Monthly Archives: March 2020
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope full mirror deployment a success

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope full mirror deployment a success In a recent test, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope fully…

A Martian mash up: Meteorites tell story of Mars’ water history

A Martian mash up: Meteorites tell story of Mars’ water history In Jessica Barnes’ palm is an ancient, coin-sized mosaic…

New mission would provide a road map in the search for alien atmospheres

New mission would provide a road map in the search for alien atmospheres A new spacecraft proposed by scientists at…

Planetary defenders validate asteroid deflection code

Planetary defenders validate asteroid deflection code Planetary defense researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) continue to validate their ability…

ALMA resolves gas impacted by young jets from supermassive black hole

ALMA resolves gas impacted by young jets from supermassive black hole Astronomers obtained the first resolved image of disturbed gaseous…

Space Force launches its first mission with virus precautions

Space Force launches its first mission with virus precautions The newly established U.S. Space Force launched its first national security…

Supernova remnant W49B investigated with XMM-Newton

Supernova remnant W49B investigated with XMM-Newton Chinese astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton spacecraft have investigated a luminous supernova remnant (SNR) known…

8 European spacecraft put in hibernation amid virus lockdown

8 European spacecraft put in hibernation amid virus lockdown The European Space Agency said Tuesday that it is putting eight…

Time symmetry and the laws of physics

Time symmetry and the laws of physics If three or more objects move around each other, history cannot be reversed….

Solar energy tracker powers down after 17 years

Solar energy tracker powers down after 17 years After nearly two decades, the Sun has set for NASA’s SOlar Radiation…

Curiosity Mars rover takes a new selfie before record climb

Curiosity Mars rover takes a new selfie before record climb NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover recently set a record for the…

Going stir crazy? Then train like an astronaut, mimic space

Going stir crazy? Then train like an astronaut, mimic space Isolated at home? Then train like an astronaut. Go to…

NASA’s Mars perseverance rover gets its sample handling system

NASA’s Mars perseverance rover gets its sample handling system With the launch period for NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover opening in…

SpaceX plans first manned flight to space station in May

SpaceX plans first manned flight to space station in May Elon Musk’s SpaceX will send astronauts to the International Space…

Waves in thin air with broad effects

Waves in thin air with broad effects Mars has a very thin atmosphere, with nearly one hundredth the density of…

The mission to build a reusable launcher for Europe

The mission to build a reusable launcher for Europe The race is on to develop a European reusable rocket that…

European Gateway experiment will monitor radiation in deep space

European Gateway experiment will monitor radiation in deep space The first science experiments that will be hosted on the Gateway,…

What can you do with spiral graph? Help understand how galaxies evolve

What can you do with spiral graph? Help understand how galaxies evolve Spiral structure is seen in a variety of…

Mercury’s 400 C heat may help it make its own ice

Mercury’s 400 C heat may help it make its own ice It is already hard to believe that there is…

Europe-Russia delay mission to find life on Mars

Europe-Russia delay mission to find life on Mars A joint Russian-European expedition to find life on Mars has been postponed…

Researchers find new minor planets beyond Neptune

Researchers find new minor planets beyond Neptune Using data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES), researchers have found more than…

Study suggests Earth and Moon not identical oxygen twins

Study suggests Earth and Moon not identical oxygen twins Scientists at The University of New Mexico have found that the…

Discovery points to origin of mysterious ultraviolet radiation

Discovery points to origin of mysterious ultraviolet radiation Billions of lightyears away, gigantic clouds of hydrogen gas produce a special…

First official names given to features on asteroid Bennu

First official names given to features on asteroid Bennu Asteroid Bennu’s most prominent boulder, a rock chunk jutting out 71…

Lunar lasers and cosmic crops: NASA funds UArizona space exploration missions

Lunar lasers and cosmic crops: NASA funds UArizona space exploration missions Many things change for astronauts when they leave Earth…

Boeing hit with 61 safety fixes for astronaut capsule

Boeing hit with 61 safety fixes for astronaut capsule Boeing faces 61 safety fixes following last year’s botched test flight…

Meet Perseverance: Mars rover gets name ahead of July launch

Meet Perseverance: Mars rover gets name ahead of July launch NASA’s next Mars rover finally has a name. Perseverance, a…

Curiosity Mars rover snaps its highest-resolution panorama yet

Curiosity Mars rover snaps its highest-resolution panorama yet NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured its highest-resolution panorama yet of the Martian…

NJIT researchers ready follow-up investigation bound for International Space Station

NJIT researchers ready follow-up investigation bound for International Space Station NJIT researchers will look to continue a successful string of…

Improving shoes, showers, 3-D printing: Research launching to the space station

Improving shoes, showers, 3-D printing: Research launching to the space station A variety of science investigations, along with supplies and…

An iron-clad asteroid

An iron-clad asteroid Itokawa would normally be a fairly average near-Earth asteroid—a rocky mass measuring only a few hundred metres…

Examining ice giants with NASA’s Webb telescope

Examining ice giants with NASA’s Webb telescope Far-flung Uranus and Neptune—the ice giants of our solar system—are as mysterious as…

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