A new U.S.–India satellite called NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) will provide high-resolution data enabling scientists to comprehensively monitor the planet’s land and ice surfaces like never before, building a
A new U.S.–India satellite called NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) will provide high-resolution data enabling scientists to comprehensively monitor the planet’s land and ice surfaces like never before, building a
During its flyby of Mars in March 2025, the Europa Clipper spacecraft tested its radar instrument. This is a small section of the image it successfully produced of Mars’ surface.
Rocky worlds DDT The Rocky worlds DDT Core Implementation Team (CIT) at STScI, along with the external Science Advisory Council (SAC), have been hard at work to make progress on
Astronomers have spotted a monster-sized planet that could be up to ten times the size of Jupiter emerging from the stellar fog surrounding a young star. Prior observations of the
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Figure 5.) Stromatolite lamination architectural types and associated examples, reproduced from Grey, K and Awramik, S.M. 2020, Handbook for the Study and Description of Microbialites (Geological Survey of Western Australia,
Artistic impression of the Proxima Centauri system, with the planets Proxima b and Proxima d, the latter confirmed by NIRPS. Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz (IAC) The new infrared spectrograph NIRPS,
This illustration shows the parts of a space shuttle orbiter. About the same size and weight as a DC-9 aircraft, the orbiter contains the pressurized crew compartment (which can normally
WASHINGTON — The acting administrator of NASA will meet with his Russian counterpart in the first face-to-face meeting between agency heads in several years. To continue reading this article: Register
We may already be broadcasting signals to the universe and alien life that inadvertently scream “we’re here, come find us!” — and any potential intelligent life in the universe could






