Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Gets Two-Year Mission Extension
Jun 30, 2021
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA
NEOWISE has provided an estimate of the size of over 1,850 near-Earth objects, helping us better understand our...
Perseverance is the first of a new class of Mars explorers
Bringing Mars rocks back to Earth: On Feb. 18, Perseverance Rover landed safely on Mars – a lead scientist explains the tech and goals
Jim...
Unexpected find in the clouds of Venus
The detection of phosphine in Venus' clouds is a big deal – here's how we can find out if it's a sign of life
Paul...
NASA heading back to Mars
NASA's big move to search for life on Mars – and to bring rocks home
Briony Horgan, Purdue University and Melissa Rice, Western Washington University
This...
Studying the effects of microgravity on human cell growth.
Why are scientists trying to manufacture organs in space?
Alysson R. Muotri, University of California San Diego
Gravity can be a real downer when you are...
Touching asteroid Ryugu
Touching the asteroid Ryugu revealed secrets of its surface and changing orbit
Paul K. Byrne, North Carolina State University
On Feb. 21, 2019, we shot an...
SpaceX reaches for milestone in spaceflight
A new era begins as a private company launches astronauts into orbit
On May 27, two American astronauts, Robert L. Behnken and Douglas G. Hurley,...
Building a mirror for one of the world’s biggest telescopes
Buddy Martin, University of Arizona and Dae Wook Kim, University of Arizona
When astronomers point their telescopes up at the sky to see distant supernovae...
Why we need to get back to Venus
Why we need to get back to Venus
Paul K. Byrne, North Carolina State University
Just next door, cosmologically speaking, is a planet almost exactly like...
NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover Completes Its First Drive
Republished from article on JPL.NASA.gov
NASA's next Mars rover has passed its first driving test. A preliminary assessment of its activities on Dec. 17, 2019,...
