CURIE will investigate where solar radio waves originate in coronal mass ejections, like this one seen in 304- and 171-angstrom wavelengths by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight…
Category: Planetary Science
NASA astronauts spend unexpected July 4 on the International Space Station
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent an unexpected Fourth of July aboard the International Space Station—but it was hardly a patriotic display of engineering prowess.…
Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year
by Brian P. D. Hannon In this image made from video provided by NASA, Kelly Haston, a crew member of the first CHAPEA mission, speaks in front of other members,…
Webb captures a staggering quasar-galaxy merger in the remote universe
Map of the line emission of hydrogen (in red and blue) and oxygen (in green) in the PJ308-21 system, shown after masking the light from the central quasar (“QSO”). The…
Engineers send 3D printer into space
SpaceCAL 3D printer on VSS Unity, awaiting launch on June 8, 2024. Credit: Virgin Galactic Imagine a crew of astronauts headed to Mars. About 140 million miles away from Earth,…
Scholars review lunar crater chronology and impact flux
Locations of samples returned from the Moon. Model ages of mare deposits [1] were based on superposed crater densities and the Neukum crater chronology [23]. The Moon had a much…
Cosmic simulation reveals how black holes grow and evolve
This still from the simulation shows a supermassive black hole, or quasar, surrounded by a swirling disk of material called an accretion disk. Credit: Caltech/Phil Hopkins group A team of…
A hero, a crown, and possibly a nova
Look up after sunset during summer months to find Hercules! Scan between Vega and Arcturus, near the distinct pattern of Corona Borealis. Once you find its stars, use binoculars or…
