For Northern Hemisphere observers, August is usually regarded as “meteor month” with one of the best displays of the year reaching its peak near midmonth. That display is, of course,
For Northern Hemisphere observers, August is usually regarded as “meteor month” with one of the best displays of the year reaching its peak near midmonth. That display is, of course,
The melding of human cognition with robotic dexterity is one of the most fascinating frontiers of modern technology. In environments where human presence is challenging or outright impossible, the ability
Astronomers have exposed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to its first glimpses of the universe’s most violent and gory events: stars being ripped apart and devoured by black holes.
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3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA employees Broderic J. Gonzalez, left, and David W. Shank install pieces of a 7-foot wing model in preparation
In this natural-color version of the “Falbreen” panorama, colors have not been enhanced and the sky appears more reddish. Visible still is Perseverance’s 43rd rock abrasion (the white patch at
A Falcon 9 stands ready to launch 24 Kuiper satellites from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: SpaceX. A SpaceX Falcon 9 will make another attempt Sunday
The average T Tauri (top) and VLMS (bottom) sample JWST spectra. The detected molecular species are highlighted. The C2H2 and H2O regions (yellow and blue, respectively) show the regions over
August’s full moon, known as the ‘Sturgeon Moon’ made a splash when it leapt above the southern horizon on Aug. 9 earlier this week, illuminating the summer sky mere days
On the slopes of Martian mountains and craters clings what appears to be flowing honey, coated in dust and frozen in time. In reality, these features are incredibly slow-moving glaciers,