NASA’s interim administrator, Sean Duffy, said Thursday he has heard the recent talk about how some people are starting to believe that China will land humans on the Moon before NASA can return there with the Artemis Program. “We had testimony that said NASA will not beat China to the Moon,” Duffy remarked during an all-hands meeting with NASA employees. …
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Newborn stars dazzle in NASA’s Webb Space Telescope image of the Lobster Nebula
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Thousands of newborn stars sparkle and dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope. Released this week, the picture provides a breathtaking view of a nearby star-birthing center, 5,500 light-years away. A single light-year is 5.8 trillion miles. Besides baby stars in a variety of sizes and colors, the photo reveals a dramatic …
Read More »Upcoming Launch to Boost NASA’s Study of Sun’s Influence Across Space
Soon, there will be three new ways to study the Sun’s influence across the solar system with the launch of a trio of NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spacecraft. Expected to launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 23, the missions include NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and NOAA’s SWFO-L1 (Space Weather …
Read More »Indian-American veteran named NASA’s associate administrator. Who is he? | World News
A decorated Indian-American Amit Kshatriya has been named as NASA’s new ‘exploration-focussed’ associate administrator, the US space agency announced here. In his new role, Amit Kshatriya serves as the highest-ranking civil servant at the agency and as a senior advisor to acting NASA administrator Sean P Duffy.(nasa.gov) Kshatriya, a 20-year NASA veteran, was most recently the deputy in charge of …
Read More »Glittering Glimpse of Star Birth From NASA’s Webb Telescope
This is a sparkling scene of star birth captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. What appears to be a craggy, starlit mountaintop kissed by wispy clouds is actually a cosmic dust-scape being eaten away by the blistering winds and radiation of nearby, massive, infant stars. Called Pismis 24, this young star cluster resides in the core of the nearby …
Read More »We led NASA’s human exploration program. Here’s what Artemis needs next.
The recent passing of retired Navy Capt. Jim Lovell, an astronaut and one of our great American heroes, propelled many of us back to the iconic scenes from the superb retelling of the Apollo 13 movie in 1995. The three of us lived through that fateful mission in 1970, as the astronauts and mission control team dealt with critical issue after …
Read More »Watch NASA’s Artemis 2 moon astronauts take on the viral ‘Bobby and Pete’ fitness challenge (video)
The next astronauts to travel around the moon seem plenty fit to make the trip. The four astronauts who will fly on NASA’s Artemis 2 mission recently passed the “Bobby and Pete Challenge,” performing 50 pull-ups and 100 pushups in less than 10 minutes. The quartet — NASA’s Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Reid Wiseman, and Jeremy Hansen of the …
Read More »NASA’s Insight Lander Reveals a Surprise at The Very Core of Mars : ScienceAlert
Scientists peering into the very heart of hearts of the planet Mars have found a deeply unexpected structure. There, at the innermost core of the planet, InSight seismic data reveals a solid mass about 600 kilometers (373 miles) across. This is not just in contrast to previous findings that the core is squishy all the way through – it doesn’t …
Read More »NASA’s Webb Telescope just found 300 galaxies that defy explanation
In a new study, scientists at the University of Missouri looked deep into the universe and found something unexpected. Using infrared images taken from NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), they identified 300 objects that were brighter than they should be. “These mysterious objects are candidate galaxies in the early universe, meaning they could be very early galaxies,” said …
Read More »NASA’s Chandra Reveals Star’s Inner Conflict Before Explosion
The inside of a star turned on itself before it spectacularly exploded, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Today, this shattered star, known as the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant, is one of the best-known, well-studied objects in the sky. Over three hundred years ago, however, it was a giant star on the brink of self-destruction. The …
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