The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit Tuesday to NASA Headquarters in Washington:
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Meet Gamma Cassiopeiae, the Classic Eruptive Variable
Gamma Cassiopeia may lack a proper name, but the middle star of the “W”-shape constellation is worth finding on the sky. The post Meet Gamma Cassiopeiae, the Classic Eruptive Variable appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Read MoreNASA Leadership to Call Space Station Crew
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will speak with astronauts aboard the International Space Station from the Mission Control Center at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston Thursday, Sept. 2.
Read MoreResearchers Successfully Biomine Vanadium Aboard the Space Station
For centuries, humans have mined materials to build the tools we use every day, from batteries and cell phones to airplanes and refrigerators.
Read MoreHurricane Ida As a Category 4 Storm
Taken on Aug. 29, 2021, this image shows Hurricane Ida shows as a category 4 storm.
Read MoreNASA Highlights Minority Serving Institution Capabilities to Increase Diversity in STEM Workforce
NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement Minority University Research and Education Project is leading the effort to integrate technology in the STEM portfolio.
Read MorePrimordial black holes may flood the universe. Could one hit Earth?
Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of “Ask a Spaceman” and “Space Radio,” and author of “How to Die in Space.” Sutter contributed this article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Black holes sound pretty scary — dark, powerful, foreboding. And now, astrophysicists have cooked up something else: primordial black holes, forged in the earliest moments of the universe, that flood the present-day cosmos. So, what are the chances that one of these ancient monsters will come wandering toward Earth? One…
Read MoreRecord-high astronaut applications overwhelm European Space Agency
Thousands of would-be space travelers hoping to be among the next-generation of astronauts to fly with the European Space Agency (ESA) will have to wait until at least November to find out if they’ve got the right stuff after a flood of applicants, agency officials have said. Applications for ESA’s astronaut corps and a new program for “parastronauts” with physical disabilities closed on June 18, but potential candidates are being asked for their patience as the number of applicants wildly exceeded the space agency’s initial expectations. “At ESA, we firmly…
Read MoreWatch a supermassive black hole fest in mesmerizing new simulation (video)
There’s no consensus yet on how supermassive black holes form, but a mesmerizing new simulation is taking a crack at that question like never before. Scientists are hoping that new simulations, like the one recently created by researchers at Northwestern University, can reveal the origins of these gargantuan bodies. Among these objects are a few that are especially interesting to scientists, like the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy and the one captured in the iconic first black hole photograph made by the Event Horizon…
Read MoreNASA Sets Coverage for Two Russian Spacewalks Outside Space Station
Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station Friday, Sept. 3, and Thursday, Sept. 9, to conduct the first pair of up to 11 spacewalks to prepare the new Nauka multipurpose laboratory module for operations in space.
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