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2024 Total Solar Eclipse Brings NASA New Opportunities to Study the Sun and Earth’s Mysteries

Micah Hanks·March 26, 2024

NASA officials said on Tuesday that the space agency is planning to conduct a wide array of science experiments during the full solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, that will focus on gaining insights into a mysterious region of the Sun and how it affects the Earth.

NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission May Soon Discover Alien Life. Here’s What’s Making Experts So Confident.

Christopher Plain·March 25, 2024

Laboratory experiments show a NASA mission planned for launch as soon as this October could be the first ever to detect alien lifeforms.

NASA Launches BurstCube on New Mission to Study Mysterious Short Gamma Ray Bursts

Micah Hanks·March 22, 2024

NASA has just sent BurstCube on the first leg of its scientific mission to study the most powerful explosions in the known universe.

NASA Says T Coronae Borealis Nova Set To Create a “New Star” in a Once-in-a-Lifetime Event

Tim McMillan·March 20, 2024

T Coronae Borealis, the "Blaze Star," is set to brighten the night sky in a nova explosion event unlike anything seen since 1946.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Has Created a Snake-like Robot to Search for Life on Enceladus

Christopher Plain·March 13, 2024

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has built a snake-like robot called EELS to search Saturn's moon Enceladus for signs of life.

NASA Reveals Message Europa Clipper Will Carry During its Search for Extraterrestrial Life on Jupiter’s Moon

Tim McMillan·March 12, 2024

NASA's Europa Clipper will carry a special message on its journey to Jupiter's moon as it seeks signs of extraterrestrial life.

This Strange Phenomena Could Place NASA’s Lunar Landers At Risk

It's a sticky situation...

MJ Banias·February 16, 2024

NASA has embarked on the Electrostatic Regolith Interaction Experiment (ERIE) to combat the hazards posed by lunar dust.

Innovative Solar Sail Propulsion System Could Soon Drive Spacecraft for Science Missions, NASA Projects

Micah Hanks·February 13, 2024

NASA says it cleared a “key technology milestone” last month that could help move the agency toward future use of solar sail technology.

NASA Just Tested a New Experimental Hybrid Antenna for Deep Space Laser Communications

Micah Hanks·February 12, 2024

NASA says recent tests with an experimental hybrid antenna were successfully able to receive radio frequency and near-infrared laser signals being dispatched from the Psyche spacecraft on its journey into deep space.

NASA Needs a “Miracle” to Save Voyager 1

MJ Banias·February 11, 2024

NASA's Voyager 1, the most distant human-made object in space, is facing a critical situation following a computer glitch that has compromised its ability to transmit essential telemetry data back to Earth.

‘They Are Rare, and Very Hard to Find.’ NASA’s Roman Telescope Could Solve a Cosmic Mystery by Viewing These Weird Celestial Objects

Micah Hanks·February 8, 2024

NASA’s Roman Telescope may soon help unravel one of the greatest mysteries about our universe, with help from a strange cosmic phenomenon.

NASA to Conduct Experiment Near the Moon’s Mysterious South Pole That Could Radically Change Future Lunar Exploration

Micah Hanks·February 7, 2024

NASA has announced new plans for an experiment on the Moon that could fundamentally change the future of lunar exploration, the agency said this week.

NASA Announces Discovery of a Cosmically Close “Super Earth” Orbiting Within its Star’s Habitable Zone

Christopher Plain·February 6, 2024

NASA researchers say they have spotted a Super Earth that is only 137 light years away and orbits within its star's habitable zone.

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Closer to Solving Mystery of Methane Biosignature on Mars, Aiding Search for Life

Christopher Plain·February 5, 2024

Researchers are closing in the source of methane gas in the Martian atmosphere, upping the chances of finding signs of life on the red planet.

NASA Just Tested a Crucial Technology That May Soon Help Its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Detect Life on Distant Worlds

Micah Hanks·February 2, 2024

NASA says it has successfully administered multiple tests to a new instrument on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will allow unprecedented views of planets beyond our solar system.

‘Strategic Location’ For Future Base at the Lunar South Pole is Being Rocked by Mysterious Moonquakes, NASA Images Reveal

Micah Hanks·January 26, 2024

A NASA-funded study of a key strategic location on the Moon has revealed the presence of moonquakes and faults near the lunar south pole.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Has Made “a Landmark Discovery” in the Atmosphere of This Small Exoplanet

Micah Hanks·January 26, 2024

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has made "a landmark discovery" through observations of the atmosphere of a tiny distant exoplanet.

