Hubble’s Edge-On View of NGC 1827 Turns a Pretty Galaxy Into a Cosmology Test
Hubble’s new edge-on portrait of NGC 1827 reveals dust lanes, young stars and a survey testing cosmology’s small-galaxy predictions.
Posts Tagged: NASA
That Glowing “Space Jellyfish” Was a Falcon 9 Carrying the ISS’s Next Experiments
A Falcon 9’s sunlit exhaust made a giant predawn “jellyfish” while Dragon carried more than 6,300 pounds of science and hardware to the ISS.
Astronomers Think a Dead Star May Be Making a New Planet—Thanks to 1999 Hubble Data
A 25-year-old Hubble puzzle may point to a gas giant forming from the debris of a star’s death. The planet is still a candidate, but the clue is remarkable.
Perseverance Has Driven Farther Than Any Vehicle on Another World
Perseverance passed Opportunity’s lifetime distance on Mars. Its self-driving system and repurposed helicopter hardware help explain how it keeps moving.
A Building-Sized Space Rock Hit the Moon. NASA Found the 728-Foot Crater in Old Images
A natural impact carved a 728-foot crater on the Moon. NASA found the fresh scar by comparing old orbital images—and discovered the blast changed the surrounding ground, too.
NASA finds ‘Star Trek’ symbol on Mars
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter probe from NASA discovered a symbol familiar Nerds everywhere. During an expedition through the surface of the planet, a recorded image was observed that resembles that of the Starfleet, from the “Star Trek” films. In an announcement, Nasa explained that the shape is the result of “a complex history of dunes, lava… Read more »
NASA will try to deflect an asteroid that will approach Earth in 2022
NASA releases details about the mission Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), which aims to deflect an asteroid approaching Earth in 2022. The space agency will send a probe to the binary asteroid Didymos, which also has a small moon known as Dimorphos. Didymos’s primary body is approximately half a mile wide, while the moon is… Read more »
This Will Be The First Helicopter That NASA Wants To Send To Mars
Engineers from NASA are finalizing the design of a small helicopter that is estimated to be sent to Mars during the Mars 2020 mission. The apparatus will have to Fly in the thin atmosphere of the red planet, survive extremely cold nights and operate alone because it will be millions of miles from the nearest… Read more »
For the first Time In History, NASA Will Try To Deflect An Asteroid
Remember the Armageddon movie? Yes, the movie where a group of astronauts led by Bruce Willis save humanity by preventing a huge asteroid from crashing into Earth, well, now NASA will do the same to prevent a huge asteroid from impacting our planet in 2022. NASA has been working for a while on this type of mission, all… Read more »
What Is in a Meteor Crater?
If you buy a crater…