis 3 without an upper stage as the agency begins to define revised plans for the mission. NASA, in
WASHINGTON — NASA plans to fly the Space Launch System on Artemis 3 without an upper stage as the agency begins to define revised plans for the mission. NASA, in
In the vast expanse of the night sky, where stars shimmer like diamonds scattered across velvet, “The Stargazer’s Guide to the Night Sky” emerges as an essential companion for those
Starship launches could soon be an international affair. SpaceX revealed on Tuesday (May 12) that it’s hunting for additional launch sites for Starship, the giant rocket it’s developing to help
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Branch’s work outfitting a prototype of a lunar surface habitat they developed, pictured here, under a cooperative agreement with
NASA/Joel Kowsky “Rise,” the Artemis II zero gravity indicator, is seen sitting on the dais as NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency)
On Earth, the Large Hadron Collider can smash atoms together and accelerate particles to near light speeds — but in space, there are high-energy cosmic rays with over 10 million
The galaxies of Markarian’s Chain shine in deep space. (Image credit: Ronald Brecher) Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher has captured a breathtaking view of Markarian’s Chain — a string of majestic galaxies
NASA’s Orion space capsule training simulator is located inside Building 9 at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. It’s a full-scale, high-fidelity model of the real thing, and where the
NASA’s Perseverance looks down at a rocky outcrop nicknamed “Arethusa” and then appears to look into the camera in this animated selfie, which is composed of 61 images taken March
Schematic summary of the surface temperature response to increasing pN2 on the pCO2 –pN2 plane, comparing Goldblatt et al. (2009, G+09), Wordsworth & Pierrehumbert (2013, WP13), and this work. For






