NASA’s Europa Clipper, shown in this illustration updated in December 2020, will fly around Jupiter on an elliptical path, diving close to its moon Europa on each flyby to collect data. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA‘S Europe The Clipper mission aims to solve problems with transistor radiation as it prepares to launch an expedition to Jupiter to … Read more
Most known black holes are either extremely massive, such as the supermassive black holes found in the centers of large galaxies, or relatively light, with masses less than 100 times that of the Sun. Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs), however, are rare and are considered rare “missing links” in black hole evolution. Now, an international team … Read more
For more than a year, four crew members of NASA’s Mars Dune Alpha communicated, ate, slept and acted out a simulated experience as if they were stationed more than 200 million miles away on the Red Planet. The mission, which marked the first completed portion of three planned programs of NASA’s Crew Health and Performance … Read more
A micrograph of a dark Bennu particle, about a millimeter long, with a crust of bright phosphate. A smaller fragment that has broken off is visible on the right. Credit: From Lauretta & Connolly et al. (2024) Meteoritics and planetary sciencedoi:10.1111/maps.14227 Analysis of a sample from the asteroid Bennu has revealed essential components of life … Read more
The crew of a NASA mission to Mars left the spacecraft after a year-long journey, never leaving Earth. The four volunteer crew members spent more than 12 months in NASA’s first simulated Mars environment at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. They left the artificial alien environment around 5 p.m. Saturday. Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, … Read more
by Brian PD Hannon In this image taken from NASA video, Kelly Haston, a crew member of the first CHAPEA mission, speaks before other members, from left, Ross Brockwell, Nathan Jones and Anca Selariu, Saturday, July 6, 2024, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged … Read more
Four volunteer crew members who spent more than 12 months in NASA’s first simulated Mars environment at the Johnson Space Center in Houston have emerged from the artificial alien environment By means of BRIAN PD HANNON Associated Press July 7, 2024, 6:55 AM ET • 3 min read The crew of a NASA mission to … Read more
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its 20th approach to the Sun, marking a major milestone in its mission to study the Sun’s corona. This remarkable achievement underscores the probe’s robust design and the meticulous planning that went into its journey to unravel the secrets of the Sun’s outer atmosphere. Launched in 2018, the … Read more
Engineers are currently busy making the first parts of what will eventually become the Gateway Space Station. One day, if all goes according to plan, Gateway will serve as the first lunar orbiting space station, and the moon’s first true transportation hub. While not intended to be permanently inhabited, the station is being built to … Read more
The Goldstone Solar System Radar, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, made these observations of the recently discovered 150-meter-wide asteroid 2024 MK, which made its closest approach — within about 295,000 kilometers of Earth — on June 29. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Deep Space Network’s Goldstone planetary radar had a busy few days observing asteroids 2024 MK … Read more