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NASA Solar System & Beyond
- NASA’s MAVEN Observes Martian Night Sky Pulsing in Ultraviolet Light
6 August 2020, 5:30 pm
Vast areas of the Martian night sky pulse in ultraviolet light, according to images from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft. The results are being used to illuminate complex circulation patterns in the Martian atmosphere. - NASA Announces New James Webb Space Telescope Target Launch Date
16 July 2020, 7:17 pm
NASA now is targeting Oct. 31, 2021, for the launch of the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana, due to impacts from the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as well as technical challenges. - NASA to Provide Update on James Webb Space Telescope
15 July 2020, 6:00 pm
NASA will host a media teleconference at 4:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 16, to provide an update on the status of the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s next premier infrared space observatory and the largest, most complex space telescope for astronomy ever built. - NASA to Highlight Comet NEOWISE with Public Broadcast, Media Teleconference
14 July 2020, 3:14 pm
NASA experts will discuss and answer public questions about Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE during a broadcast of NASA Science Live and follow up media teleconference on Wednesday, July 15. - NASA, ESA to Release First Images from Solar Orbiter Mission
13 July 2020, 5:51 pm
Scientists from NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) will release the first data captured by Solar Orbiter, the joint ESA/NASA mission to study the Sun, during an online news briefing at 8 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 16. - NASA Awards SETI Institute Contract for Planetary Protection Support
10 July 2020, 6:04 pm
NASA has awarded the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, a contract to support all phases of current and future planetary protection missions to ensure compliance with planetary protection standards. - MAVEN Maps Electric Currents around Mars that are Fundamental to Atmospheric Loss
25 May 2020, 5:00 pm
NASA’s MAVEN mission has created a map of electric current systems in the Martian atmosphere. These currents play a fundamental role in the atmospheric loss that transformed Mars from a world that could have supported life into an inhospitable desert. - NASA Telescope Named For ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace Roman
20 May 2020, 3:37 pm
NASA is naming its next-generation space telescope currently under development, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), in honor of Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer, who paved the way for space telescopes focused on the broader universe. - NASA to Make Announcement About WFIRST Space Telescope Mission
18 May 2020, 6:37 pm
NASA will host a special edition of NASA Science Live at 11 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 20, to share an exciting announcement about the agency’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission. - Earth-Size, Habitable Zone Planet Found Hidden in Early NASA Kepler Data
15 April 2020, 5:21 pm
A team of transatlantic scientists, using reanalyzed data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, has discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could support liquid water.
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NASA Image of the Day
- Hubble Sees Near and Far
7 August 2020, 1:45 pm
The barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 4907 shows its starry face from 270 million light-years away to anyone who can see it from the Northern Hemisphere. Appearing in this Hubble image to shine brightly below the galaxy is a star that is actually within our own Milky Way galaxy. - A Starry Sky Above the Earth's Atmospheric Glow
6 August 2020, 3:05 pm
This long-exposure photograph captures a starry sky above the Earth's atmospheric glow. - Curiosity Celebrates 8 Years on the Red Planet
5 August 2020, 12:25 pm
NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover touched down eight years ago, on Aug. 5, 2012, and will soon be joined by a second rover, Perseverance. - Outbursts from a Double Star System
4 August 2020, 12:46 pm
For decades, astronomers have known about irregular outbursts from the double star system V745 Sco, which is located about 25,000 light years from Earth. - SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour Lifted Aboard Recovery Ship
3 August 2020, 3:21 pm
Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft as it is lifted onto the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after landing. - Crew Dragon Safely Returns Astronauts
3 August 2020, 1:42 am
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico. - SpaceX Crew Dragon As It Approached the Space Station
1 August 2020, 6:49 pm
Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken of NASA's Commercial Crew Program are aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon as it approaches the International Space Station. - A Different View of the Mars Perseverance Launch
30 July 2020, 5:49 pm
The engines fired as a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover onboard launched from Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, July 30, 2020. - Liftoff to the Red Planet!
30 July 2020, 4:20 pm
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Thursday, July 30, 2020. - Mars Perseverance: Prepared for Launch to the Red Planet
29 July 2020, 9:36 pm
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard is seen illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41. - Countdown to Mars
28 July 2020, 8:27 pm
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard is seen as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41. - Jezero Crater, Landing Site for the Mars Perseverance Rover
28 July 2020, 2:58 pm
This image of Jezero Crater, the landing site for the Mars Perseverance Rover, was taken by instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. - Carrying a Telescope Aloft
27 July 2020, 9:51 am
Carried by a balloon the size of a football stadium, ASTHROS will use a telescope to observe wavelengths of light that aren't visible from the ground. - Apollo 11 Aboard the USS Hornet
24 July 2020, 2:00 pm
This image, taken on July 24, 1969, shows the Apollo 11 command codule and the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) are photographed aboard the USS Hornet - Comet NEOWISE Streaks Across the Sky Above Lone Pine Lake
22 July 2020, 10:39 pm
Comet NEOWISE streaked across the sky above the tree line of Lone Pine Lake, located on the Mount Whitney Trail in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.
