Solar Sail could take Science to New Heights
Diffractive solar sails, depicted in this conceptual illustration, could enable missions to hard-to-reach places, like orbits over the Sun’s poles.
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Black Hole Echoes
Simulations of the light echoes off of the accretion disk around a maximally spinning (“Kerr”) black hole.
The Biggest Asteroids in our Solar System
ESO images some of the biggest asteroids in our Solar System, using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) in Chile
NASA’s Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor concept awards
NASA is leading an effort, working with the Department of Energy (DOE), to advance space nuclear technologies and selected three reactor design concept proposals for a nuclear
There may be more Water on Mars
A new study, looking more closely at underground water signals, sagest that there may be more water on Mars than previously thought.
Liquid Water on Moons of free-floating Exoplanets
The moons of rogue exoplanets that don’t have stars could have water and be a good place to find life.
NASA selects Innovative, Early-Stage Tech Concepts
Illustration of a conceptual radio telescope within a crater on the Moon. The early-stage concept is being studied under grant funding from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts
Space Hurricane detected for the first time
Space hurricane observed over the Earth’s polar ionosphere, for the first time.
Ingenuity Mini-Helicopter now on Mars
Perseverance rover that landed on Mars last week, includes a mini-helicopter companion called Ingenuity, nicknamed Ginny.
New Technique used to spot nearby Exoplanets
Breakthrough technique used to directly depiction nearby exoplanets in habitable-zone.