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Looking back at 25 years of the ISS
Wednesday marks the 25th anniversary of the International Space Station’s (ISS) physical assembly in orbit. On December 6, 1998, the crew aboard the space shuttle Endeavor attached the US-built Unity node to the Russian-built Zarya module, kicking off the modular construction of the ISS.
Meta and IBM form open-source alliance to counter big AI players
NASA, Intel, Yale University and more are involved.
NASA and IBM are building an AI for weather and climate applications
IBM and NASA are working on an AI foundational model for weather and climate applications. Among other things, they say it will be able to identify conditions conducive to wildfires.
Webb telescope images show an unprecedented and 'chaotic' view of the center of our galaxy
NASA just revealed some gorgeous images culled from the James Webb telescope, showing the center of the Milky Way galaxy in all of its crowded and chaotic glory. Researchers plan to use this data to test current theories of star formation.
NASA can’t talk to its Mars robots for two weeks because the sun is in the way
NASA is putting pause on sending commands to its Mars exploration instruments from November 11 through November 25 as it waits out the Mars solar conjunction. With the sun in the way, any commands sent to Mars could suffer interference capable of harming the robotic explorers.
NASA discovered that an asteroid named Dinky actually has its own moon
NASA has discovered that an asteroid named Dinky is orbited by a tiny moon, forming a binary asteroid pair. In other words, it’s an even dinkier Dinky.
A commercial spaceplane capable of orbital flight is ready for NASA testing
NASA will soon start testing what's dubbed as the world’s first commercial spaceplane capable of orbital flight. All going well, Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser will make it first supply run to the International Space Station in April.
NASA is launching a rocket on Sunday to study a 20,000-year-old supernova
NASA plans to launch the INFUSE mission at 11:35 PM ET on Sunday October 29 from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. It will observe the Cygnus Loop, or Veil Nebula, supernova remnant
Lunar rock samples suggest moon is older than previously thought
Researchers have just discovered that the moon is about 40 million years older than previously thought.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission collected more Bennu asteroid samples than first thought
NASA scientists are struggling to open OSIRIS-REx's primary sample container, but the mission has already exceeded the agency's goal of bringing at least 60 grams of asteroid Bennu back to Earth.
NASA's John Mather keeps redefining our understanding of the cosmos
Inside the Star Factory melds stunning photography with insightful profiles of the people that made the James Webb Space Telescope possible.
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft embarks on a six-year journey to its asteroid namesake
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has embarked on a six-year, 2.2-billion-mile journey to study an asteroid of the same name. Psyche the asteroid is estimated to contain clues to planetary formation in the early Solar System.
Here's what NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu
NASA launched the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx to take samples from an asteroid. Now it’s back and the space agency is going to show us what it found, likely metals.
Watch NASA reveal its Bennu asteroid samples at 11AM ET
A livestream is taking place on its Youtube channel.
How to watch the 'ring of fire' solar eclipse on October 14
There will be an annular eclipse on October 14. An annular eclipse occurs when the moon sits at the part of its orbit farthest from Earth.
Watch NASA launch a mission to study a metal-rich asteroid this Thursday
NASA is set to undertake a mission to study a metal-rich asteroid that could help us better understand how planets like Earth were formed. You can watch the launch here.
Hitting the Books: NASA's Kathy Sullivan and advances in orbital personal hygiene
Journalist Loren Grush recounts the trailblazing efforts of America's first female astronauts in The Six.
NASA will reveal what OSIRIS-REx brought back from asteroid Bennu on Wednesday
NASA has a livestream planned for 11 AM ET on Wednesday, October 11 to reveal the sample its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected from asteroid Bennu.
Prada will help design the spacesuits for NASA's 2025 Artemis III mission
The luxury designer will work closely with Axiom Space.
These flying origami-inspired robots change shape in mid-air
Scientists at the University of Washington have developed flying robots that change shape in mid-air. The solar-powered bots have a distinctive look that resembles origami.