NASA"s Roman Space Telescope to investigate galactic fossils
The universe is a dynamic, ever-changing place where galaxies are dancing, merging together, and shifting appearance. Unfortunately, because these changes take millions or billions of years, telescopes can only provide snapshots, squeezed into a huma.....»»
Ancient Roman harbor wooden structures analyzed with MRI technology
In a recent study, rare wooden structures from the Roman Empire were investigated in a wide range of ways using NMR methods. These methods, widely known for their use in hospital MRI scans to produce detailed images of the human body, have proven equ.....»»
Group wants to launch a telescope to study black holes from space
The next phase in imaging black holes is to study them from space......»»
NASA’s Mars rover just emerged from Jezero Crater. So, what next?
After a three-and-a-half month climb, NASA's Perseverance rover has finally reached the top of the Jezero Crater rim. So, what now?.....»»
Are LLMs capable of non-verbal reasoning?
Processing in the "latent space" could help AI with tricky logical questions. Large language models have found great success so far by using their transformer architecture to e.....»»
Virgin Galactic eyes possible expansion into Italy
US space tourism company Virgin Galactic announced Thursday it is exploring the possibility of opening a new base in Italy, potentially bringing crewed launches to Europe for the first time......»»
NASA honors Algerian parks with Martian namesakes
NASA's mapping of Mars now bears the names of three iconic Algerian national parks, Algerian physicist Noureddine Melikechi, a member of the US space agency's largest Mars probe mission, has told AFP......»»
NASA successfully integrates Roman mission"s telescope, instruments
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully integrated the mission's telescope and two instruments onto the instrument carrier, marking the completion of the Roman payload. Now the team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Gree.....»»
NASA’s boss-to-be proclaims we’re about to enter an “age of experimentation”
"You can get into a rhythm of using all of these providers to get things up very quickly." ORLANDO, Florida—On Wednesday, Jared Isaacman made his first public appearance since h.....»»
NASA"s Lucy spacecraft prepares for second Earth gravity assist
On Dec. 12, at 11:15 p.m. EST, NASA's Lucy spacecraft, currently in a two-year orbit around the sun, will skim Earth's atmosphere, passing only about 220 miles (360 kilometers) above the surface. This close flyby will result in a "gravity assist," pu.....»»
Relive Orion’s historic homecoming exactly two years ago
The mission effectively marked the start of NASA's ambitious Artemis program, which plans to return astronauts to the moon by the end of this decade......»»
NASA believes it understands why Ingenuity crashed on Mars
Engineers are already beginning to plan for possible follow-on missions. Eleven months after the Ingenuity helicopter made its final flight on Mars, engineers and scientists at NA.....»»
NASA learns how the Ingenuity helicopter ended up crashing on Mars
The Ingenuity helicopter flew on Mars for an incredible 72 flights. Now, NASA has shared findings of why the mission came to an end......»»
Warm Saturn-sized exoplanet discovered with TESS
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new exoplanet orbiting a distant star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-4994 b, is warm and slightly smaller than Saturn. The findi.....»»
NASA scientific balloon flights to lift off from Antarctica
NASA's Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Antarctica's icy expanse to kick off the annual Antarctic Long-Duration Balloon Campaign, where two balloon flights will carry a total of nine missions to near space. Launch operations will begin mid-.....»»
Ranking the 25 coolest things in space so far during the 21st century
Taking stock of spaceflight one-quarter of the way through the 2000s. There is, of course, no quantitative way to rank amazing things that happen in space. We cannot measure their.....»»
Chandra sees black hole jet stumble into something in the dark
Even matter ejected by black holes can run into objects in the dark. Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have found an unusual mark from a giant black hole's powerful jet striking an unidentified object in its path......»»
Pearl Young, the first woman to work in a technical role at NASA, overcame barriers and "raised hell"
Thirteen years before any other woman joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics—or the NACA, NASA's predecessor—in a technical role, a young lab assistant named Pearl Young was making waves in the agency. Her legacy as an outspoken a.....»»
NASA eyes launching SPHEREx sky-mapping mission in early 2025
NASA and SpaceX are targeting late February 2025 for the launch of the agency's next astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx. Short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, SPHEREx will launch aboard.....»»
Feast your eyes on 10 years of Hubble images of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
The Hubble Space Telescope has been imaging the outer planets of our solar system for a decade, learning about their strange weather conditions......»»
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If you want a more sustainable option, check out Koofr cloud storage. A Koofr Cloud Storage Lifetime Subscription gives you 1TB of file space......»»