NASA today released the first historic images from the James Web Space Telescope, the most powerful telescope ever launched into space.
NASA released historic first images from the James Webb Space Telescope.
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How do astronauts wash their hair in space? Chinese astronaut shows us how she washes her hair aboard the nation’s Tianhe space station.
Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping spent six months aboard the nation’s Tianhe space station module. As you can imagine, keeping her hair clean in microgravity was a part of her stay. In the video below, Yaping demonstrates how astronauts wash their hair in space.
Scientists solve long-standing mystery: Why do some asthma patients respond poorly to treatment?
The discovery was made as researchers investigated an enduring mystery in asthma treatment: Why do some patients who suffer the most from the disease often have the least success with conventional rescue treatments?
Starliner Launches to Space Station on Uncrewed Flight Test for NASA.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is in orbit, heading for the International Space Station following launch Thursday of the next-generation spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket on a mission designed to test the end-to-end capabilities of the crew-capable system as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Research reveals how Bloodworms make their unique copper teeth.
Bloodworms are known for their unusual fang-like jaws, which are made of protein, melanin, and concentrations of copper not found elsewhere in the animal kingdom. Scientists have observed how these worms use copper harvested from marine sediments to form their jaws, and the process, described in research publishing in the journal Matter on April 25,…
Remains of world’s largest Jurassic pterosaur recovered in Scotland.
Turns out Scotland’s Isle of Skye was once home to an enormous flying reptile with a wingspan about a wide as your bed is long. The pterosaur, also known as a pterodactyl, had a wingspan of more than 8 feet.
First images from James Webb Telescope arrive on Earth. Check out the 18 images of starlight and unexpected selfie from the largest telescope ever flown in space.
The month’s long process of aligning the James Webb Telescope’s 18 mirrors has begun and NASA has let us in on the fun. Today NASA released the first 18 images from the massive telescope, one image from each of its 18 primary mirror segments.
A bolt of lightning breaks the world record, stretching nearly 500 miles across 3 US states.
A single flash of lightning extended 477.2 miles across Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi in April 2020 and on Monday, the World Meteorological Organization certified the strike as a new record, beating a 2018 strike in Brazil of 440.6 miles.
Ash from the Tonga volcano eruption reaches record-breaking 24-mile height, but scientists don’t think it will disrupt the Earth’s climate.
The massive volcanic eruption that destroyed a small island in Polynesia on Saturday (Jan. 15) released ash that reached a record-breaking 24-miles above the Earth’s surface. This was the first time volcanic ash has been detected so high in Earth’s atmosphere.
National Geographic takes a deep dive into the history of the Transatlantic slave trade with new podcast, magazine feature, and documentary special about the most intact slave shipwreck ever found.
Ahead of Black History Month, National Geographic is launching a powerful new podcast, INTO THE DEPTHS, on Jan. 27, 2022, that uncovers the deep history of the transatlantic slave trade as it follows a group of Black divers who are dedicated to finding and helping to document slave shipwrecks.