Source: NASA
Astronomy News - ScienceDaily
- Huge ring-like structure on Ganymede's surface may have been caused by violent impact
7 August 2020, 4:23 pmImage data reanalysis has revealed that ancient tectonic troughs are concentrically distributed across almost the entire surface of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. Computer simulation results suggest that this giant crater could have resulted from the impact of an asteroid with a 150-kilometer radius. If so, this the largest impact structure identified in the solar system so far. - NASA's Maven observes Martian night sky pulsing in ultraviolet light
6 August 2020, 9:36 pmVast areas of the Martian night sky pulse in ultraviolet light, according to images from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft. The results are being used to illuminate complex circulation patterns in the Martian atmosphere - Hubble uses Earth as proxy for identifying oxygen on potentially habitable exoplanets
6 August 2020, 6:28 pmTaking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, Hubble used the Moon as a mirror to study sunlight that had passed through Earth's atmosphere. As a result, Hubble detected Earth's own brand of sunscreen - ozone - in our atmosphere. The technique simulates how scientists will search for evidence of life on planets around other stars. - Ammonia sparks unexpected, exotic lightning on Jupiter
5 August 2020, 10:09 pmNASA's Juno spacecraft -- orbiting and closely observing the planet Jupiter -- has unexpectedly discovered lightning in the planet's upper atmosphere, according to a multi-institutional study. - Sun’s bubble of influence may be shaped like a deflated croissant
5 August 2020, 6:40 pmScientists have developed a new prediction of the shape of the bubble surrounding our solar system using a model developed with data from NASA missions. - Lava tubes on Mars and the Moon are so wide they can host planetary bases
5 August 2020, 5:01 pmSubsurface cavities created by lava on Mars and the Moon could provide a shield against cosmic radiation, new research suggests. - Calcium-rich supernova examined with x-rays for first time
5 August 2020, 4:20 pmX-ray images give unprecedented view of extremely rare type of supernova. New information suggests that these supernovae start as compact stars that lose mass at the end of life. Calcium-rich supernovae are responsible for up to half the calcium in the entire universe. SN 2019ehk has the richest calcium emission of all known transients. - Surprisingly dense exoplanet challenges planet formation theories
4 August 2020, 6:22 pmNew detailed observations reveal a young exoplanet, orbiting a young star in the Hyades cluster, that is unusually dense for its size and age. Weighing in at 25 Earth-masses, and slightly smaller than Neptune, this exoplanet's existence is at odds with the predictions of leading planet formation theories. - Planet found orbiting small, cool star
4 August 2020, 6:22 pmPrecision measurements made with the VLBA have revealed that a small, cool star 35 light-years from Earth is orbited by a Saturn-sized planet once every 221 days. - Unequal neutron-star mergers create unique 'bang' in simulations
4 August 2020, 12:42 amIn a series of simulations, researchers determined that some neutron star collisions not only produce gravitational waves, but also electromagnetic radiation that should be detectable on Earth. - ALMA captures stirred-up planet factory
3 August 2020, 8:00 pmPlanet-forming environments can be much more complex and chaotic than previously expected. This is evidenced by a new image of the star RU Lup, made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). - Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers, researchers say
3 August 2020, 6:01 pmA large number of the valley networks scarring Mars's surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice, not by free-flowing rivers as previously thought, according to new research. The findings effectively throw cold water on the dominant 'warm and wet ancient Mars' hypothesis, which postulates that rivers, rainfall and oceans once existed on the red planet. - NASA astronauts safely splash down after first commercial crew flight to space station
2 August 2020, 10:47 pmTwo NASA astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday for the first time in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft, returning from the International Space Station to complete a test flight that marks a new era in human spaceflight. - Surprising early galaxy breaks low-oxygen record
1 August 2020, 9:42 pmNew results achieved by combining big data captured by the Subaru Telescope and the power of machine learning have discovered a galaxy with an extremely low oxygen abundance of 1.6% solar abundance, breaking the previous record of the lowest oxygen abundance. The measured oxygen abundance suggests that most of the stars in this galaxy formed very recently. - NASA data helps new model predict big solar flares
31 July 2020, 7:56 pmScientists have developed a new model that successfully predicted seven of the Sun's biggest flares from the last solar cycle, out of a set of nine. With more development, the model could be used to one day inform forecasts of these intense bursts of solar radiation.
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- Rivers on ancient Mars may have flowed beneath sheets of ice
7 August 2020, 12:00 pmNew research finds martian valleys resemble rivers running under glaciers on Earth, meaning ancient Mars may have been a more frigid world than once thought.
