NASA’s New Technology Lets Spacecraft Switch Between Networks
An artist’s concept of the Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT) transmitting data. Credit: NASA/Morgan Johnson NASA just demonstrated a…
Hubble Could Get a New Lease on Life—If NASA Can Afford It
NASA’s Hubble space telescope is running out of time. The aging observatory is slowly being dragged down toward…
Prada Unveils the New Spacesuit NASA Astronauts Will Wear to the Moon
Prada just took another giant leap into the space industry. The fashion house has teamed up with the…
NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After six months of radio silence, NASA’s Maven spacecraft around Mars has been declared dead. The…
NASA Orders Emergency Drill as Air Leaks Force ISS Standoff
NASA just ordered an emergency safe haven drill on the International Space Station (ISS) after persistent air leaks…
NASA interested in Hubble reboost if costs can be reduced
WASHINGTON — As NASA prepares an attempt to reboost an astronomy spacecraft in a decaying orbit, the agency…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Reveals Strange Chemistry Beyond Our Solar System
This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Hubble photographed the comet on July…
Webb Weighs Most Distant Inactive Black Hole Ever Found
A supermassive black hole 6 billion times the mass of the Sun lurks in MRG-M0138, a gravitationally lensed…
Let’s build the moon base, but not lose sight of Mars
These are heady days for NASA and the space industry. The Artemis 2 crew flew around the moon,…
Jupiter Accelerates Electrons to Near-Light Speed, Offering Clues to Cosmic Ray Origins
The giant planet’s bow shock isn’t just deflecting the solar wind, it’s acting as a powerful particle accelerator,…
New Glenn Explosion Just Gave NASA a Headache It Doesn’t Have Time For
When Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launch pad last week, it wasn’t just a blow…
Sun erupts with 3 solar flares, raising chances of northern lights for U.S.
Three solar flares burst from the sun toward Earth this week, scientists said, and the enormous beams of…