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Dramatic sampling shows asteroid Bennu is nothing like scientists expected NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission unleashed an unexpected explosion when it touched down on asteroid Bennu in October 2020 to collect a precious sample to carry home to Earth. Mission scientists have described the dramatic sample retrieval, ...
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Gallery: James Webb Space Telescope's 1st photos As highly anticipated as these images will be, they aren't the first photos from the massive space observatory. The James Webb Space Telescope, also known as JWST or Webb, launched on Dec. 25, 2021, and since then, NASA and its partners on the project have ...
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Asteroid Bennu nearly ate NASA's sampling spacecraft "We expected the surface to be pretty rigid," principal investigator Dante Lauretta, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, told Space.com. "We saw a giant wall of debris flying away from the sample site. For spacecraft operators, it was ...
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NASA unveils list of 1st targets for James Webb Space Telescope Our first glimpse through the eyes of NASA's massive new observatory will include nebulas and an alien world. Although the long-awaited images won't be available until a live broadcast on Tuesday (July 12) at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT), NASA has ...
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover collects 9th Red Planet rock sample NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is digging into the surface of the Red Planet on the hunt for evidence of running water in the planet's past — and signs of ancient Mars life, if it ever existed. Perseverance is currently exploring an ancient river delta ...
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The machine behind the 'God particle' is on the hunt for dark matter Ten years ago, a team operating the world's largest particle collider made history by discovering the Higgs boson particle, a finding key to understanding the creation of the universe, earning it the nickname the "God particle.".
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NASA shares teaser for Webb telescope's first image release The James Webb Space Telescope will release its first high-resolution color images on July 12, one of which "is the deepest image of our universe that has ever been taken," according to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
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Dust Devils of Mars: See Wild NASA Views of Red Planet Whirlwinds Mars is a notoriously dusty and windy planet. Put those two factors together and you have a recipe for spectacular dust devils, twisters that zip across the Martian surface. These scenic whirlwinds have been witnessed by rovers on the ground and by ...
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How dinosaurs conquered the world by doing the unthinkable Dinosaurs are often thought of as creatures thriving in warm climates and lush tropical jungles. But now, new research challenges this idea: Rather, dinosaurs endured freezing temperatures, which ultimately allowed them to reign in the Jurassic.
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The Sky This Week: View the Full Buck Super Moon This planetary nebula is magnitude 8.8, so it can be seen in binoculars or a telescope. If dropping down from Vega proves challenging, instead look halfway between 3rd-magnitude Sheliak (Beta [β] Lyrae) and Sulafat (Gamma [γ] Lyrae) to find your quarry.
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