James Webb Space Telescope practices tracking an asteroid for the 1st time By Elizabeth Howell published 24 May 22 The James Webb Space Telescope successfully watched a moving asteroid as the telescope inches toward the end of its commissioning period.
Launch of CAPSTONE cubesat moon mission delayed to June 6 By Elizabeth Howell published 24 May 22 The little CAPSTONE spacecraft will have to wait a bit longer for its big lunar launch.
Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse glows eerie red in new photo By Samantha Mathewson published 24 May 22 The eclipsed moon glows an eerie deep red color in a new photo of the total lunar eclipse that occurred earlier in May.
Massive Mars dust storms triggered by heat imbalances, scientists find By Keith Cooper published 24 May 22 Mars' planet-engulfing dust storms are a consequence of a huge energy imbalance on the Red Planet.
Asteroid four times the size of the Empire State Building barreling toward Earth on May 27 By Brandon Specktor published 24 May 22 The near-Earth asteroid 7335 (1989 JA) will make a close approach to our planet on May 27, 2022, flying within about 2.5 million miles of Earth.
Debris from the most spectacular comet outburst ever could thrill skywatchers in August By Tereza Pultarova published 24 May 22 Dust particles produced by the largest comet outburst ever detected will be visible even to amateur ground-based telescopes this summer, a study found.
Wealthy nations are carving up space and its riches — and leaving other countries behind By Theodora Ogden published 24 May 22 Nations that don't have their own satellites rely on other countries, and those that want to develop their own satellite infrastructure are running out of options as space fills up.
1st maps of massive, translucent gas clouds in space reveal clues about the early universe By Samantha Mathewson published 24 May 22 For the first time, researchers have mapped elusive gas clouds that are believed to hold clues about galactic evolution and star formation in the early days of the universe.
United Nations celebrates Mars missions on new postage stamps By Robert Z. Pearlman published 23 May 22 The United Nations Postal Administration is celebrating human achievement at the Red Planet with "Planet Mars," its latest release of postage stamps.
NASA's asteroid explorer Lucy spotted disappearing moon during the lunar eclipse By Tereza Pultarova published 23 May 22 NASA's Lucy spacecraft, which is currently on its way to asteroids orbiting the sun at the same distance as Jupiter, watched the moon disappear during the total lunar eclipse on May 15.
Large Hadron Collider finds new way to measure mass of a quark By Keith Cooper published 23 May 22 The LHC's ALICE experiment detected a 'dead cone' in the aftermath of a proton-proton collision, paving the way for the direct measurement of the mass of a quark.
Jupiter's massive gravity kicked strange Ceres into the asteroid belt By Tereza Pultarova published 23 May 22 A new computer simulation suggests that dwarf planet Ceres may have been flung by the gravity of gas giant Jupiter into the asteroid belt during the volatile era of planet formation.
China's Mars rover is hibernating through the harsh Red Planet winter By Andrew Jones published 23 May 22 We may have heard the last from China's Zhurong for a while, after the solar-powered Mars rover entered a dormant state due to winter's cold and local sand and dust storms.
Comets vs asteroids: How do these rocky objects compare? By Mark Smith published 23 May 22 Reference What's the difference between comets vs asteroids? Our solar system is filled with objects that blaze trails through space.
Could people breathe the air on Mars? By Phylindia Gant, Amy J. Williams published 23 May 22 Mars has almost no oxygen; it's only one-tenth of 1% of the air, not nearly enough for humans to survive.
Hubble Space Telescope spots streams of star formation flowing between galaxies By Elizabeth Howell published 23 May 22 Stars from colliding galaxies flow together in a newly upgraded image from NASA's venerable space telescope.
Hubble telescope looks deep into the Needle's Eye in this dwarf spiral galaxy photo By Elizabeth Howell published 22 May 22 A fresh image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a deep view of the eye of a galactic needle.
Say hello to Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy By Chris Impey published 22 May 22 Here's everything you need to know about our local supermassive black hole.
What does a giant black hole and its galaxy sound like? By Scott Dutfield published 22 May 22 Meet the newest stars on the music scene. Well, not stars precisely.
There's a mystery in our universe's expansion rate and the Hubble Space Telescope is on the case By Elizabeth Howell published 21 May 22 Scientists have a new, more accurate, measurement of the expansion of the universe thanks to observations by the Hubble Space Telescope.
