Black holes are twisting the universe: New discovery shows Einstein was right |
Some discoveries arrive quietly, without fireworks or clean endings. Astronomers were watching a distant flare from a galaxy…
New NASA Chief Pushes Back on Claims Agency Is Trashing Its History
The research library at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, houses tens of thousands of books,…
The International Space Station Is Retiring: Meet the Private Space Stations That Will Replace It
The International Space Station (ISS), the icon of international collaboration and scientific success, is approaching the end of…
Secret new life of trailblazing astronaut who destroyed her career with a diaper and trench coat… and why NASA wants to forget she ever went to space
The moment Lisa Nowak became a household name should have been in the summer of 2006, when she…
NASA finds super-tough bacteria that could survive Mars trip
NASA has some of the cleanest rooms in the world to prevent contamination. But some microbes have found…
Champagne Cluster is Actually Two Galaxy Clusters in Process of Merging, Astronomers Find
Astronomers discovered an enormous galaxy cluster called RM J130558.9+263048.4 on December 31, 2020; the date, combined with the…
Nathalie Cabrol, astrobiologist: ‘It’s an achievement of science to admit we don’t know what life is’ | Science
Nathalie Cabrol is no ordinary scientist. The astrobiologist holds two records for the highest-altitude scuba dives. She achieved…
NASA’s SPHEREx creates the most colorful map of the entire sky
Decorative image. This image features a selection of colors emitted primarily by stars (Image source: NASA and JPL-Caltech)…
Heliophysics missions move toward operations
NEW ORLEANS — Two NASA heliophysics missions launched together in September are performing well, while a third mission…
NASA Needs A Drone Detector At Kennedy Space Center
NASA is seeking proposals for a new system to help spot and identify drones that may be flying…
NASA Probe Captures ‘Postcard’ of Mars That Blends Day and Night
Team members working with NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover created this “postcard” by commanding the rover to take images…
Behold ‘Dracula’s Chivito,’ the Largest Planet Nursery Astronomers Have Ever Seen
Roughly 1,000 light-years away from Earth, a gigantic disk of gas and dust is swirling around a young…