Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Credit: NASA At first glance, Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems rather unremarkable: it is much smaller than the Earth’s moon and is far away and completely covered in…
Category: Planetary Science
NASA aeroshell material takes extended space trip
Robert Mosher, HIAD materials and processing lead at NASA Langley, holds up a piece of webbing material, known as Zylon, which comprise the straps of the HIAD. Credit: NASA/Joe Atkinson…
GJ 1132 b doesn’t have an atmosphere, according to new JWST data
Artist’s impression of exoplanet GJ 1132 b and its host M-dwarf star. Credit: Dana Berry, Skyworks Digital, CfA Astronomers sometimes find conflicting data when trying to answer a question. This…
SpaceX looks to launch Starship on Tuesday night after two days of scrubs
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain SpaceX has lined up its massive Starship and Super Heavy rocket for what would be its 10th suborbital test flight, aiming to complete goals that have…
How the Apollo missions unlocked the origins of the moon
Astronaut Harrison Schmitt retrieves lunar samples during Apollo 17. Credit: NASA You know, if you think about it, and trust me we’re about to, the moon is kind of weird.…
SpaceX delays Starship megarocket launch in latest setback
A man with a US flag walks in front of the massive rocket. SpaceX delayed a planned test flight for its Starship megarocket by 24 hours until Monday, saying it…
A time capsule of materials bearing witness to its origin and transformation over billions of years
A scanning electron microscope image of a micrometeorite impact crater in a particle of asteroid Bennu material. Credit: NASA Asteroid Bennu—the target of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample return mission, led by…
