NASA

Stunning close-up of Saturn’s moon, Pan, reveals a space empanada 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 11, 2017
Astronomers have long known that Pan, one of Saturn’s innermost moons, has an odd look.

By David Aragorn
NASA Mission Named ‘Europa Clipper’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 10, 2017
NASA’s upcoming mission to investigate the habitability of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa now has a formal name: Europa Clipper.

By David Aragorn
NASA Considers Magnetic Shield to Help Mars Grow Its Atmosphere 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 9, 2017
NASA Planetary Science Division Director, Jim Green, says launching a magnetic shield could help warm Mars and possibly allow it to become habitable.

By David Aragorn
Cosmic Deep Freeze!0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 8, 2017
NASA’s Cold Atom Lab Aboard the ISS Will Reshape Our Understanding of Matter and Gravity

By David Aragorn
NASA Is Letting You Download Its Software For Free 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 8, 2017
Turns out you don’t need to hack NASA or work for them in order to use their technology.

By David Aragorn
NASA Creating a New Spacecraft to Prevent Extinction-Level Earth-Bound Asteroid Impact 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 7, 2017
NASA is working to get a spacecraft to an asteroid before one strikes Earth.

By David Aragorn
NASA orbiter steers clear of Mars moon Phobos 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 3, 2017
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft performed a previously unscheduled maneuver this week to avoid a collision in the near future with Mars’ moon Phobos.

By David Aragorn
Man BANNED For Asking NASA About Aliens During Q&A! 2/23/17 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- March 2, 2017
NASA held an open question AMA on Reddit to see what everyone’s questions were about the 7 new exoplanets discovered, but then when a certain Reddit user asked a question about alien life, the account got suspended…permanently.

By David Aragorn
NASA Satellite Spots Moon’s Shadow over Patagonia 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 28, 2017
On Feb. 26, 2017, an annular eclipse of the sun was visible along a narrow path that stretched from the southern tip of South America, across the Atlantic Ocean and into southern Africa.

By David Aragorn
First Solar Images from NOAA’s GOES-16 Satellite 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 28, 2017
The first images from the Solar Ultraviolet Imager or SUVI instrument aboard NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite have been successful, capturing a large coronal hole on Jan. 29, 2017.

By David Aragorn