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NASA Glenn Welcomes Spring 2025 Interns
Students from colleges and universities across the country gather to start their adventure as spring interns at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Credit: NASA/Jef Janis NASA’s Glenn Research Center is hosting 45...
NASA Glenn Experts Join Law College to Talk Human Spaceflight
Center Director Dr. Jimmy Kenyon gives an overview of NASA Glenn Research Center’s areas of expertise and how it supports the agency’s missions and programs. Credit: NASA/Susan Valerian NASA Glenn Research Center’s Director...
Watch a SpaceX rocket launch Crew-10 relief mission for NASA astronauts on ISS tonight
SpaceX plans to launch the Crew-10 mission to relieve the current astronauts aboard the ISS tonight (March 12), and you can watch the action live.
Puzzling observation by JWST: Galaxies in the deep universe rotate in the same direction
In just over three years since its launch, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has generated significant and unprecedented insights into the far reaches of space, and a new study...
A giant extraterrestrial 'wave' hit Earth 14 million years ago — and may have dramatically altered our planet's climate
Our solar system's journey around the center of the Milky Way takes it through varying galactic environments, and one may have had a lasting impact on Earth's climate, according to...
Observations of a nearby pulsar wind nebula reveal a radio jet feature with a helical magnetic field inside
Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), astronomers have performed high-resolution observations of a nearby pulsar wind nebula in the supernova remnant G11.2−0.3. Results of the observational campaign, published March...
Meet the SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts launching to the ISS on March 12
SpaceX's Crew-10 mission will send two NASA astronauts, a Japanese spaceflyer and a cosmonaut to the International Space Station.
NASA SPHEREx telescope launched to study universe's origins
A NASA telescope was launched into space from California on Tuesday for a mission to explore the origins of the universe and to scour the Milky Way galaxy for hidden...
Astronomers crack the case of a mysterious deep space radio signal that repeats every 2 hours
Astronomers have traced a starnge blast of radiowaves that repeats every 2 hours back to a dead star white dwarf magnetically slamming its stellar companion.
Scientists discover smallest galaxy ever seen: 'It's like having a perfectly functional human being that's the size of a grain of rice'
Astronomers have discovered the smallest dwarf galaxy ever seen. It is a mystery how the satellite galaxy of Andromeda survived the blistering conditions of the early universe.
NASA fires chief scientist, more Trump cuts to come
NASA announced Tuesday the dismissal of its chief scientist and others to comply with orders from President Donald Trump, marking the latest in a series of administration actions undermining climate...
'Stranded' astronauts closer to coming home after next ISS launch
A routine crew rotation at the International Space Station has taken on unusual significance: It paves the way for a pair of astronauts stranded for more than nine months to...
White dwarf and red dwarf duo emit radio pulses every two hours
An international team of astronomers led by scientists from the Netherlands has shown that a white dwarf and a red dwarf orbiting each other every two hours are emitting radio...
Sped-up simulation of Hera’s Mars flyby
Video: 00:02:43 On 12 March 2025 ESA’s Hera spacecraft for planetary defence performs a flyby of Mars. The gravity of the red planet shifts the spacecraft’s trajectory towards the Didymos binary asteroid system,...
NASA's newest space telescope Spherex blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies
NASA's newest space telescope rocketed into orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before—a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared cosmic glow since...
North America will have a blood worm moon this week. Here's how you can see it
Late Thursday night or Friday early morning, North Americans with clear skies can look up to see a full moon with a beautiful reddish hue — also known as a...
Famous birthdays for March 12: Jon Provost, Aaron Eckhart
Actor Jon Provost turns 70 and actor Aaron Eckhart turns 56, among the famous birthdays for March 12.
NASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe’s Beginning
NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observatory and PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) satellites lift off on a SpaceX Falcon 9...
SpaceX rocket launches NASA SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar probes (video)
The duo launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on March 11 at 11:10 p.m. EST (0209 March 12 GMT).
SpaceX, NASA launch two missions to 'collect data' on galaxies, sun
NASA and SpaceX successfully launched their SPHEREx and PUNCH missions into orbit Tuesday night from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, to "collect" data on the sun and millions of...
Suspects charged in transgender man's death plead not guilty to torture, murder
Seven suspects, charged in the death of Sam Nordquist, have pleaded not guilty to torturing and killing the Black transgender man inside an upstate New York hotel room.
Planetary System Found Around Nearest Single Star
Using in part the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by NSF NOIRLab, astronomers have discovered...
Descubren planetas orbitando una estrella cercana a la Tierra
Utilizando la ayuda del telescopio Gemini Norte, la mitad boreal del Observatorio Internacional Gemini que financia en parte la Fundacion Nacional de Ciencias de Estados Unidos y que opera NOIRLab...
Lunar eclipse to grace pre-dawn sky
UK skywatchers will see a partial but still hopefully spectacular eclipse before dawn on Friday.
NASA chooses 3 university teams to help solve aviation challenges
Graduate and undergraduate students at three university-led teams will try to solve aviation challenges and improve flight in the 21st century, NASA announced on Tuesday.
Sols 4475-4476: Even the Best-Laid Plans
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Evidence for Stephen Hawking's unproven black hole theory may have just been found — at the bottom of the sea
The recent discovery of a stupendously powerful neutrino has left scientists scratching their heads. New research suggests it could be evidence that Stephen Hawking was right about the nature of...
Risk to Crew Health Due to Electrical Shock (Electrical Shock Risk)
1 min readRisk to Crew Health Due to Electrical Shock (Electrical Shock Risk) The space shuttle Endeavour is seen on launch pad 39a as a storm passes by prior to the rollback...