Meet the Fleet: NASA Armstrong Continues Legacy of Flight Research
NASA’s home for experimental flight is welcoming more flyers to its already high-performing fleet as it continues to…
Webb space telescope finds a giant galaxy that doesn’t spin
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered an unexpected feature in a distant, early galaxy. Despite…
‘Whatever Russia is testing, it’s sophisticated’: Satellites pass within 3 metres of each other
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NASA Pushes Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotor Blades Past Mach 1
The rotor blades that will carry NASA’s next-generation helicopters to new Martian heights broke the sound barrier during…
Where does Earth’s mysterious ‘ring current’ come from? NASA and the US Space Force are launching a mission to find out
A new mission will attempt to chart a mysterious ring-shaped current surrounding the Earth, so that researchers can…
FCC Chair: Starlink Isn’t Enough. We Need at Least 3 Satellite-to-Phone Services
The FCC chair, who has gone out of his way to laud SpaceX’s connectivity from space and sometimes critique its rivals, said…
Early universe galaxy breaks the rules by barely spinning
Most galaxies rotate. Our Milky Way rotates. The Andromeda Galaxy rotates. Nearly every galaxy in the cosmic neighborhood…
Former NASA chief takes helm of national security space firm
Before he became NASA administrator in 2018, Jim Bridenstine was a naval aviator who then served as a…
NASA rover captures weird ‘spiderwebs’ on Mars, giving scientists fresh hope of finding ancient life on the Red Planet
NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured its most detailed images yet of unusual spiderweb-like formations on Mars, revealing new…
Up to 2cm a month: Nasa keeps track as Mexico City sinks into the ground | Mexico
Walking into Mexico City’s sprawling central Zócalo is a dizzying experience. At one end of the plaza, the…