Nancy Atkinson
NASA Launches a New X-ray Observatory
A new mission has launched to study some the most intriguing secrets of the universe. No, not THAT spacecraft (JWST…
Just Look at the Jaw-Dropping Detail of These Storms on Jupiter
The latest images from the Juno mission at Jupiter includes views of giant storms and vortexes on the gas giant…
NASA Plans to Retire the Space Station in 2030 and Replace it with Commercially Owned “Destinations” in Low Earth Orbit
While it may seem like the International Space Station is just now fully hitting its stride as far as scientific…
Astronauts Took A Fly-around of the International Space Station. Here are Their Stunning Pictures
When astronauts left the International Space Station in early November to return home on the Crew Dragon Endeavour, they took…
NASA Simulation Shows What Happens When Stars Get Too Close to Black Holes
What happens to a star when it strays too close to a monster black hole? Astronomers have wondered why some…
A Gravitational Lens Shows the Same Galaxy Three Times
Images from the Hubble Space Telescope are often mind-bending in both their beauty and wealth of scientific wonder. And sometimes,…
Once New Horizons was out Beyond Pluto, it Could Finally Measure the Brightness of the Milky Way
The New Horizons spacecraft has been speeding away from Earth since it launched in 2006. Scientists using the Alice UV…
You can Watch Ingenuity’s Flight on Mars, Captured by Perseverance
New video beamed back to Earth from the Perseverance Rover shows an incredibly detailed view of the Ingenuity helicopter’s flight…
LightSail 2 has Been Flying for 30 Months now, Paving the way for Future Solar Sail Missions
Even after 30 months in space, The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 mission continues to successfully “sail on sunbeams” demonstrating solar…
The Next Generation Very Large Array Would be 263 Radio Telescopes Spread Across North America
The iconic Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico has been at the forefront of astrophysical research since its dedication…