NASA budget proposal boosts human exploration — at expense of science
The White House proposes prioritizing human space exploration missions to Mars over Earth and planetary science programs. Credit: NASA The ...
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Hubble Helps Determine Uranus’ Rotation Rate with Unprecedented Precision
An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made new measurements of Uranus' interior rotation rate ...
Read moreDetailsNASA’s Webb Captures Neptune’s Auroras For First Time
Long-sought auroral glow finally emerges under Webb’s powerful gaze For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured ...
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French space researcher denied entry to U.S. over views on Trump’s policies: report
Back to Article List The researcher was detained and expelled for phone messages expressing “a private opinion” about Trump’s research ...
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Martian moon caught on camera during Hera flyby
Back to Article List The mysterious Deimos was spotted while ESA’s planetary defense mission travels to its target asteroid. This ...
Read moreDetailsNew Modeling Assesses Age of Next Target Asteroid for NASA’s Lucy
Although NASA’s Lucy spacecraft’s upcoming encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson is primarily a mission rehearsal for later asteroid encounters, a ...
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Space scientists fearful as Trump administration targets science and mulls NASA cuts
The Progress Pride flag flies at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in June 2022. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Astronomers ...
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Could Mars’ red color have formed under wet conditions?
Back to Article List A recent study of data from multiple missions shows the Red Planet may get its name ...
Read moreDetailsNASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Takes Its 1st Images of Asteroid Donaldjohanson
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has its next flyby target, the small main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, in its sights. By blinking between ...
Read moreDetailsIs There Potential for Life on Europa? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 52
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfzmpIOVpf4 That’s a great question. And it’s a question that NASA will seek to answer with the Europa Clipper spacecraft. ...
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