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Austal delivers USNS Puerto Rico EPF ship to Navy
Austal USA delivered the future USNS Puerto Rico expeditionary fast transport vessel to the U.S. Navy on Tuesday.
New Jersey student's drone breaks speed record
A New Jersey student broke a Guinness World Record when his quadcopter drone ascended from the ground to 328 feet in 2.732 seconds.
Blue Origin launches, marks sixth reuse of a New Shepard booster
Jeff Bezos' space company, Blue Origin, launched a New Shepard booster for its sixth reuse in West Texas on Wednesday.
Blue Origin's New Shepard Makes Record 6th Launch to Fly NASA Science, Student Art to Space
Blue Origin's reusable New Shepard spacecraft launched on a suborbital mission for NASA and other customers Wednesday (Dec. 11), carrying science and even student art and postcards into space.
ALMA spots most distant dusty galaxy hidden in plain sight
Astronomers have spotted the light of a massive galaxy seen only 970 million years after the Big Bang. This galaxy, called MAMBO-9, is the most distant dusty star-forming galaxy that...
Revealing the Physics of the Sun with Parker Solar Probe
Portal origin URL: Revealing the Physics of the Sun with Parker Solar ProbePortal origin nid: 456545Published: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 13:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Nearly a year and a...
Yes, 'The Expanse' Cast Visited Blue Origin. Here's What Happened (Video)
The cast and crew behind the popular futuristic space saga "The Expanse" visit a Blue Origin facility in a recent video published by Amazon Prime, the new home for the...
One step closer to living on Mars: NAU scientists contribute to NASA's 'treasure map' of widespread water ice near planet's surface
Northern Arizona University professor Christopher Edwards and postdoc Jennifer Buz are co-authors of a study published this week in Geophysical Research Letters that mapped several locations on Mars at high...
ALMA Spots Most Distant Dusty Galaxy Hidden in Plain Sight
Astronomers using ALMA have spotted the light of a massive galaxy seen just 970 million years after the Big Bang!
ALMA spots most distant dusty galaxy hidden in plain sight
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have spotted the light of a massive galaxy seen only 970 million years after the Big Bang. This galaxy, called MAMBO-9, is...
Watch live: Blue Origin monitors foggy conditions for Wednesday launch
Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin is set for another launch attempt Wednesday from West Texas of its reusable New Shepard suborbital rocket on a research mission.
Enormous Craters Blasted in Seafloor by Nuclear Bombs Mapped for the First Time
Scientists have released remarkably detailed maps of this pockmarked seabed of Bikini Atoll, revealing two truly massive craters from atomic bomb tests.
Water common -- yet scarce -- in exoplanets
The most extensive survey of atmospheric chemical compositions of exoplanets to date has revealed trends that challenge current theories of planet formation and has implications for the search for water...
Julia’s ESA journey, from YGT to Flight Dynamics Engineer
To conclude our series on the stories of ESA’s YGT alumni, we caught up with Julia Schwartz, ESA Flight Dynamics Engineer and physicist. Julia joined ESA as a Young Graduate...
NASA's treasure map for water ice on Mars
Where should the first people on Mars land? A new paper provides a map of water ice believed to be as little as an inch (2.5 centimeters) below the surface...
Neutron Flashes Never-Before-Seen Type of Magnetic Field at Earth
Neutron stars have never been caught behaving this way before.
In photos: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega attend 'Star Wars' premiere in Tokyo
Daisy Ridley and John Boyega and other cast and crew attend the "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" premiere in Tokyo on December 11, 2019. The film is set for...
Water common (in limited amounts) in exoplanets
The most extensive survey of atmospheric chemical compositions of exoplanets to date has revealed trends that challenge current theories of planet formation and has implications for the search for water...
NASA’s Treasure Map for Water Ice on Mars
NASA has big plans for returning astronauts to the Moon in 2024, a stepping stone on the path to sending humans to Mars. But where should the first people on the Red...
Is there dark matter at the center of the Milky Way?
MIT physicists are reigniting the possibility, which they previously had snuffed out, that a bright burst of gamma rays at the center of our galaxy may be the result of...
Watch live: Blue Origin attempts launch of research mission
Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin is set for another launch attempt from West Texas Wednesday morning of its reusable New Shepard suborbital rocket on a research mission.
Inside Story Behind Mesmerizing Sky Glow Named 'Steve' Revealed in New Documentary
The story behind an oddball sky glow endearingly named "Steve" is revealed in a new documentary. Here's why the light show captivated aurora chasers.
ISS sensors show terrestrial gamma-ray flash and ionospheric UV emissions spurred by lightning
A team of researchers from Denmark, Norway, Spain and Italy has found that both terrestrial gamma-ray flashes and ionospheric ultraviolet emissions are spurred by lightning. In their paper published in...
Sonar study shows crater made by underwater Bikini atoll A-bomb test
A team of researchers from the University of Delaware has mapped the seafloor where an atomic blast created a crater back in 1946 during a test. The team has given...
Mystery of the Origins of Cosmic Rays Solved
For more than 100 years, scientists have speculated on the origins of cosmic rays with some agreement, but without certainty. Since “cosmic rays” are neither cosmic nor rays, this uncertainty...
Relativistic jet of the blazar S5 0836+710 investigated in detail
Using very long baseline interferometry (VLBI), astronomers have performed comprehensive multiwavelength observations of the radio emission in the blazar S5 0836+710. The new research, presented in a paper published December...
New NASA ebook reveals insights of Earth seen at night from space
Earth has many stories to tell, even in the dark of night. Earth at Night, NASA's new 200-page ebook, is now available online and includes more than 150 images of...
A new way to measure cosmic black holes
Supermassive black holes are the largest black holes, with masses that can exceed a billion Suns. Just this spring, the first-ever image of the supermassive black hole at the center...