Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station – NASA Science

Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station – NASA Science

4 min read Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station NASA astronaut Nick Hague will install patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) X-ray telescope on the International Space Station as part of a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 16. Hague, along with astronaut Suni Williams, will also complete other … Read more

NASA’s LEXI Will Provide X-Ray Vision of Earth’s Magnetosphere – NASA Science

NASA’s LEXI Will Provide X-Ray Vision of Earth’s Magnetosphere – NASA Science

NASA’s next mission to the Moon will carry an instrument called LEXI (the Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager), which will provide the first-ever global view of the magnetic environment that shields Earth from solar radiation. This video can be freely shared and downloaded at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14739.Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Source link

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to Sun – NASA Science

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to Sun – NASA Science

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024. Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles above the surface of the Sun, the spacecraft hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing 430,000 miles per hour — faster than any human-made object has ever … Read more

NASA’s Webb Finds Planet-Forming Disks Lived Longer in Early Universe – NASA Science

NASA’s Webb Finds Planet-Forming Disks Lived Longer in Early Universe – NASA Science

This is a James Webb Space Telescope image of NGC 346, a massive star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that is one of the Milky Way’s nearest neighbors. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Olivia C. Jones (UK ATC), Guido De Marchi (ESTEC), Margaret Meixner (USRA) Source link

NASA DAVINCI Mission’s Many ‘Firsts’ to Unlock Venus’ Hidden Secrets – NASA Science

NASA DAVINCI Mission’s Many ‘Firsts’ to Unlock Venus’ Hidden Secrets – NASA Science

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is the principal investigator institution for DAVINCI and will perform project management for the mission, provide science instruments, as well as project systems engineering to develop the in-situ probe flight system that will enter the atmosphere of Venus. Goddard also leads the overall science for the mission with an external science team from across the … Read more

Hubble Images a Grand Spiral – NASA Science

Hubble Images a Grand Spiral – NASA Science

Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts Science Hubble Science Science Themes Science Highlights … Read more

NASA Study: Crops, Forests Responding to Changing Rainfall Patterns – NASA Science

NASA Study: Crops, Forests Responding to Changing Rainfall Patterns – NASA Science

5 min read NASA-DOD Study: Saltwater to Widely Taint Coastal Groundwater by 2100 Intrusion of saltwater into coastal groundwater can make water there unusable, damage ecosystems, and corrode infrastructure. Seawater will infiltrate underground freshwater supplies in about three of every four coastal areas around the world by the year 2100, according to a recent study … Read more

Scientists Share Early Results from NASA’s Solar Eclipse Experiments  – NASA Science

Scientists Share Early Results from NASA’s Solar Eclipse Experiments  – NASA Science

On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse swept across North America, from the western shores of Mexico, through the United States, and into northeastern Canada. For the eclipse, NASA helped fund numerous research projects and called upon citizen scientists in support of NASA’s goal to understand how our home planet is affected by the … Read more

Hubble Spots a Spiral in the Celestial River – NASA Science

Hubble Spots a Spiral in the Celestial River – NASA Science

Hubble Space Telescope Home Hubble Spots a Spiral in the… Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight … Read more

NASA-Led Team Links Comet Water to Earth’s Oceans – NASA Science

NASA-Led Team Links Comet Water to Earth’s Oceans – NASA Science

Scientists find that cometary dust affects interpretation of spacecraft measurements, reopening the case for comets like 67P as potential sources of water for early Earth.  Researchers have found that water on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has a similar molecular signature to the water in Earth’s oceans. Contradicting some recent results, this finding reopens the case that Jupiter-family … Read more