Turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI) to design mission hardware is becoming increasingly popular among NASA projects as AI-designed parts are lighter, more structurally sound, and can be designed much quicker than with traditional methods. Ryan McClelland, a research engineer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, has pioneered the...
Construction of NASA’s next-generation asteroid hunter, Near-Earth Object Surveyor (NEO Surveyor), has begun.
AT2021fxu is a changing-look active galactic nucleus (AGN). By analyzing data from NASA’s Swift spacecraft and NICER on the International Space Station, astronomers have revealed its true nature. According to the results of the study, published on December 14 on the arXiv preprint server, deliver important insights into the nature...
A suborbital trip on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo and Blue Origin’s New Shepard typically costs $250,000 to $500,000. Flights beyond that to actual orbit—a much higher altitude—fetch more than $50 million per seat. A trip to space is very expensive and only affordable to those who can pay a large amount...
On average, the Moon’s distance from Earth is 238,855 miles, or 384399.8611 kilometers, or 384399861.1 meters. Yes, the average distance, because the Moon’s orbit is not perfectly circular, and its reach from Earth varies. At its furthest point from Earth, the Moon is 252,700 miles (406681.2288 km) away. When the...
Definition of an Exoplanet An exoplanet is a planet that orbits a star and is outside of our solar system. Earth-like exoplanets are of particular interest to astronomers because they may be able to support life. NASA has discovered thousands of exoplanets using the Kepler Space Telescope and is currently...
Introduction A solar eclipse means Moon blocking the Sun from view. There are 3 types of solar eclipses: total, partial, and annular. •Total solar eclipses are when the Moon completely covers the Sun. The Moon’s shadow is cast on Earth. •Partial solar eclipses are when the Moon covers part of...
International Dark-Sky Association is an organization that works to reduce light pollution. It was founded in 1988, and since then, it has been working to raise awareness of the issue and lobby for changes to reduce light pollution. In recent years, there has been an increase in awareness of light...
The discovery of the physical properties of dark matter and energy in the form of particles could be the first step toward unraveling the mystery of the next dimension.
Capstone will perform two more clean-up operations to enhance its orbit during the course of the following five days.
While NASA has forbidden reproductive experiments in space with humans, what’s interesting here is to see how animal rights activists will react to the Chinese mission of sending monkeys into space to experiment with the innocent animals’ mating in zero gravity.
xquisite studies of the motion of the black hole’s partner, a star similar to the Sun that orbits the Gaia BH1 black hole at around the same distance as the Earth orbits the Sun.
After a couple of weeks in which we welcomed a partial solar eclipse on October 25, a total lunar eclipse is preparing to take place on Tuesday, November 8. This total lunar eclipse is a rare sight for skywatchers because the Moon will take on a reddish-copper hue, earning it...
NASA’s Artemis program is getting another checkpoint, as the Artemis 1 moon rocket will return to the launch pad early Friday morning (Nov. 4). You can watch the slow-motion action live. The Artemis 1 stack, a massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket atop an Orion spacecraft, is set to leave...
Astronomers are now able to gather unprecedented information about the early universe with the help of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which was designed primarily to detect the faint infrared light from extremely distant galaxies.
