Aurora Australis Lights Up the Sky
This image, taken from aboard the International Space Station, shows the aurora australis as it streams across the Earth’s atmosphere. Source link
Science
The Lagoon Nebula Gives Birth to Stars
Known as NGC 6523 or the Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 is a giant cloud of gas and dust where stars are born. Source link
NASA Spacecraft Provides Insight into Asteroid Bennu’s Future Orbit
NASA researchers used precision-tracking data from the agency’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to better understand movements of the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu, significantly reducing uncertainties related to its future orbit, and improving scientists’ ability to determine the total impact probability and predict orbits of other asteroids. Source link
Behold! The Perseid Meteor Shower
In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in Spruce Knob, West Virginia. Source link
NASA Renews Support of Vertical Lift Research Centers of Excellence
NASA is continuing its support of university research into technologies for future helicopters and other vertical lift aircraft in partnership with the U.S. Army and Navy. Source link
Cygnus Cargo Craft Slated to Launch to Station
Northrop Grumman’s 16th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station is slated to launch Aug. 10, 2021. Source link
NASA Invites Media to New OSIRIS-REx, Asteroid Bennu Study Briefing
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 11, to discuss an important finding from NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft. Source link
Juno Celebrates 10 Years With a New View of Jovian Moon Ganymede
This infrared view of Jupiter’s icy moon Ganymede was obtained by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its July 20, 2021, flyby. Source link
Curiosity Celebrates Another Year on Mars
In this self-portrait from 2018, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover sits atop Vera Rubin Ridge, which the rover had been investigating. Source link