US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams took off aboard Boeing’s Starliner in early June for what was meant to be an eight-day mission. A US astronaut stuck on the…
Category: Planetary Science
Stuck-in-space astronauts make first public comments since Boeing capsule left without them
This image made from a NASA live stream shows NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore during a press conference from the International Space Station on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024.…
Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope produces its first magnetic field maps of the sun’s corona
The NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope presents its first map of the solar coronal magnetic field signals as measured using the Zeeman Effect. The Zeeman Effect polarizes the coronal…
National lab takes its radiation expertise to space
Understanding how several different metals—such as the contents of PNNL’s space-bound cube—react to radiation in space will help scientists understand the potential impact of radiation on space travelers. Credit: Eddie…
New measurements reveal the enormous halos that shroud all galaxies in the universe
The starry part of every galaxy is surrounded by a vast shroud of gas extending out for more than 100,000 light years. Credit: Cristy Roberts / ANU / ASTRO 3D…
Space travel comes with risk—SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission will push the envelope further than ever
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Space is an unnatural environment for humans. We can’t survive unprotected in a pure vacuum for more than two minutes. Getting to space involves being strapped…
Old satellite to burn up over Pacific in ‘targeted’ re-entry first
An artist’s illustrtaion of the Cluster satellite mission to study Earth’s magentic field. After 24 years diligently studying Earth’s magnetic field, a satellite will mostly burn up over the Pacific…