- The Sky This Week: The Perseids peak with the Moon on display
7 August 2020, 12:00 pmCatch the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, celebrate the Last Quarter Moon, and celebrate a Venus milestone from August 7 to 14. - Photo gallery: Visions of Starmus past
6 August 2020, 12:00 pmStarmus VI, which will be dedicated to Mars, is set to take place in September 2021 in Yerevan, Armenia. - Hot 'blob' points to a neutron star lurking in Supernova 1987A
6 August 2020, 12:00 pmAstronomers have long suspected a city-sized neutron star hides within the dusty shroud of SN 1987A. And now, they’re closer than ever to proving their case.
- Apollo 11 brought a message of peace to the Moon — but Neil and Buzz almost forgot to leave it behind
5 August 2020, 12:00 pmObjects left on the Moon are not just abandoned rockets and rovers. There is a lot of historic and sentimental memorabilia. Some of it hints at a mission that the first Moonwalkers almost forgot. - Small stars are vital to dispersing the building blocks of life
4 August 2020, 12:00 pmThe new research sheds light on how small stars help breathe life into the universe. - Crew Dragon safely returns astronauts to Earth, despite minor hiccup
3 August 2020, 12:00 pmThe astronauts' exit from the capsule was slightly delayed by noxious gas, but they ultimately made it back to Earth unscathed. - The 2020 Ghost Hunt challenge
1 August 2020, 12:00 pmLike the Messier Marathon, the Ghost Hunt is intended to be a fun and challenging activity that lasts from dusk to dawn. - SpaceX: Crew Dragon is returning to Earth – here’s when to hold your breath
31 July 2020, 12:00 pmExtreme velocities and temperatures makes the return flight to Earth the most perilous part of a space mission. - The Sky This Week: There’s a bright Moon and planets to view
31 July 2020, 12:00 pmComet NEOWISE is fading, but Mars reaches perihelion and several star clusters are on display from July 31 to August 7. - Is Eta Corvi a window into our past?
31 July 2020, 5:00 amBy studying this strange star, astronomers hope to better understand what happened early in the life of our own solar system. - Astronomers develop new method for predicting explosive solar flares
30 July 2020, 12:00 pmA pair of studies outlines how scientists can forecast solar weather, which may soon help protect Earth’s electrical grid from possible threats.
- <i>Infinity and Beyond</i>: Episode 4 — NASA's Perseverance rover
30 July 2020, 12:00 pmAbigail Bollenbach introduces you to NASA's Perseverance rover, which is now on its way to the Red Planet. - Mars 2020 launch: NASA's Perseverance rover ready for journey to the Red Planet
29 July 2020, 12:00 pmThe mission will not only search for evidence of ancient martian life, but also test a method for plucking usable oxygen straight from Mars’ thin air. Oh, it also has a helicopter. - What planets should we search to find alien life?
29 July 2020, 12:00 pmWith so many exoplanets out there, scientists are working to determine the kinds of worlds they think are most habitable.
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Astronomy News - Sky & Telescope
- Potential New Targets for Japan's Hayabusa 2 Mission
6 August 2020, 8:18 pmThe Hayabusa 2 team has laid out a proposal for an extended mission to one of two asteroids after the spacecraft's sample return this December.
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- Radioactive Aluminum Sheds Light on Solar System History
5 August 2020, 5:41 pmAstronomers thought giant stars were reponsible for flooding the early system with a radioative isotope — but the Sun itself might have made it.
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- Was Early Mars "Wet and Warm"? Or Wet and Cold?
4 August 2020, 5:11 pmA new model suggests that Martian valley networks might have been created by ancient subglacial rivers rather than water flowing on the surface.
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- August 2020: Planets & Perseids
1 August 2020, 3:40 pmThe Perseids are upon us — and as you're looking out for shooting stars, look for Jupiter and Saturn low in the southeast as soon as night begins to fall.
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- Neutron Star Found in Supernova 1987A
1 August 2020, 3:00 pmAfter decades of searching, astronomers have finally found the collapsed core of the nearest supernova recorded in recent history.
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- Our Unexpectedly Smooth Universe May Point to New Physics
31 July 2020, 4:04 pmThe latest data release from a survey of 31 million galaxies reveals that our universe is even smoother than we thought it was.
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- NASA Launches Perseverance Rover for Mars
30 July 2020, 6:15 pmNASA’s Perseverance rover heads to the Red Planet.
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- Cool Off with Pluto This Summer
29 July 2020, 8:07 pmPluto might be a challenging target but it's well worth the effort. Grab your telescope and see if you can spot this distant, chilly world.
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- Remains of an Ancient Star Cluster Revealed
29 July 2020, 5:20 pmA torn-apart globular cluster provides a window into the Milky Way's past.
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- A Message from Sky & Telescope
28 July 2020, 9:32 pmThe staff of Sky & Telescope outline an action plan for making the night sky open to all. Feedback from the community is welcome!
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