NASA’s Webb reveals new features in heart of Milky Way
The latest image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in unprecedented detail, including never-before-seen features astronomers have yet…
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NASA’s first look at a sample from asteroid Bennu reveals life’s building blocks
NASA scientists are just beginning to reveal details about roughly 250 grams of dust and rocks brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu. The samples are the result of the…
NASA’s Webb captures an ethereal view of NGC 346
Filaments of dust and gas festoon this star-forming region in a new infrared image from MIRI.
One of the greatest strengths of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is its ability to give…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is poised to return bits of the asteroid Bennu to Earth
Seven years is a long time to wait for your carrier service to deliver a package. That’s how long it’s been since NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft set off to gather rocks and dust from…
NASA’s DART mission lofted a swarm of boulders into space
When a probe smashed into a small asteroid last year, the collision did more than change the asteroid’s orbit — it blasted a few dozen hefty boulders into space too.
Last…
Amazon Is Building $120 Million Processing Facility at NASA’s Space Center
Amazon is building a $120 million (nearly Rs. 980 crore) processing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its thousands of planned Kuiper internet satellites, the company…
NASA’s Laser Communications Relay: A year of experimentation
LCRD communicating over laser links to the International Space Station and Earth. Credit: NASA / Dave Ryan…
Cosmic Luck: NASA’s Apollo 11 Moon Quarantine Broke Down
When the astronauts of Apollo 11 went to the moon in July 1969, NASA was worried about their safety during the complex flight. The agency was also worried about what the spacefarers might…
NASA’s Year-Long Mars Simulation Is a Test of Mental Mettle
With the Mars simulation, Haney suggests that NASA should watch the crew for danger signs, like symptoms of depression, heightened irritability, and moodiness, and changes in sleeping and…