OSIRIS REx scientists talk about asteroid Bennu, one of the most hazardous known space rocks, in the latest episode of Motherboard’s “Space Show.”
Astronomers have discovered that dying white dwarf stars can burn nuclear fuel in their outer shells, prolonging their lives. The discovery made using the Hubble Space Telescope runs contrary to the current view of white dwarfs as just slowly cooling inert star cores.
2021 PJ1, a near-Earth asteroid between 20 and 30 m (66-98 feet) across, safely flew past Earth on August 14, 2021 at a distance of over 1.7 million km (1 million miles). The approach was historic, marking the 1,000th near-Earth asteroid to be observed by NASA’s planetary radar in just over 50 years.
The initial images captured by the Mastcam-Z instrument onboard NASA’s Perseverance rover show an intact Mars sample present in a sample tube after coring.
Successor to Hubble has been hit by delays and a ballooning budget since work began on it in 1996
Scientists spot giant feature at edge of the galaxy.
NASA DESCRIBED THE GALAXY AS “JEWEL-BRIGHT.”
NASA and SpaceX will stand down until Nov. 1.
Six months ago, the craft started sending back never-before-seen views of the Red Planet
It’s a bizarre smear campaign.