Ingenuity Helicopter Ends Its Historic Mars Mission, as NASA Reveals What Finally Grounded the First Aircraft to Fly on Another Planet

Micah Hanks·January 26, 2024

NASA has announced that the Ingenuity helicopter has formally concluded its mission on Mars, following dozens of successful test flights during its three-year tenure on the planet.

NASA’s Scout System Just Predicted an Asteroid Impact. Here’s What That Means for Planetary Defense.

Micah Hanks·January 25, 2024

This week, NASA’s Scout impact assessment system succeeded in calculating the trajectory of an asteroid that entered Earth’s atmosphere over Germany.

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Fired a Laser at a Spacecraft on the Moon. Here’s the Reason Why.

Micah Hanks·January 24, 2024

NASA recently revealed that a laser beam was fired from its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) at a spacecraft on the Moon’s surface.

“Hazards Remain High” as Volcanic Danger Zone is Revealed in NASA Satellite Imagery Captured Over Iceland

Micah Hanks·January 22, 2024

NASA satellite imagery has revealed the thermal signature of volcanic activity that reawakened on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula this month, following an eruption late last year that prompted evacuations.

NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft is Unveiled During Historic Ceremony at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works

Micah Hanks·January 12, 2024

On Friday, the X-59 Quesst supersonic aircraft was unveiled to the public at Lockheed Martin’s iconic Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.

NASA Satellite Images Have Revealed Something Curious in the Skies Above Russia’s Eastern Coast

Micah Hanks·January 6, 2024

NASA satellite images obtained late last year captured an unusual occurrence in the skies off the coast of eastern Russia.

NASA Will Debut Its Mysterious X-59 ‘Quiet’ Supersonic Aircraft at Famous Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Facility Next Week

Micah Hanks·January 5, 2024

NASA has announced its plans to unveil its ultra-quiet X-59 supersonic aircraft next week, the American space agency said in a statement on Friday.

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Has Captured Images of Something Odd Carved into the Martian Landscape

Micah Hanks·December 20, 2023

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently captured images of an odd-looking series of ridged lines carved into the landscape of the Red Planet, the U.S. space agency recently announced.

Record-Setting NASA Laser Experiment Beams Ultra-High-Definition Video to Earth from 19 Million Miles Away

Micah Hanks·December 20, 2023

A NASA laser experiment has successfully beamed ultra-high-definition streaming video to Earth from a distance of 19 million miles away.

Dream Chaser Spaceplane is Gearing Up to Help NASA Deliver Cargo to the International Space Station

Micah Hanks·December 18, 2023

An innovative new spaceplane cargo system is advancing toward its first delivery to the International Space Station (ISS), as one of NASA’s commercial partners providing resupply services.

NASA is Investigating a Strange Series of Coded Messages from Space. They’re Coming from a Familiar Source.

Micah Hanks·December 15, 2023

NASA engineers were reportedly left baffled recently after receiving a perplexing series of coded messages from a point in space nearly 15 billion miles from Earth, according to a recent update shared by the U.S. space agency.

NASA Identifies 17 Potentially Habitable Earth-Sized Icy Worlds, Including Two Cosmic Nearby Neighbors

Christopher Plain·December 14, 2023

A team of NASA researchers says they have identified 17 potentially habitable icy worlds including two that are cosmically nearby, which may have subsurface oceans teeming with extraterrestrial life.

NASA Funded Experiments Show Detecting Signs of Life in Water Ejected from Enceladus is Viable

Christopher Plain·December 6, 2023

Experiments funded by NASA show that sending a probe to Enceladus to search for extraterrestrial life is viable.

NASA Readying Radioisotope-Powered Spacecraft Fueled by Plutonium-238 to Explore the Deepest Reaches of Space

Christopher Plain·November 30, 2023

Following the receipt of plutonium-238 from the DOE, NASA says they are planning deep space missions powered by radioisotope generators.

NASA to Launch Stadium-Sized Craft Over Antarctica in New Mission to Explore Cosmic Phenomena

Micah Hanks·November 28, 2023

A long-duration aerial mission soon to be carried out by NASA over Antarctica will launch stadium-sized craft in support of a series of record-breaking science missions, the agency announced this week.

Biology on the Moon? NASA Announces Ambitious Plans for a New Space Biology Research Initiative

Micah Hanks·November 22, 2023

NASA is gearing up for a new space biology research program, which the space agency says will advance its understanding of several areas of focus, including the ways lunar dust can affect animals and plants.

