A selfie photograph snapped by the Perseverance Mars rover, moments before it landed on the red planet, is being called one of the most iconic images ever taken by NASA in space.
And just like that, the newest iconic NASA photo is born.
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NASA extends Juno mission turning spacecraft towards Jupiter’s moons – Io, Europa, and Ganymede.
Instead of closing the mission after its exploration of Jupiter, NASA engineers will turn the spacecraft towards Jupiter’s moons – Io, Europa, and Ganymede. The new mission will include several close flybys of Jupiter’s moons as well as its system of rings.
2021 – The Year in Space: Here’s what to watch for in this year’s space events.
2021 is going to be more than a merry celebration following the annus horribilis year 2020 – it’s going to be a space party like never seen before. Here are the space events we have to look forward to in 2021.
NASA releases more than 50 new images captured by the legendary Hubble Space Telescope. These images will blow your mind.
On Friday, NASA released move than 50 new images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The collection, called the Caldwell Catalogue, includes exploded stars, star clusters, galaxies, and more. Check out the collection here.
That mysterious object that is approaching Earth tomorrow – it might be a rocket booster from the 1960’s.
2020 SO will fly past the Earth tomorrow at 3:50 AM ET, coming as close as 31.605 miles from our planet. It’s close, but still considered safe. Funny thing though – scientists are not sure what the object is and pretty sure it’s not “natural”.
Artificial intelligence solved one of mankind’s greatest scientific challenges today – and the discovery will change medicine forever.
DeepMind, the AI developed by Google. has made what scientists are calling a “gargantuan leap” in solving biology’s greatest question. To say scientists are excited would be an understatement.
The legendary Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico is permanently closing after two supporting cables suffer catastrophic failure.
The legendary Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico is permanently closing after two supporting cables suffer catastrophic failure.
Remains of medieval soldier found at bottom of Lithuanian lake, hidden for centuries beneath the mud.
Remains of medieval soldier found at bottom of Lithuanian lake, hidden for centuries beneath the mud.
Check out the NO2 levels in Europe before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Could people working from home save the planet?
NASA has launched several studies that will look at the impact of the pandemic on the planet’s climate. Check out the before and after NO2 tropospheric column models in the graphics below. Wow!
“Mini-lungs” grown in lab provide clues about progression of COVID-19 damage to lungs – and it all begins in the first 6 hours of infection.
Researchers still know very little about how Coronavirus infects the lungs. After all, it’s hard to study the impact of a disease on a person while you’re scrambling to save their life. To work around this, scientists at Cambridge used donated tissue to grow “mini-lungs” in three dimensions to track the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on…
