Hubble Space Telescope Glitch Continues on Fourth Day, 1980s Computer the Source of Trouble?

Medicine & Technology Jun 16, 2021

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope space viewing is halted for the fourth day after a 1980s-era computer stopped working. The telescope is idle since Sunday, and will now try to switch to a backup memory board.

Spacesuit Problems Preempt 2 Astronauts From Completing New Solar Panel Installation Outside ISS

Jun 16, 2021

Spacesuit problems encountered by astronauts prevented them from completing installation early today of powerful new solar panels outside the International Space Station.

Young American Space Enthusiast: NASA Says It Hasn't Chosen the 20-Yer-Old for Its One-Way Voyage to Mars

Jun 16, 2021

Alyssa Carson is getting ready to be the first-ever human to go to Mars on a one-way mission, as NASA has not selected or planned yet, specifically for a voyage in one direction.

NASA's Perseverance Rover Captured Stunning New 360-Degree View of Mars in a Video

Jun 16, 2021

NASA released an interactive 36-degree panorama view of Mars captured by Perseverance Rover's Mastcam-Z stereo imaging system, showing the Van Zyl Overlook.

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Won the Prestigious 2021 Space Exploration Award

Jun 16, 2021

Space Foundation has honored NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter and awarded them the 2021 John L. “Jack” Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration for its history-making achievements.

Rocket Lab Gets NASA Contract for 2 Orbital Mars Spacecraft for Future Missions and Study on Red Planet

Jun 15, 2021

California-based Rocket Lab will design two spacecraft for a Martian journey that launches in 2024.

Citizen Scientists Find 2 Gaseous Exoplanets

Jun 15, 2021

Citizen scientists made the discovery by observing the brightness of the star over a month using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.

Ozone Pollution Decline Observed During Pandemic Lockdown as Global Emissions Dropped by 15%

Jun 15, 2021

The pandemic that started last year not just saved even more people from developing COVID-19, but contributed to the ozone population decline, as well.

Mushrooms on Mars, Worm-Like Organisms and Other Unproven Claims About the Red Planet Revealed

Jun 15, 2021

A recently published study claims to have discovered evidence for mushrooms on Mars. These specific features are commonly known and were detected by cameras aboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.

Space Launch System: NASA Finished Assembling Its First Megarocket to Carry Humans to the Moon

Jun 14, 2021

NASA has finished assembling the first of its massive Space Launch System (SLS) rockets that will ferry humans to the Moon this decade under the Artemis mission.

Gaseous Planets Orbiting Bright Star Discovered: Citizen Scientists Finds Exoplanets With Sizes Like Neptune and Saturn

Jun 14, 2021

An otherworldly discovery has just been reported after a pair of gaseous planets was discovered orbiting the HD 152843 bright star.

Mars Selfie: China Captures Coolest Photos of the Red Planet

Jun 13, 2021

China recently landed its own rover on the surface of the Red Planet and in fact, it even just revealed a Mars selfie, one of the coolest Martian pictures ever seen.

NASA's Upcoming Near-Earth Object Space Telescope To Help Advance Planetary Defense Efforts

Jun 13, 2021

The telescope aids NASA in the detection of near-Earth objects (NEOs), which are asteroids and comets that pass within 30 million miles of Earth's orbit.

NASA Rewards 2 Wake Forest Teams for Printing 3-D Human Liver Tissues

Jun 11, 2021

A pair of engineering teams from Wake Forest University took home first and second place in NASA's Vascular Tissue Challenge, NASA said.

NASA Shares Stunning Photos of Merging Galaxies 140 Million Light-Years from Earth

Jun 10, 2021

NASA says the merging galaxies created a "partially blended mix of stars."