NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassador Update
Seven NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors (AAA) and two district liaisons traveled to Palmdale for their SOFIA flight week experience. AAAs Caylin Ledterman and Justin Fournier, with Liaison Jessica...
JWST launch slips to 2019
ADELAIDE, Australia — NASA announced Sept. 28 that the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope mission, which had been planned for next fall, will now be delayed until the spring of 2019. In a...
Astronomers Find Record-Breaking Oxygen-Deficient Galaxy
Astronomers know that the first galaxies during their forming stages were chemically simple — primarily made up of hydrogen and helium, elements made in the Big Bang during the first 3 minutes of...
So, when do we get to go back to Saturn?
Cassini’s mission is over and gone for good. But we’re not done with Saturn yet — it just may be a while before we go back. By the end of the year, NASA will decide on a new New Frontiers-class...
The proof is out there: extragalactic origins for cosmic rays
Last week, an international team of over 400 researchers from 18 nations finally confirmed that high-energy cosmic rays are not coming from inside the Milky Way Galaxy, but instead from somewhere...
There might be a fast radio burst every second
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are one of the hottest topics in astronomy right now. These short but extremely powerful bursts last only milliseconds, but release tremendous amounts of energy during that...
Dust devils toss their dust skyward on Earth and Mars
Dust devils are whirlwinds that range from small surface disturbances to towering columns of dust. They occur in several locations on Earth, but our planet isn’t the only place in the solar system...
New Space Telescope, 40 Times The Power Of Hubble, To Unlock Astronomy’s Future
Since humanity first turned our gaze skyward, we’ve realized that the cosmic story of our existence — our origins, all that exists today, and what our ultimate fate is — is literally written...
