NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter, attached to the belly of the Perseverance rover, contains a small relic of the Wright brothers’ first plane, which took off more than 100 years earlier. A small …
Read More »Mars still has oceans of water buried beneath the surface, study finds
Billions of years ago, geological evidence suggests that the cold, dry Red Planet used to be much bluer. There was enough water collected from pools, lakes, and deep oceans to have covered …
Read More »The largest asteroid flyby of 2021, the size of the Golden Gate Bridge, will make a “very close encounter” with Earth on March 21.
An asteroid similar in size to the Golden Gate Bridge will swiftly pass our planet this weekend, the largest and fastest asteroid to pass Earth this year. But don’t worry, it won’t …
Read More »Bill Nelson’s nomination as NASA administrator is full of irony
The reported nomination of the former Florida senator. Bill nelsonClarence (Bill) William Nelson NIGHT ENERGY: Obama’s NOAA Leader Joins Biden’s White House on Climate Role | Study: Climate Change Could Lower Credit …
Read More »NASA space probe detects northern lights on Jupiter
If you thought the Northern Lights were uncommon for us Earthlings, you might want to think again. Those beautiful colors most visible in the Arctic and Antarctica are not only found on …
Read More »The space station dumps 2.9 tons of garbage
(More recent) – Last Thursday was apparently garbage day on the International Space Station, which disposed of a 2.9-ton pallet of used nickel-hydrogen batteries. It is the largest mass of space debris …
Read More »New Study Challenges Long-Standing Theory of the Fate of Mars Water – NASA Mars Exploration Program
The new scientific results indicate that a large amount of the Red Planet’s water is trapped in its crust rather than having escaped into space. Billions of years ago, according to geological …
Read More »The end of the US-Russian collaboration in space
Russia, America’s longtime partner in space, is turning to China for its lunar ambitions. Because it is important: The United States and Russia have been uneasy partners in orbit for decades, but …
Read More »12-year-old girl heads to college with plans to work for NASA
TEMPE, Ariz. (KPNX) – A 12-year-old from Arizona is ready for college with plans to become a NASA scientist after graduation. At 12, Alena Wicker is on her way to achieving her …
Read More »NASA shares stunning image of the Milky Way with a supermassive black hole
On March 13, NASA shared images of the Milky Way galaxy containing an exotic collection of objects. Taking its official name on Instagram, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shared the photographs of the …
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