SpaceX Crew-10 members arriving at the ISS. (ISS/X)SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, paving the way for NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to finally return home after more than nine months in space.The Crew-10 mission, which launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on Friday evening, reached...
Mars' surface rocks have been quietly preserving secrets about the planet’s past. The unusual mineral composition of pale rocks in Jezero Crater indicates they formed under extremely warm and wet conditions, challenging previous assumptions about Mars' history."On Earth, these minerals develop in regions with heavy rainfall and warm climates or in hydrothermal environments like...
Artist's concept of Voyager 1NASANASA engineers have recently made adjustments to extend the lifespans of the Voyager 1 and 2 probes, which have been traveling beyond our solar system for nearly 50 years. In a bid to save power, the team has ordered these deep-space probes to shut down two of their instruments.Originally...
The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission will provide the first all-sky spectral survey. Over a two-year planned mission, the SPHEREx Observatory will collect data on more than 450 million galaxies along with more than 100 million stars in the Milky Way in order to...
Artist’s concept of a fast-moving star system. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC))Near the Milky Way's central bulge, about 24,000 light-years from Earth, a peculiar pair of celestial objects is racing through space at unprecedented speeds.Scientists believe this duo consists of a high-velocity star and its orbiting exoplanet, according to a new study. If confirmed, it would set...
Credit: PixabayUsing multiple NASA telescopes, scientists have conducted a groundbreaking survey to detect both visible and hidden supermassive black holes—colossal objects billions of times more massive than the Sun. Nearly every large galaxy is thought to harbor one at its core, yet directly counting them is impossible. Instead, astronomers analyze smaller samples to estimate...
NASA astronaut Victor Glover tests collection methods for ISS External Microorganisms in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at Johnson Space Center. (NASA)On January 30, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will embark on a 6.5-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS). One key objective is collecting surface samples to study microbial presence on the station’s...
Credit: PixabayFirst detected on August 7, 2024, by the University of Hawaiʻi’s ATLAS telescope in Sutherland, South Africa, asteroid 2024 PT5 has intrigued astronomers with its Earth-like orbit around the Sun. This small asteroid, approximately 33 feet (10 meters) in diameter, poses no threat to our planet.Orbiting the Sun in a path similar to...
Artist's concept of the Parker Solar ProbeNASAThe Parker Solar Probe has been confirmed by NASA to be safe and fully functional following a groundbreaking close approach to the Sun on December 24, 2024. During this event, the spacecraft set a record, venturing to within just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the Sun's...
Artist concept of the new Mars Chopper. (NASA/JPLraw/YouTube)Ingenuity became the first aircraft to fly on another world in the first half of 2021, exploring Mars terrain from above. This achievement proved that powered air flight is an efficient way to navigate alien worlds.Building on this success, NASA has now unveiled a computer rendering of its...
