Hubble Zooms into the Rosy Tendrils of Andromeda
Clusters of stars set the interstellar medium ablaze in the Andromeda Galaxy about 2.5 million light-years away. Also known as M31, Andromeda is the Milky Way’s closest major galaxy. It measures approximately 152,000 light-years across and, with...
Hubble Zooms into the Rosy Tendrils of Andromeda
Clusters of stars set the interstellar medium ablaze in the Andromeda Galaxy about 2.5 million light-years away. Also known as M31, Andromeda is the Milky Way’s closest major galaxy. It measures approximately 152,000 light-years across and, with...
Early galaxies weren't mystifyingly massive after all, James Webb Space Telescope finds
Black holes may be behind why the newborn universe appeared to possess more huge galaxies than scientists could explain, a new study finds....
How AI is revealing the universe's original 'settings'
Astronomers used artificial intelligence to calculate the five cosmological parameters that describe the entire universe in computer simulations with unprecedented precision....
25 Years Strong: NASA’s Student Launch Competition Accepting 2025 Proposals
By Wayne Smith NASA’s Student Launch competition kicks off its 25th year with the release of the 2025 handbook, detailing how teams can submit proposals by Wednesday, Sept. 11, for the event scheduled next spring near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight...
Aurora season is here: What to expect from the northern lights in 2024/25
Here's what to expect from this aurora season and how to best prepare for your northern lights hunting experience....
September’s Night Sky Notes: Marvelous Moons
by Kat Troche of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific September brings the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn back into view, along with their satellites. And while we organize celebrations to observe our own Moon this month, be sure to grab a...
ASSURE 2018
Home ASSURE 2018 has successfully concluded. UPDATES Introduction The 6th International Workshop on Assurance Cases for Software-intensive Systems (ASSURE 2018) is being collocated this year with SAFECOMP 2018, and aims to provide an...
Boeing's 1st crewed Starliner to return to Earth without astronauts on Sept. 6
Boeing's troubled Starliner capsule is poised to return to Earth without any crew aboard on Sept. 6, NASA announced on Thursday (Aug. 29)....
Assure 2017
Home ASSURE 2017 has successfully concluded. UPDATES Introduction The 5th International Workshop on Assurance Cases for Software-intensive Systems (ASSURE 2017) is being collocated this year with SAFECOMP 2017, and aims to provide an...
NASA Life Sciences Portal (NLSP)
NASA Life Sciences Portal (NLSP) The NASA Life Sciences Portal (NLSP) is the gateway to discovering and accessing all archive data from investigations sponsored by NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP). The HRP conducts research and develops...
235 Years Ago: Herschel Discovers Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
On Aug. 29, 1789, German-born British astronomer William Herschel observed a tiny bright dot orbiting around Saturn. His son later named the object Enceladus. Because of its distance from Earth and proximity to bright Saturn, for the next two...
NASA Awards Intuitive Machines Lunar South Pole Research Delivery
A new set of NASA science experiments and technology demonstrations will arrive at the lunar South Pole in 2027 following the agency’s latest CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative delivery award. Intuitive Machines of Houston will...
NASA Leaders Tour Ames Campus, Meet with Employees
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, and Director of Cross-Agency Strategy John Keefe visited NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley on Aug. 28. The visit was an opportunity for...
NASA Celebrates 25 Years of High School Aerospace Scholars
For 25 years, the Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center has inspired and provided high school students across the state of Texas with NASA-focused learning experiences through the High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS)...
New record: Blue Origin launches youngest woman beyond Kármán line
Blue Origin set a new record with today's space tourism launch, sending the youngest woman beyond the 62-mile-high (100 kilometers) Kármán line....
Private astronauts of Polaris Dawn mission patiently await SpaceX launch amid multiple delays
Weather conditions at the mission's landing zones have postponed the Polaris Dawn launch, and also the FAA grounded the Falcon 9, so the crew might be waiting a minute....
Netflix's 'Terminator Zero' restores faith in an ailing sci-fi franchise (review)
Netflix's grim new 'Terminator Zero' anime series is a triumph of serious storytelling and killer robot action....
NASA G-IV Plane Will Carry Next-Generation Science Instrument
In June 2024, a new tail number swept the sky above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Pilots conducted flights of a Gulfstream IV (G-IV) to evaluate its handling characteristics and to familiarize pilots with it...
Saharan Dust in the Wind
The Suomi NPP satellite acquired this image of a plume of Saharan dust as winds lofted it over the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 24, 2024. The Sahara Desert is Earth’s largest source of airborne dust, and the particles can travel for thousands...