NASA’s Perseverance rover just made skywatching history. The car-sized Perseverance spied auroras in Mars’ skies in mid-March, becoming the first-ever spacecraft to witness such a light show from the surface
NASA’s Perseverance rover just made skywatching history. The car-sized Perseverance spied auroras in Mars’ skies in mid-March, becoming the first-ever spacecraft to witness such a light show from the surface
Photo courtesy of Andrew Wozniak, University of Delaware; HOV Alvin Team; Funder: NSF. © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Scientists diving in the human-occupied vehicle Alvin recently witnessed a rare but
The sun roared to life early Tuesday (May 14), unleashing a powerful X-class solar flare from a newly emerging sunspot region AR4087. The eruption peaked at 4:25 a.m. EDT (0825
Astronomers have discovered extraordinarily powerful X-ray jets blasting from two supermassive black holes that are so ancient that the jets shine in the afterglow of the Big Bang. “They are
Scientists have transformed new data from space telescopes into cosmic soundscapes, turning the mysterious activity around black holes into a symphony of the universe. These auditory representations, or sonifications, were
The four astronauts of Axiom Mission 4 pose together amid a dry dress rehearsal of launch day activities. Left to right: Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, Commander Peggy
Schematic diagram showing the three stages of cooling from Bondi radius delaminations. In (a), the planet forms a Bondi radius boundary layer of thickness ∆RB with a temperature contrast ∆TB
TAMPA, Fla. — AST SpaceMobile has reached a deal enabling bankrupt satellite operator Ligado Networks to pay the more than $500 million it owes Viasat, in exchange for long-term access
Venus — JAXA Venus, our neighboring planet, is an open-air laboratory that can be used to study why Earth and Venus evolved in such different ways. Noble gases in planetary
Sasha Weston, project support, Small Spacecraft and Distributed Systems program, with the Project and Engineering Support Services II contract with NASA, discusses the program with a participant, right, during Ames