NASA Scientists Take to Air and Space to Study Arctic Sea Ice
This month, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California are testing a spacecraft sensor that will…
Satellites see forests from space, but biodiversity remains hidden
There’s something almost magical about watching a forest from orbit. Satellites hundreds of miles above Earth can now…
Principal Investigator and Quality Assessment Reports Evaluate Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar Data
Two new reports from NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program evaluate data from the Umbra X-band Synthetic…
NASA Space Telescope Maps Magnetic Fields of ‘Lighthouse’ Pulsar
For the first time, scientists have used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) to directly measure the magnetic…
Wally Funk, aviation pioneer and oldest woman to go into space, dies at 87 | US news
Wally Funk, a trailblazing aviation pioneer who was denied the opportunity to become a Nasa astronaut and half…
NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Anil Menon Launch to Space Station
NASA astronaut Anil Menon will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft to the International Space Station on…
Guy Who Took Photo Of Jupiter With A Game Boy Camera And Giant Telescope Publishes DIY Tutorial
The latest adventure for the kooky camera looks skyward.
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Scientists have discovered the oldest quasar ever seen, and it shines with the light of a trillion suns
Using the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope, astronomers have discovered a treasure trove of 31 black-hole-powered quasars…
SpaceX wants to launch 100,000 Starlink satellites to orbit
SpaceX is nothing if not ambitious. Elon Musk‘s company just filed an application with the U.S. Federal Communications…
Ultra-Black Coating Could Mitigate Light Pollution Caused by Satellites
There’s no doubt about it: the skies are filling up with satellites that regularly pass overhead, creating light…
LEGO Hubble Space Telescope Set Celebrates Three Iconic Hubble Photos
I have loved LEGO since I was a child, just coming to grips with fine motor control. I…
‘Reckless’ space-based data centers lack environmental review, drawing criticism
Environmental and scientific organizations are banding together to demand federal environmental reviews of space-based data center projects, which…