Star formation is a dramatic and complex process that erupts throughout the Universe. Yet, a lot of the action gets hidden by clouds of gas and dust. That’s where observatories
Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman gazes out of an Orion spacecraft cabin window, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon. Image: NASA. Taking time out to
WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman defended a fiscal year 2027 budget proposal that would cut the agency’s budget by nearly 25%. In his first public comments about the budget
WASHINGTON — NASA has stopped work on a second mobile launch platform intended for an upgraded version of the Space Launch System the agency no longer plans to develop. At
NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right
Hydrocarbon lakes on Titan – NASA Since the discovery of hydrocarbon lakes and seas on Saturn’s moon Titan, there has been much speculation on whether these could serve as suitable
Proposed formation pathways of biorelevant molecules (red arrows) in hydrogen cyanide (HCN)-containing interstellar ices and their role as precursors to biorelevant molecules such as amino acids and nucleobases. In prebiotic
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is a tantalizing target in the search for habitability in our Solar System. Its thick, global ice sheet overlies a warm, salty, chemically-rich ocean. But for
The light, rare element boron, better known as the primary component of borax, a longtime household cleaner, was almost mined to exhaustion in parts of the old American West. But
NASA is currently training its latest group of astronaut candidates at the Johnson Space Center in Texas. This extensive training program, spanning almost two years, commenced in September and includes
Dr. Leonardos Gkouvelis, researcher at LMU’s University Observatory Munich and member of the ORIGINS Excellence Cluster, has solved a fundamental mathematical problem that had obstructed the interpretation of exoplanet atmospheres
Using data collected by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe during its closest approach to the sun, a University of Arizona-led research team has measured the dynamics and ever-changing “shell” of hot
When the rover now named Perseverance landed in Jezero crater in early 2021, scientists already knew they had picked an interesting place to scope out. From space, they could see
Predicted 3D structures of the ancestral nitrogenase DDKK complex from oldest to modern. Holly Rucker/UW Madison NASA-supported scientists have resurrected an enzyme first used by organisms on Earth 3.2-billion years
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View larger. | Artist’s concept of a massive exomoon orbiting a gas giant exoplanet. A team of astronomers says it might have detected a huge exomoon orbiting the gas giant
