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NASA conducted a full-duration RS-25 engine hot fire March 6, continuing a final round of certification testing for production of new engines to help power the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on future Artemis missions ...

A ring of icy rocks orbiting our sun just beyond Neptune may give us a glimpse of how Neptune--and other objects in the outskirts of our solar system--were formed.

A 2024 study challenges previous research about the semi-aquatic dinosaur's suspected hunting style.

Elon Musk's SpaceX on Wednesday announced it was eyeing March 14 as the earliest date for the next test launch of its giant Starship rocket, with which it hopes to one day colonize Mars.

It's not hard to find out what NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes have observed in the past. Barely a week goes by without news of a cosmic discovery made possible using images, spectra, and other data capture...

By Bo Black at NASA's Stennis Space Center, with assistance from students at Pascagoula (Mississippi) High School, Hancock County (Mississippi) Career Technical Center, and Springfield (Louisiana) High School The questio...

NASA wants Artemis moon astronauts to have the perfect moon camera -- Nikon is on the case.

The Orion spacecraft that traveled around the moon and back during 2022's Artemis I mission completed a different round trip when it recently returned to Ohio for testing.

Episode 5 of Apple TV+'s 'Constellation' focuses on expanding the conspiracy theories as worlds begin to collide and merge.

Using some of the largest telescopes in the world, including the Subaru Telescope, a team of astronomers discovered three new natural satellites orbiting the outermost planets in our solar system--one around Uranus and t...

Neutron star mergers are a treasure trove for new physics signals, with implications for determining the true nature of dark matter, according to research from Washington University in St. Louis.

Scientists have revealed why some white dwarfs mysteriously stop cooling--changing ideas on just how old stars really are and what happens to them when they die.

Packing to go to space is a lot like getting ready for a plane ride with only a carry-on bag. You have to maximize the use of the space in your bag at the same time you want to make sure you have what you need. That’s ...

When a young star begins forming, it's spinning rapidly, surrounded by a flattened disk that grows its future planets. Once the star can ignite fusion in its core, its stellar winds kick in, clearing out the remaining ga...

The company's satellite imagery will be used for vessel detection and monitoring by the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific The post Planet Labs gets U.S. Navy contract for maritime surveillance in the Pacific appea...

Unlocking the mysteries of the early Universe is one of the JWST’s primary endeavours. Finding and examining some of the first galaxies is an important part of its work. One of the Universe’s first galaxies is extrao...

NASA wants a new group of astronauts. U.S. citizens have until April 2 to apply for chances to fly to low Earth orbit, the moon and maybe even Mars.

Ultrasound devices are commonplace in modern orbital medical kits, helping to facilitate rapid diagnoses of astronaut ailments or bodily changes. However it takes real-time guidance from experts on the ground to acquire ...

The Kepler mission enabled the discovery of thousands of exoplanets, revealing a deep truth about our place in the cosmos: There are more planets than stars in the Milky Way galaxy. The road to this fundamental change in...

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2023 Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Awards Technology and Innovation Honoree ecoDemonstrator Emissions Flight and Ground Test Team * Denotes Team Lead NASA Langley Research CenterBruce A...

2023 Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Associate Administrator (AA) Awards Unmanned Aerial Systems Pilot (UASP) Kit Development Team * Denotes Team Lead NASA Ames Research CenterJoey Mercer*Lynne Martin*Lauren Rob...