Hubble's data, combined with other observations of the doomed star from space- and ground-based telescopes, may give astronomers an early warning.
October 28, 2021Originally, NASA envisioned the SLS flying for the first time back in 2017, but its debut has been consistently pushed back again and again.
October 24, 2021"Lucy spacecraft systems show the spacecraft is operating well and is stable," NASA added in a blog post.
October 19, 2021Lucy will explore the Trojan asteroids with a suite of remote sensing instruments. Additionally, the navigation cameras will be used to determine the shapes of the Trojan asteroids.
October 17, 2021Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) captured the galaxy -- NCG 5728 -- which appears to be elegant and luminous, an ESA statement said.
October 4, 2021The image showcased a remote galaxy that is greatly magnified and distorted by the effects of gravitationally warped space.
September 25, 2021This is the third major quake InSight has detected in a month: On August 25, the mission's seismometer detected two quakes of magnitudes 4.2 and 4.1.
September 24, 2021Less sea ice melted in 2021 even as the planet as a whole was warmer than usual -- with new temperature records in North America and Eurasia, drought in the US West, and episodes of intense melting on Greenland's ice sheet.
September 23, 2021These six galaxies lived fast and furious lives, creating their stars in a remarkably short time. Why they shut down star formation so early is still a puzzle.
September 23, 2021Boeing and NASA had originally aimed to launch Starliner's Orbital Test Flight 2
September 23, 2021Boeing had signed a contract with NASA's Commercial Crew Programme to fly operational missions to and from the space station with Starliner in 2014. However, a series of setbacks have thus far prevented the Starliner from reaching the ISS.
September 22, 2021"The team determined a location, and selected and cored a viable and scientifically valuable rock. We did what we came to do. We will work through this small hiccup with the lighting conditions in the images and remain encouraged that there is sample in this tube,"
September 5, 2021The lawsuit, filed with the US Court of Federal Claims, could pause SpaceX's contract
August 17, 2021"We stand firm in our belief that there were fundamental issues with NASA's decision, but the GAO wasn't able to address them due to their limited jurisdiction," a Blue Origin spokesperson said in a statement.
August 17, 2021Starliner will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. About 30 minutes after launch, Starliner will perform its orbital insertion burn to begin its daylong trip to the space station.
August 1, 2021Blue Origin filed a protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office shortly after, claiming that the space agency had not properly reviewed the proposals.
August 1, 2021Blue Origin had filed a protest with the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) against NASA for awarding $2.9 billion contract to SpaceX for landing astronauts on the Moon by 2024
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