Scientists expect large cosmic structures to grow at a certain rate as the universe evolves: dense regions such as galaxy clusters would grow denser, while the void of space would…
Category: Space
Getting a Firm Grip on Robotics Research
Christian Hable and Matthew Zhu, two students from Walton High School in Marietta, Georgia, displayed an interest in engineering and robotics that began in early childhood when both explored designing…
Historic wind tunnel facility testing NASA’s Mars ascent vehicle rocket
A scale model of the Mars Ascent Vehicle is loaded by Wind Tunnel Test Engineer Sam Schmitz into the trisonic wind tunnel at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center for testing.…
SPHEREx Space Telescope Stays Cool in Basement
NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has been tucked inside a custom-built chamber on and off for the past two months undergoing tests to prepare it for its two-year mission in space. …
NASA’s first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft
This image taken from video provided by NASA TV shows the capsule released by the Osiris-Rex spacecraft lying on the surface near the parachute after landing to Earth, Sunday Sept.…
Webb Snaps Supersonic Outflow of Young Star
This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope image features Herbig-Haro 211 (HH 211), a bipolar jet traveling through interstellar space at supersonic speeds. At roughly 1000 light-years from Earth in…
What Can NASA Glean From Historic Bennu Asteroid Sample?
The conclusion of a 4 billion-mile journey to visit the asteroid Bennu could soon offer a glimpse at the Earth as it was more than 4 billion years ago. Asteroid…
Largest asteroid sample ever collected is coming down to Earth
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Chunks of asteroid that could tell us about the earliest days of the 4.5 billion-year-old solar system and the possible origins of water on our planet…
As space exploration and colonization expand, off-Earth resources will create a booming market
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The drive to explore deeper into space and establish colonies on other planets has intensified over the last decade, and with it the importance of space…
Astronomers discover newborn galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope
A look through time with the James Webb Space Telescope. The big galaxy in the foreground is named LEDA 2046648, and is seen just over a billion years back in…
