This tiny satellite will use a solar sail to investigate an asteroid
Following the success of Bill Nye’s solar sail craft, LightSail 2, NASA plans to launch its own solar sail craft to investigate near-Earth asteroids.
Teenage ‘lava world’ is the youngest exoplanet of its type discovered so far
NASA’s exoplanet-hunter TESS recently discovered four “teenage” exoplanets, including one dramatic lava world that orbits ultra-close to its star.
Hubble is once again working to ‘further our understanding of the universe’
After switching to backup hardware, the Hubble Space Telescope is back up and running following a computer error last month.
It lives! NASA restores Hubble with a switch to backup hardware
The much-beloved Hubble Space Telescope looks like it will be able to resume operations soon, after a month of nail-biting issues with its hardware.
How NASA is testing the James Webb Space Telescope before its launch
The James Webb telescope has suffered a series of delays but is creeping towards launch, with the completion of three milestones in its final round of testing.
NASA says ‘moon wobble’ may cause a problem for earthlings
A so-called “moon wobble” in the 2030s could cause problems for people living in coastal communities, according to new NASA research.
Watch NASA’s gorgeous Jupiter flyby with Vangelis soundtrack
Check out this gorgeous video showing a flyby of Jupiter’s Ganymede moon, as well as Jupiter itself, captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
How NASA’s Mars helicopter is already helping out Perseverance rover
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has performed so well during its test flights on Mars that the space agency has now put the aircraft to work.
Curiosity investigates how rocks on Mars could preserve signs of life
A new study using data from the Curiosity rover has shed light on what indicators of life have been preserved or destroyed through the history of Mars.
Cross your fingers that NASA can fix Hubble by switching to backup hardware
The Hubble telescope is currently broken, but NASA engineers are ready to switch to backup hardware to try to fix it.