Nancy Atkinson
NASA Tests a Robotic Snake That Could Explore Other Worlds
Rovers have enabled some amazing explorations of other worlds like the Moon and Mars. However, rovers are limited by the…
Hurray! Juice Deploys its Stuck Antenna
ESA's Juice mission launched last month on April 14, beginning its long journey to explore Jupiter's icy moons, Ganymede, Europa,…
New Photos Show Collapsed Chains of Craters on a Martian Volcano
Most everyone is familiar with Olympus Mons, the largest volcano on Mars and also the largest in the Solar System.…
Watch a SpaceX Fairing's Fiery Re-Entry Through the Atmosphere
During the recent ViaSat-3 launch on a Falcon Heavy rocket, SpaceX released the protective spacecraft fairing at the highest altitude…
It’s Surprisingly Easy to Hurl Rocks From Mars Into Space
Of the thousands of meteorites found on Earth, about 188 have been confirmed to be from Mars. How did they…
Gaze at a Nearby Actively Feeding Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers recently shared a new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope of the galaxy NGC 4395. This relatively diffuse…
JWST’s MIRI Instrument is Having Problems Again
Last week, NASA shared a blog post saying they detected a sensor glitch associated with the James Webb Space Telescope’s…
One Day Astronauts Will Be Breathing Oxygen Made From Rocks
When there's a permanent base on the Moon, astronauts will need a way to replenish their oxygen supply. Fortunately, there's…
JWST Sees a Galaxy Cluster Coming Together in the Early Universe
One of the James Webb Space Telescope’s science goals is to help cosmologists understand how the first galaxies and galaxy…
New High-Resolution Photos of Deimos From the Hope Mission
The United Arab Emirates Hope orbital mission to Mars sent home new beautiful high-resolution images of the Red Planet's moon…