NASA Funding Development of “Game-Changing” Rotating Detonation Rocket Engines

Christopher Plain·November 16, 2023

NASA is funding researchers from the University of Texas at Arlington for the development of rotating detonation rocket engines.

NASA Just Lost Communication with Its Robot Scientists on Mars. This Phenomenon is to Blame.

Micah Hanks·November 13, 2023

NASA has temporarily lost the ability to communicate with its Mars fleet, thanks to a phenomenon that occurs every two years.

Eerie Glows and Electron Beams: What Were NASA’s ‘DISSIPATION’ and ‘BEAM-PIE’ Missions Investigating Over Remote Alaska?

Micah Hanks·November 10, 2023

NASA's DISSIPATION and BEAM-PIE missions recently launched a pair of rockets to investigate auroras and other phenomena over Alaska.

A NASA Spacecraft Just Had Its First Close Encounter with an Asteroid. Then It Spotted Something Else.

Micah Hanks·November 6, 2023

As NASA’s Lucy spacecraft recently made its approach toward the asteroid Dinkinesh, NASA technicians got a surprise: it wasn’t alone.

NASA Shows Off Experimental ‘Next-Generation’ Advanced Electric Propulsion System

Christopher Plain·November 6, 2023

NASA is revealing new details about its experimental Advanced Electric Propulsion System, designed to fly on the Gateway mission in 2025.

Creepy ‘Face’ Captured on the Surface of Jupiter by NASA’s Juno Spacecraft

Christopher Plain·October 31, 2023

Just in time for Halloween, NASA's Juno spacecraft has returned an image of cloud formations on the surface of Jupiter that seems to resemble a creepy face.

NASA’s Mysterious X-59 Supersonic Experimental Aircraft is Finally Gearing Up For Its First Flight

Christopher Plain·October 30, 2023

NASA's mysterious X-59 experimental aircraft is moving towards its first flight following an announced goal of 2024.

This New 3D Printable Wonder Material Could Help Propel NASA’s Future Missions Into Deep Space

Micah Hanks·October 20, 2023

NASA reports that it has tested a new 3D printed rocket engine component made from a novel material that could help to hasten an era of deep space flights that are able to carry larger payloads.

Seth Shostak on NASA’s UAP Investigations and the Search for ET

Chrissy Newton·October 19, 2023

Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the renowned SETI Institute, joins Chrissy to discuss the intriguing questions surrounding what first contact with ET might be like.

NASA Unveils Stunning Imagery and Analysis of the First Near-Earth Asteroid Samples Collected by OSIRIS-REx

Micah Hanks·October 11, 2023

The initial results of studies involving newly returned samples collected from a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid were unveiled by NASA on Wednesday.

NASA Space Lasers Could Become Earth’s First Line of Defense Against Collisions and Spaceborne Threats

Christopher Plain·October 5, 2023

NASA is developing a network of space lasers to protect the country's space-based assets from a wide range of orbital threats.

Something Odd Was Just Seen Crossing the Martian Landscape, and NASA’s Perseverance Rover Caught It All on Film

Micah Hanks·October 3, 2023

Newly released images captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover showcase a rare natural event moving across the Martian landscape.

In-Depth: OSIRIS-REx Mission Achieves Historic Milestone with NASA’s Successful Delivery of Asteroid Samples to Earth

Micah Hanks·September 25, 2023

A mission to bring samples from a distant asteroid back to Earth made history on Sunday with the success of NASA's OSIRIS-Rex.

NASA’s Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena

Micah Hanks·September 21, 2023

This week we look at NASA's new UAP report, and get commentary from Mark Rodeghier, Ph.D, the Director of the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies.

Watch NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Plow Through a Solar Tsunami, Validating Twenty-Year Theory on Space Weather

Tim McMillan·September 21, 2023

NASA's Parker Solar Probe just made a historic voyage through a solar eruption, validating a 20-year-old theory on space weather.

Did NASA’s James Webb Telescope Just Make The Astonishing First Discovery of Alien Life on Exoplanet K2-18b?

Tim McMillan·September 15, 2023

Is there life beyond Earth? The James Webb Telescope has spotted tantalizing potential signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b.

NASA’s UAP Independent Study Team Publishes Its Findings, as the Agency Appoints a New NASA Director of UAP Research

Micah Hanks·September 14, 2023

A report by NASA’s UAP Independent Study Team has called for better data, and reveals the appointment of a new NASA Director of UAP Research.