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Soyuz capsule docks successfully at International Space Station
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and two Russian cosmonauts docked successfully with the International Space Station on Thursday after a launch from Kazakhstan.
Innovative model of the dynamic magnetic field that surrounds Mercury
Mercury, the planet nearest the sun, shares with Earth the distinction of being one of the two mountainous planets in the solar system with a global magnetic field that shields...
Universe’s Expansion May Not Be The Same In All Directions
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Data From NASA's Cassini May Explain Saturn's Atmospheric Mystery
New mapping of the giant planet's upper atmosphere reveals likely reason why it's so hot.
NASA Selects Early-Stage Technology Concepts for New, Continued Study
Among the five JPL-led efforts chosen, a concept to image distant Earth-like planets orbiting other stars has received a $2 million grant for further development.
Help Pave the Way for Artemis: Send NASA Your Mini Moon Payload Designs
A new JPL-led challenge is seeking ideas for scientific instruments that could fit inside a tiny payload no bigger than a bar of soap.
One express ticket to Jupiter, please
The team from the Desert Fireball Network at Curtin University has found that Earth acted as a slingshot to alter the orbit of a meteor and propel it back into...
Technique offers path for biomanufacturing medicines during space flights
An instrument currently aboard the International Space Station could grow E.coli bacteria in space, opening a new path to bio-manufacturing drugs during long term space flights. Research published today in...
BepiColombo: Mercury mission set to wave goodbye to Earth
The joint European-Japanese mission is set to swing by Earth on its long journey to the "iron planet".
Watch: Jimmy Fallon, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell spoof soap opera on 'Tonight Show'
Jimmy Fallon, Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell parodied a soap opera love triangle in a sketch via video chat on "The Tonight Show."
Did Uranus get smacked so hard it spun sideways?
Uranus’s appears calm today, but it may still bear the scars of past trauma. (NASA/JPL/)Like other giant planets, Uranus has a set of rings and more than a dozen moons that make...
Four stellar telescopes for every stargazer
Reach for the stars. (Vincentiu Solomon via Unsplash/)Watching the night sky is a pastime as innate to our human experience as cooking a meal or telling a story. From gazing at the...
Most eccentric known M-dwarf binary system discovered
An international team of astronomers has discovered a new M-dwarf binary system as part of the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS). The newly found system, designated NGTS J214358.5-380102, turns out...
Data from outer space used to map air pollution and its impact on health
How can data from outer space be used to impact human health? NASA's Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) mission will study how different types of airborne particles affect human health...
Surprise! The universe's expansion rate may vary from place to place
The expansion rate of the universe appears to vary from place to place, a new study reports. This finding, if confirmed, would force astronomers to reassess just how well they...
Image: Bepi before space
Launched in 2018, the BepiColombo spacecraft is due to make its flyby of Earth this Friday 10 April, helping it slow down to allow the Sun's gravity to pull it...
How did supermassive black holes get so big and chonky? Scientists still don't know.
Although simulations suggest that black holes should grow quickly in the early universe, when astronomers look back in time they simply cannot find many such structures.
Zoom past Earth with BepiColombo in virtual reality simulation
Video: 00:02:55 With a simple Google Cardboard-style virtual reality (VR) viewer, you can experience how it feels to be a spacecraft hurtling past Earth. This 360-degree VR simulation of a flyby manoeuvre performed...
US-Russian crew blasts off for International Space Station
A U.S.-Russian space crew blasted off Thursday to the International Space Station following a tight quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Op-Ed: As a doctor and a family man, I'm bracing for the possibility my worlds will collide during the pandemic
A doctor leaves the calm of home to work in the charged atmosphere of the hospital where sober conversations abound about the possibility of being overrun with COVID-19 cases.
Soyuz crew 'socially distances' from Earth with launch to space station
A former U.S. Navy SEAL, a Russian fighter pilot and a Russian engineer have taken social distancing to its extreme, launching off Earth for a six-month stay aboard the International...
NASA astronaut launches to space station from Kazakhstan
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy launched to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan early Thursday morning with two Russian cosmonauts.
South Korea reports fewest new coronavirus cases since February
South Korea reported just 39 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, its lowest number since late February.
'Houston, we've had a problem': Remembering Apollo 13 at 50
Apollo 13′s astronauts never gave a thought to their mission number as they blasted off for the moon 50 years ago. Even when their oxygen tank ruptured two days later—on...
Apollo 13's most famous quotes originated in Hollywood
Apollo 13′s best known quotes originated not in space or Mission Control, but in Hollywood.
Watch live: NASA astronaut scheduled for launch to space station Thursday
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is scheduled to travel to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan early Thursday morning with two Russian cosmonauts.
Democrats demand a halt to border wall construction amid pandemic
Four Democrat congressmen, three of whom represent districts along the U.S. southern border, demanded the Trump administration halt border construction amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Jack Swigert: Apollo 13 command module pilot
Jack Swigert was an expert pilot and NASA astronaut most famous for his role as command module pilot for Apollo 13.