We sent a message to aliens 50 years ago—this is what we said
In 1974, astronomers sent a call out into the cosmos from a massive telescope in Puerto Rico. The anniversary of the message brings reflections on a new missive to the stars and grief for a lost ...
Extended EMIT mission will explore diverse Earth science questions
Observing our planet from the International Space Station since July 2022, NASA's EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source ...
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Asteroid pieces brought to Earth help reveal how our solar system's planets and moons grew
We're showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...
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NASA's EMIT to Tackle Diverse Science in Extended Mission
NASA's EMIT collected this hyperspectral image of the Amazon River in northern Brazil on June 30 as part of an effort to map global ecosystem biodiversity ... the albedo of snow - the percentage of ...
Microsoft collaborates with NASA on Earth Copilot, an AI guide to our planet’s data
Microsoft and NASA have teamed up on Earth Copilot, a software tool that uses AI to simplify the process of analyzing Earth ...
NISAR: The Powerful New Satellite That Will Track Earth’s Secret Shifts
NASA and ISRO's NISAR satellite aims to revolutionize our understanding of Earth's surface movements with frequent global ...
Denmark becomes 48th nation to sign Artemis Accords for space exploration
Denmark is a founding member of the European Space Agency and on Wednesday formally committed to safe and responsible space ...
Why the US hasn't returned humans to the moon. The reasons are depressing.
The last time a human visited the moon was in December 1972 during NASA's Apollo 17 mission. Since then, there have been many ...
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Voyager 2 Measured a Rare Anomaly When It Flew Past Uranus, Skewing Our Knowledge of the Planet for 40 Years, Study Suggests
The roughly six-hour flyby in 1986 revealed Uranus' protective magnetic field was strangely empty. Now, researchers say that ...
Spacecraft completed for NASA's TRACERS mission, key milestone passed
The twin spacecraft of NASA's TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission were ...
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NASA’s Guide to Finding and Photographing Auroras
Here is NASA’s quick guide with tips and tricks for helping you ... the Sun releases charged particles that speed across the ...
Mysterious 'Interstellar Tunnel' Found in Our Local Pocket of Space
This brings us to eROSITA, the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics' powerful space-based X-ray telescope. Led by astrophysicist Michael Yeung of the Institute, a team of researchers has ...