An international team of scientists studying what amounts to a computer-simulated “pulsar in a box” are gaining a more detailed understanding of the complex, high-energy environment around spinning neutron stars, also called pulsars. […]
Astronauts on the International Space Station will conduct spacewalks Friday, Oct. 19, and Thursday, Oct. 25, to continue power system upgrades, and experts will preview the work during a news conference Tuesday, Oct. 16, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. […]
NASA is working to resume science operations of the Hubble Space Telescope after the spacecraft entered safe mode on Friday, October 5, shortly after 6 p.m. EDT. […]
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes have uncovered evidence for what could be a moon orbiting a gas-giant planet that orbits the star Kepler 1625, located 8,000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. […]
NASA’s Voyager 2 probe, currently on a journey toward interstellar space, has detected an increase in cosmic rays that originate outside our solar system. Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 is a little less than 11 billion miles (about 17.7 billion kilometers) from Earth, or more than 118 times the distance from Earth to the Sun. […]
The debut of SpaceX and Boeing crew capsules is off until next year. […]
On Oct. 3, 2018, Parker Solar Probe performed the first significant celestial maneuver of its seven-year mission. As the orbits of the spacecraft and Venus converged toward the same point, Parker Solar Probe slipped in front of the planet, allowing Venus’ gravity — relatively small by celestial standards — to twist its path and change its speed. […]
Neil Armstrong was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1993. Arguably the most renowned astronaut in the history of manned spaceflight, Armstrong commanded the Gemini 8 mission and became the first human to walk on the moon as commander of Apollo 11. […]
Celebrating sixty years of NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration, International Space Station crew makes a safe return to Earth , and evidence of a possible discovery outside our solar system … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! […]
New research emerging from the final orbits of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft represents a huge leap forward in our understanding of the Saturn system — especially the mysterious, never-before-explored region between the planet and its rings. […]
Three members of the Expedition 56 crew returned safely to Earth Thursday from the International Space Station, where they spent months providing hands-on support for scientific research in low-Earth orbit, working to keep the orbiting laboratory fully operational, and performing three spacewalks. […]
What’s up in the night sky this October? International Observe the Moon Night! Here’s how to spot all six Apollo lunar landing sites, plus bays, seas and impact craters on the Moon. See Jupiter, Saturn and Mars near the Moon, and Venus just before dawn. […]
