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NASA Ames Hosts Briefing on New Initiative, Congresswomen to Attend

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley will host a media briefing at 10 a.m. PDT on Monday, Oct. 16, announcing a new interdisciplinary initiative. The project will enable academia, private industry, and government to identify and develop innovative technologies across aeronautics, quantum computing, climate studies, social sciences, andContinue reading “NASA Ames Hosts Briefing on New Initiative, Congresswomen to Attend”

Hubble Views a Vibrant Virgo Cluster Galaxy

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY It’s easy to get swept up in the swirling starry arms of this intermediate spiral galaxy, NGC 4654, in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy has a bright center and is labeled “intermediate” because it has characteristics of both unbarred and barred spirals. NGC 4654 is just north of the celestialContinue reading “Hubble Views a Vibrant Virgo Cluster Galaxy”

Journey to a Metal-Rich World: NASA’s Psyche Is Ready to Launch

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The spacecraft is targeting an Oct. 12 liftoff atop a Falcon Heavy rocket. Its destination, a metal-rich asteroid, may tell us more about how planets form. In less than 24 hours, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is slated to launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. With its sights setContinue reading “Journey to a Metal-Rich World: NASA’s Psyche Is Ready to Launch”

NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Sample Contains Carbon, Water

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Initial studies of the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu sample collected in space and brought to Earth by NASA show evidence of water and high-carbon content, which together could indicate the building blocks of life on Earth may be found in the rock. NASA made the news Wednesday from its Johnson SpaceContinue reading “NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Sample Contains Carbon, Water”

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