The super Heat-resistant Shield of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe
The Parker Solar Probe’s heat shield, called the Thermal Protection System, or TPS, was installed on the spacecraft.
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Martian Dust Storm Grows Global
A storm of tiny dust particles has engulfed much of Mars over the last two weeks and prompted NASA’s Opportunity rover to suspend science operations.
The new Aurora named ‘Steve’
For the first time, scientists have ground and satellite views of ‘Steve,’ a thin purple ribbon of light, a new aurora. Watch it on the video…
Testing the Parker Solar Probe for Space
The Parker Solar Probe is lowered into the 40-foot-tall thermal vacuum chamber, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, to simulate the extreme conditions in space.
2017 was the Second Hottest Year on record
Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2017 ranked as the second warmest since 1880.
NASA’s advanced X-ray Navigation in Space
A team of NASA engineers demonstrated for the first time, fully autonomous X-ray navigation in space.
Holiday Nebula ‘Ornament’
The Hubble Space Telescope captured what looks like a colorful holiday ornament in space.
James Webb telescope is closer to Launch
NASA announced the Hubble replacement James Webb Space Telescope, had passed its cryogenic testing.
Star wanders too close to a giant Black Hole
This artist’s rendering shows a star wandering too close to a 3-million-solar-mass black hole was torn apart.
Webb Space Telescope Early Science Observations revealed
NASA announced 13 research programs consisting the Early Release period for the James Webb Space Telescope.