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Jun 24
2020

Saharan dust drifting toward Colorado

Dust is on the way to the United States this week making the more than 6,000-mile journey from the Sahara Desert.

This might seem to work against typical weather patterns, but dust in the United States from the Sahara happens every year. While it may not be abnormal to see the Saharan dust make its annual journey to the United States, we are expected to see more of it than usual.

Tiny individual dust particles combine to make a large plume so big that it can be picked up on satellite images and even be seen from the International Space Station.

Jun 24
2020

Ocean Planets Could be Common in Galaxy

NASA scientists decided to explore whether — hypothetically — there are ocean planets in the Milky Way galaxy that are similar to the watery solar system moons Europa and Enceladus.

Jun 23
2020

‘Black neutron star’ discovery changes astronomy

Laser labs that detect ripples in space-time may have witnessed a new class of cosmic object.

Jun 23
2020

Surprise! Pluto may have had an underground ocean from the very beginning

Though Pluto is now famously frigid, it may have started off as a hot world that formed rapidly and violently, a new study finds.

Jun 23
2020

Testing the Mars Helicopter Delivery System on NASA’s Perseverance Rover

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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is traveling to Mars attached to the belly of the Perseverance rover and must safely detach to begin the first attempt at powered flight on another planet. Tests done at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin Space show the sequence of events that will bring the helicopter down to the Martian surface.

For more about the Mars helicopter, visit https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/

Credit: nasa/jpl-caltech and lockheed martin space.

Jun 23
2020

Astronomers see huge ‘mystery object’ in space

Massive object cannot be explained without changing our understanding of what we know about astrophysics, researchers say.

Jun 23
2020

There could be as many as six billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy

The findings could have a big impact on future space missions.

Jun 23
2020

Hammer and Feather dropped on the Moon

Test What happen when it don’t have Atmosphere.

What happen when it don’t have Atmosphere.

Jun 22
2020

Scientists plan a new orbiter mission to Pluto

Researchers already are planning an ambitious spacecraft that will orbit the mysterious world.

Jun 22
2020

Shares of Virgin Galactic surge after announcement that it will train astronauts for NASA

Shares of Virgin Galactic shares jumped Monday after it signed an agreement with NASA that will allow the space tourism venture to train astronauts for trips to the International Space Station on flights to the edge of space.

The company — which is publicly traded but largely owned by founder Richard Branson and chairman Chamath Palihapitiya — announced on Monday that it signed a “Space Act Agreement” with NASA’s Johnson Space Center, which leads the agency’s astronaut program in Houston.

Shares of Virgin Galactic rose as much as 14% in early trading from its previous close of $15 a share.