NASA and the European Space Agency released an image of galaxies MCG+01-38-004 (top) and MCG+01-38-005 (bottom), which are located in the constellation of Virgo. Their megamaser cores emit radiation to nearby clouds, which then absorb the energy and send it out as microwaves. A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope depicts the intense hearts of […]
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See Hurricane Irma in Motion in These NASA and NOAA Gifs
Updated Sept. 11 at 7:23 a.m. EDT with the latest imagery and video. Hurricane Irma is now a Category 1 storm as it makes its way up the west coast of Florida, following its second landfall in Southern Florida on Sunday. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are providing satellite imagery to the […]
Hurricane Irma in Photos: Space Views of a Monster Storm
See photos of Hurricane Irma, a monster Category 5 storm, as it makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean in to the Caribbean toward the U.S. mainland in September 2017. Shown here: Hurricane Irma approaches Florida on Sept. 9, 2017 in this view from the International Space Station by NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik. To source
40 Years Out, NASA's Twin Voyager Probes Inspire Golden Record Revivals
The Golden Record on NASA’s Voyager spacecraft, launched from Earth 40 years ago, has inspired new space messages. Forty years after NASA launched a pair of robotic probes on journeys out into our solar system and beyond, the messages the spacecraft carried about us still resonate here on Earth, and as dispatches going out in […]
Last-second Scrub Delays Ariane 5 Launch of Intelsat-37e and Bsat-4a Satellites
The Ariane 5’s Vulcain 2 cryogenic liquid engine ignited Sept. 5, but shut down after a computer-detected abnormal condition. WASHINGTON — A last-second abort halted an Ariane 5 launch of two telecommunications satellites Tuesday evening. The abort occurred at 5:51 p.m. Eastern just after the Ariane 5’s cryogenic main engine ignited but before the rocket’s […]
Star Wars: Episode IX Director Drops Out of Creative Differences
The planned writer/director for Star Wars: Episode IX, Colin Trevorrow, has left the project. In a statement issued by Lucasfilm, Trevorrow’s departure was a mutual decision but that “our visions for the project differ.” Lucasfilm had recently stated plans to begin filming in January 2018. The status of Episode IX‘s screenplay is unclear – Trevorrow […]
Saturn V and the Storm: Houston's NASA Landmarks Weather Hurricane Harvey
The remnants from Hurricane Harvey dry out behind the Saturn V facility at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The rocket’s building reopened to tours on Sept. 2, 2017. HOUSTON — Some of Houston’s largest and most iconic landmarks — historic NASA rockets and spacecraft — weathered Hurricane Harvey and are now accessible […]
Famous Astronomers | List of Great Scientists in Astronomy
Throughout human history, scientists have struggled to understand what they see in the night sky. Famous astronomers — many of them great scientists who mastered many fields — explained the heavens with varying degrees of accuracy. Over the centuries, a geocentric view of the universe — with Earth at the center of everything — gave […]
Voyager at 40: NASA and Caltech Celebrate with Retrospective Videos
Visualization of a NASA Voyager probe traveling through space. The historic Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 missions launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1977. NASA and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Voyager missions with multiple videos about the epic journeys of the two probes. 40 […]
Dear E.T.: Math on Voyager's Golden Record Tells a Story
Copies of the Golden Record, sent journeying into deep space on the sides of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes in 1977, carries the sounds and music of Earth as well as a series of images to help characterize it. The Voyager 1 probe, which launched 40 years ago today (Sept. 5), is humankind’s most […]
US Air Force's X-37B Space Plane to Launch on Secret Mission Sept. 7
The U.S. Air Force’s enigmatic space drone — the X-37B space plane — is heading for a Sept. 7 liftoff, according to military officials. In an Air Force Space Command statement, officials with the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office said they are undergoing final launch preparations for the fifth mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) program. […]
Voyager 1, Humanity's Farthest Spacecraft, Marks 40 Years in Space
NASA’s Voyager 1 probe lifted off on Sept. 5, 1977, a few weeks after its twin, Voyager 2. Together, the two Voyager spacecraft performed an epic “Grand Tour” of the solar system’s giant planets, flying by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. But their work didn’t stop there. Both spacecraft kept flying, pushing farther and farther […]
In Photos: Record-Breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson Returns to Earth
Flying to Zhezkazgan Credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA Oleg Orlov, director of the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems, looks out the window of an AN-26 aircraft as support teams pre-position to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan ahead of the landing. Helicopters Arrive on the Scene Credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA Early in the morning on Saturday, Sept. 2, helicopter search and rescue […]