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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY These X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans released on March 17, 2026, give us a glimpse inside asteroid Bennu. They show the most common types of crack networks observed in Bennu samples; these networks solved a mystery that baffled NASA for years. When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft first approached asteroid Bennu in 2018, scientists expected to see smooth,Continue reading “Solving Asteroid Bennu’s Mysteries”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The bigger the hailstone, the more damage it can cause. But scientists find that predicting hailstone size can be challenging. How quickly does hail melt as it falls?

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In one of the biggest surprises of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged world covered in large boulders, with few of the smooth patches of sandy or pebbly material scientists had expected based on observations with Earth-based instruments. Bennu’s looks were quiteContinue reading “Asteroid Bennu’s Rugged Surface Baffled NASA, We Finally Know Why”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Ireland is best known for its many greens, but the striking grays of the island’s Burren region also stand out in satellite images.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will hold a media teleconference at 5:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 19 to highlight plans for its X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft’s upcoming flight tests. The teleconference is set to take place after the X-59 is scheduled to complete its second flight, in California. For the media call, NASAContinue reading “NASA Invites Media to Learn About Upcoming X-59 Test Flights”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description This pair of images shows stars observed by the SPARCS (Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat) space telescope simultaneously in the near-ultraviolet, left, and far-ultraviolet, right. These observations were recorded on Feb. 6, 2026, three weeks after the cube satellite, or CubeSat, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on Jan. 11.Continue reading “SPARCS CubeSat ‘First Light’ Images”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As four astronauts travel around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission, they will venture beyond Earth’s protective magnetic field. The crew’s spacecraft, Orion, will carry and protect them as they journey into deep space and serves as the main protection against the Sun’s intense power.  During their 10-day flight, NASA and the NationalContinue reading “To Protect Artemis II Astronauts, NASA Experts Keep Eyes on Sun “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY From the voyages of spacecraft to the Moon and beyond, to the launches of satellites that help us navigate, communicate, and understand our planet and the universe, the use of liquid-fueled rockets has been key to humanity’s use and exploration of space. Today marks 100 years since the first successfulContinue reading “Celebrating 100 Years Since Goddard’s Breakthrough Moment in Modern Rocketry”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Download PDF: A Combination of Techniques Leads to Improved Friction Stir Welding The NESC developed several innovative tools and techniques during an assessment to find the root cause of poor tensile strength and low topography anomalies (LTA) in welds formed using a solid-state welding process called self-reacting friction stir weldingContinue reading “A Combination of Techniques Leads to Improved Friction Stir Welding “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY During the 2022 summer melt season, sediment plumes and fractured sea ice traced swirling eddies in a branch of the Nansen Sound fjord system in the Canadian Arctic.