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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Inspired by the half-human, half-horse creatures that are part of Ancient Greek mythology, the field of astronomy has its own kind of centaurs: distant objects orbiting the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has mapped the gases spewing from one of these objects, suggesting a variedContinue reading “NASA’s Webb Reveals Unusual Jets of Volatile Gas from Icy Centaur 29P”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Professional and amateur astronomers teamed up with artificial intelligence to find an unmatched stellar trio called TIC 290061484, thanks to cosmic “strobe lights” captured by NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite).  The system contains a set of twin stars orbiting each other every 1.8 days, and a third star thatContinue reading “NASA’s TESS Spots Record-Breaking Stellar Triplets”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected Intuitive Machines of Houston and Aalyria Technologies Inc. of Livermore, California, to perform capability studies with the goal of advancing space communications and exploration technologies. These studies will allow NASA to gain insights into industry capabilities and innovations to facilitate NASA partnerships with commercial communications and navigationContinue reading “NASA Announces Selections for Lunar Comms, Network Studies”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY To shape NASA’s path of exploration forward, Dr. Gioia Rau unravels stars and worlds beyond our solar system. Name: Dr. Gioia RauTitle: AstrophysicistOrganization: Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory, Astrophysics Division, Science Mission Directorate (Code 667) What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard?Continue reading “Astrophysicist Gioia Rau Explores Cosmic ‘Time Machines’”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Oct. 1, 2024 Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA NASA astronaut Josh Cassada retired Oct. 1, after 11 years of service to the agency across multiple programs, including 157 days in space and three spacewalks. Cassada also is a retired United States Navy captain and naval aviator withContinue reading “Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin are returning to Earth after months aboard the International Space Station conducting scientific experiments and technology demonstrations for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. The four launched on March 3 aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from NASA’sContinue reading “NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Concludes Space Station Scientific Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY From Aug. 19-20, ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission made history with a daring lunar-Earth flyby and double gravity assist maneuver, a spaceflight first. As the spacecraft zipped past our Moon and home planet, Juice’s instruments came online for a dry run of what they’ll doContinue reading “NASA’s Instruments Capture Sharpest Image of Earth’s Radiation Belt”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY During an event at NASA Headquarters in Washington Monday, the agency and the Hispanic Heritage Foundation signed a Space Act Agreement to collaborate and expand STEM opportunities for Latino K-12 and university students and reduce barriers to agency activities and opportunities. The signing is the latest in a series ofContinue reading “NASA Continues Advancing STEM for Students Through New Partnership”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Media is invited to preview and interview NASA leadership ahead of the opening of the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History at 10 a.m. EDT, Monday, Oct. 7. The 2,000-square-foot exhibit includes a 32-foot-long, 12-foot-high video wall displaying Earth science data visualizations and videos, anContinue reading “NASA Invites Media to Preview its Museum Earth Information Center”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY By Savannah Bullard  A new NASA competition, the LunaRecycle Challenge, is open and offering $3 million in prizes for innovations in recycling material waste on deep space missions.  As NASA continues efforts toward long-duration human space travel, including building a sustained human presence on the Moon through its Artemis missions,Continue reading “NASA Seeks Innovators for Lunar Waste Competition “