NASA spaceship barrels toward Jupiter, ‘planet on steroids’
Juno, an unmanned NASA spacecraft, is barrelling toward Jupiter on a $1.1 billion mission to circle the biggest planet in the solar system and shed new light on the origin of our planetary...
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft to Kick into Planned Autopilot for July 4 Jupiter Burn
At about 12:15 pm PDT today (3:15 p.m. EDT), mission controllers will transmit command product “ji4040” into deep space, to transition the solar-powered Juno spacecraft into autopilot. It will take...
Recent Hydrothermal Activity May Explain Ceres’ Brightest Area
The brightest area on Ceres, located in the mysterious Occator Crater, has the highest concentration of carbonate minerals ever seen outside Earth, according to a new study from scientists on...
Countries in the Mediterranean Sea captured by the Sentinel-3A satellite
The above image is not any map you come across usually. It is a picture captured on the 10th of May by Sentinel-3A satellite, showing a number of countries in the Mediterranean Sea. ...
NASA to Discuss, Broadcast Booster Test for Space Launch System Rocket
The booster for the world’s most powerful rocket, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), which will power the agency’s astronauts on the journey to Mars, will fire up for a major ground test...
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Closing in on Jupiter
Today (6/24), at exactly 9:57 and 48 seconds a.m. PDT, NASA’s Juno spacecraft was 5.5 million miles (8.9 million kilometers) from its July 4th appointment with Jupiter. Over the past two...
NASA Scientists Discover Unexpected Mineral on Mars
Scientists have discovered an unexpected mineral in a rock sample at Gale Crater on Mars, a finding that may alter our understanding of how the planet evolved. NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory...
Astronomers Find the First ‘Wind Nebula’ Around a Magnetar
Astronomers have discovered a vast cloud of high-energy particles called a wind nebula around a rare ultra-magnetic neutron star, or magnetar, for the first time. The find offers a unique window...
