Photo of the Day What is happening inside this unusual nebula? Planetary nebula Tc 1, captured here in exquisite detail by the James Webb Space Telescope, is the celestial site where buckyballs were first identified in 2010. Buckminsterfullerene — as buckyballs are officially called — is a molecule with 60 carbon atoms (C60) arranged [...]
2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Boeing assembles a composite aircraft fuselage section in one of its production facilities. Composite materials are used in major portions of modern aircraft, including sections of the fuselage and wings on aircraft such as the Boeing 787. NASA’s HiCAM project aims to help accelerate manufacturing processes for future composite aircraft. Boeing [...]
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A train transports eight booster motor segments for the SLS (Space Launch System rocket) that will power NASA’s Artemis III mission from Northrop Grumman’s Railyard Shipping Facility in Corinne, Utah, June 2, to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.NASA/Brandon Hancock The final booster motor segments for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will help [...]
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing by Gary Eason © CC BY NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of Jupiter’s northern hemisphere during its 61st close flyby of the giant planet on May 12, 2024. Citizen scientist Gary Eason made this image using raw data from the JunoCam instrument, applying digital processing techniques to enhance color and [...]
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This sunset photo shows Deep Space Station 14, the 230-foot-wide (70-meter) antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network.NASA/JPL NASA has completed the investigation into the damage sustained last year at its 70-meter radio-frequency antenna, [...]
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Photo of the Day Over 1000 years ago, Persian astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi published humanity’s oldest known record of the Andromeda Galaxy in "The Book of Fixed Stars" (Bodleian Library MS. Marsh 144 p. 167). 800 years later, Andromeda became the 31st entry in Charles Messier’s "Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters". From “a [...]
4 Min Read NASA Finds New Way Earth May Have Received Elements Needed for Life This is an artist’s impression of a young star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk. Darker rings in the disk are where objects like planetesimals are forming, clearing a path through the debris. Credits: Illustration: ESO NASA-supported scientists have provided [...]
2 Min Read International Sea Level Satellite Observes El Niño Precursor PIA26710 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal International Sea Level… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads International Sea Level Satellite Observes El Niño Precursor MP4 (1.10 MB) Description Sea level height data from the international Sentinel-6 Michael [...]
