New research led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has revealed the identity of a puzzling near-Earth object by precisely tracking its motion through space and …
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reads Record of Ancient Mars Impacts
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has uncovered evidence that a 245-foot-thick (75-meter-thick) stack of ancient rock on the rim of Jezero Crater was built by repeated asteroid impacts. Referred to as …
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NASA’s SunRISE Mission Changes Launch Vehicle to SpaceX Falcon Heavy
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNASA’s SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) mission will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, shifting from its original ride into …
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NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Spot Distant Black Holes That Shred Stars
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauHow do black holes at the center of galaxies form and grow over time? To answer this question, scientists need to detect and study supermassive black holes at great distances, …
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NASA CubeSat to Speed Technology Testing in Orbit
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe R5-S9 (Realizing Rapid, Reduced-cost high-Risk Research project Spacecraft 9) CubeSat, developed by NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, lifted off at 12:12 a.m. PDT Tuesday, July 7, aboard a …
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NASA Scientists Take to Air and Space to Study Arctic Sea Ice
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThis month, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California are testing a spacecraft sensor that will help measure how quickly Arctic sea ice is disappearing. And while that …
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With less than two months until the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are preparing the observatory for its trip …
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Week Ends With Vein Scans, Cartilage Engineering Before New Crew Launches
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauVein scans and cartilage engineering wrapped up a busy week aboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 74 crew members also configured the orbital outpost for a new crew, tested new cooking gear, …
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NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Planetary System in New Way
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauFor the first time, NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to ripples in space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting planets TESS …
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NASA’s Webb Studies How Planet Survived Death of its Star
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is giving us new insight into the far-future of solar systems like our own, as the agency continues to reveal the secrets of the universe …