As it turns out, littering in space can result in much more than a fine and a slap on the wrist. NASA reported in May 2021 that there were 23,000 objects "bigger than a softball" currently floating a… [+1092 chars]
Every now and then, NASA sweeps its fans off their feet by sharing mesmerising photographs of the cosmic entities clicked by its many space telescopes such as Hubble. The agency has did it again with… [+1986 chars]
A sunspot that "awoke from the dead" last week and erupted with a medium-size solar flare, along with a mass ejection of plasma, also lit up the northern skies in glowing lights. One stunning image o… [+2945 chars]
Above Santa Barbara County, the Surface Biology and Geology High-Frequency Time Series, or SHIFT, campaign collects data to understand land and aquatic ecosystems. With a plane crisscrossing the sky… [+4508 chars]
Above Santa Barbara County, the Surface Biology and Geology High-Frequency Time Series, or SHIFT, campaign collects data to understand land and aquatic ecosystems. With a plane crisscrossing the sky… [+4508 chars]
NASA keeps sharing reports and photos of awesome new discoveries and pictures from space that look simply amazing, which leave us virtually bewitched! The truth is that all these dazzling NASA photos… [+2577 chars]
The image dazzles from a computer screen in the corner of the room: six beams of red-orange light bursting from a luminous Milky Way star. But the most entrancing part of the pictureamong the public… [+8831 chars]
On the eve of the release of the planetary science decadal survey, which is expected to reduce the emphasis on Mars, scientists and NASA officials are planning how to continue exploring the planet wi… [+5385 chars]
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Russian astronauts on Monday (April 18) installed robotic arm controls on the International Space Station. It comes as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has brought the Kremlin's relations with the West … [+1987 chars]
A map of the flight paths engineers were considering for the Ingenuity helicopter’s 25th flight. Ultimately “Option C” was chosen. Credit: NASA NASAs Ingenuity Mars helicopter completed its 25th fli… [+3523 chars]
A new study led by the University of Leicester and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has revealed a more complete picture of trends in Neptunes temperatures than ever before. The scientists comb… [+2655 chars]