CNN — An innovative experiment flying aboard NASA’s Psyche mission just hit its first major milestone by successfully carrying out the most distant demonstration of laser communications. The tech demo could one day help NASA missions probe deeper into space and uncover more discoveries
To be clear, there’s nothing to worry about. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie with the Ingenuity helicopter, seen here about 13 feet (3.9 meters) from the rover, on April 6, 2021, the 46th Martian day, or sol, of
NASA’s Juno captured this view of Jupiter during the mission’s 54th close flyby of the giant planet on Sept. 7. The image was made with raw data from the JunoCam instrument that was processed to enhance details in cloud
An unusually high tide, called a King Tide, floods a highway on-ramp in Northern California in January 2023. Sea level rise and El Niños can exacerbate this type of flooding. California King Tides Project Such high-tide flooding that inundates
A new space weather forecasting center at the University of Michigan seeks to improve solar weather forecasting. The sun. (Image credit: NASA/SDO/Met Office) Space is a dangerous place, especially when it comes to high-energy particles, and intense solar activity can pose
“With Dragonfly, we’re turning science fiction into exploration fact.” Testing is now underway on NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft, a nuclear-powered, car-sized aerial drone that will look for potential precursors to life on Saturn’s moon, Titan. But before Dragonfly can take to
The 29th SpaceX commercial resupply services (CRS) mission for NASA carries scientific experiments and technology demonstrations, including studies of enhanced optical communications and measurement of atmospheric waves. The uncrewed SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to launch to the International Space
A batch of lunar rocks, brought to Earth in 1972, have turned out to contain the oldest pieces of the moon we’ve ever seen. Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt used a lunar rake to collect moon rocks and rock chips
The space rock — possibly the exposed core of a planet that didn’t finish forming — could reveal details about the Solar System’s origins. The Psyche spacecraft launched successfully from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 13 October.Credit: Chandan
The initial glimpses of the off-Earth material are very promising. A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample collector. Sample material from asteroid Bennu can be seen on the middle right. Scientists have found evidence of both carbon and