5 Min Read Heather Cowardin Safeguards the Future of Space Exploration As branch chief of the Hypervelocity Impact and Orbital Debris Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Dr.
5 Min Read Heather Cowardin Safeguards the Future of Space Exploration As branch chief of the Hypervelocity Impact and Orbital Debris Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Dr.
Astronomers have witnessed a distant supermassive black hole devouring its surrounding matter so rapidly that it is “burping” out excess mass at nearly a third of the speed of light.
The Solar System lacks hot-jupiters, intensely hot gas giant planets, so close to their stars they take just days or even hours to orbit once. But there are some systems
As different nations begin conducing operations on the lunar surface, humanity’s penchant for geopolitical struggles will likely be along for the ride. Tension between nations and/or corporations could grow. There
Mars holds two of humanity’s greatest space ambitions, discovering alien life and establishing our first foothold on another world. Key to both is the discovery of water. We know it’s
The team behind the long-awaited Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile published their first images on Monday, revealing breathtaking views of star-forming regions as well as distant galaxies.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Former NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman says he is interested in pursuing some of the goals he had for the agency from outside it. Isaacman received the
With the arrival of a visiting crew still delayed, science and maintenance work on board the International Space Station continued to fill the Expedition 73 crew’s week, along with time
A new window into the universe is about to open. On Monday (June 23), the Vera C. Rubin Observatory — a joint project between the U.S. National Science Foundation and
WASHINGTON — United Launch Alliance is piloting an early version of OpenAI’s government-compliant artificial intelligence chatbot, marking one of the first deployments of the technology designed specifically for defense contractors






