5396 Results From "nasa"

We don't wanna freak you out, but there's a really good likelihood that dark matter could be in the room with you right now.
Science & Energy

Is Dark Matter In The Room With Me Right Now? Scientists Say Yes

The James Webb Space Telescope keeps trucking along splendidly — and it just hit another exciting milestone.
James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope Just Locked Onto Its First Star

Finding evidence of water on the Moon is a tantalizing prospect — but only meaningful insofar as we're able to actually make use of it.
Science & Energy

There’s One Big Problem With NASA’s Moon Water Announcement

The classified payload Angara-1 rocket was supposed to deliver to orbit for Russia wasn't working after it launched last month. "Z" is painted on its side.
Advanced Transport

Russia Totally Screws Up Space Launch

Comet Leonard flew a little too close to the Sun and likely broke into a million pieces during its closest approach.
Off-World

Unfortunate Comet Flies Too Close to the Sun, Disintegrates and Becomes a Ghost

A NASA-sponsored report finds that the agency has fallen behind on its push to develop nuclear propulsion for spacecraft, threatening a 2039 Mars mission.
Mars

NASA Report Recommends “Aggressive” Funding for Nuclear-Powered Mars Mission

More than 30 residents reported a fireball and loud boom that turned out to be a meteor yesterday. Was it connected to that other asteroid?
Science & Energy

Residents Hear Loud Boom That Turns Out to Be a Meteor

NASA is barred from collaborating with China and its leadership says it's not concerned about China's ambitions. But experts suggest it should be.
NASA

Congress Bars NASA From Working With China. That’s Likely a Mistake.

A new study warns that there may be a glaring error in the James Webb's calculations that could leave much of its data open to serious misinterpretation. 
James Webb Space Telescope

Harvard and MIT Scientists Warn That James Webb Data May Not Be What It Seems

Amazon is planning to allow its Alexa smart speaker to mimic the voices of deceased loved ones, arguably a rather crass failure to read the room.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Shows Off Tech That Lets Alexa Copy Voice of Dead Relatives

Elon Musk Has a New Date He Says He’ll Land People on Mars
Mars

Elon Musk Has a New Date He Says He’ll Land People on Mars

Remember those plants grown in soil collected by Apollo astronauts? Bad news -- it sounds like they didn't turn out so great.
Moon

Bad News! The Plants Grown in Moon Soil Turned Out Wretched

Steve Jurczyk was catapulted from third-in-line to acting leader of NASA when Biden took office. Here's some of what we know about him and his leadership.
NASA

Seven Facts About the New Head of NASA, Steve Jurczyk

After being trapped in Tesla's Giga Shanghai factory for months, CEO Elon Musk is finally letting workers go back home later today.
Future Society

Hooray! Tesla Lets Workers Leave Factory Where They’ve Been Trapped for Months

SpaceX’s Booster 7 rocket prototype ignited in a massive fireball on Monday, stunning onlookers. A new photograph provides a closer look at the damage.
Advanced Transport

Close Up Photo Shows SpaceX Starship Booster After Mysterious Blast

Dmitiry Rogozin, the head of the country’s space program Roscosmos, has allegedly forbidden agency employees from being able to travel abroad.
Future Society

Russian Space Program Is Apparently Forbidding Employees From Traveling Abroad, Fearing They’ll Flee

Do not panic when you read the following sentence: there are now walking sharks who have come out of the ocean to walk on land.
Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by Sharks That Can Walk on Land for Two Hours

Researchers at Nanjing University in China say lunar soil may support long-term human life on the Moon because by providing resources like oxygen and fuel.
Moon

Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out How to Turn Moon Soil Into Spaceship Fuel and Oxygen

Animal researchers in the UK are teaming up with Chester Zoo to save endangered animal species from going extinct using crogenetically frozen tissues.
DNA

Zoo Saving DNA From Rare Animals In Case They Go Extinct

NASA announced Friday that the touchdown site of the Perseverance Rover will be named after sci-fi writer and pioneer Octavia Butler.
Mars

NASA Names Mars Landing Site After Sci-Fi Pioneer Octavia Butler