Tag: NASA
How the Hubble Space Telescope opened our eyes to the first...
Rodger I. Thompson, University of Arizona
The Hubble Space Telescope launched on the 24th of April, 30 years ago. It’s an impressive milestone especially as...
A real-life deluminator for spotting exoplanets by reflected starlight
Supriya Chakrabarti, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Perhaps you remember the opening scene of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” that took place on Privet Drive....
What moons in other solar systems reveal about planets like Neptune...
Bradley Hansen, University of California, Los Angeles
What is the difference between a planet-satellite system as we have with the Earth and Moon, versus a...
How nine days underwater helps scientists understand what life on a...
Csilla Ari D`Agostino, University of South Florida
As NASA prepares to return to the Moon in the next couple of years and possibly even establish...
5 Moon-landing innovations that changed life on Earth
Jean Creighton, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Much of the technology common in daily life today originates from the drive to put a human being on the...
The tell-tale clue to how meteorites were made, at the birth...
William Herbst, Wesleyan University and James Greenwood, Wesleyan University
April 26, 1803 was an unusual day in the small town of L’Aigle in Normandy, France...
Asteroid dust brought back to Earth may explain where our water...
Maitrayee Bose, Arizona State University
Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, and scientists argue that the planet’s interior also contains a lot...
Does a year in space make you older or younger?
Susan Bailey, Colorado State University
Daily life aboard the International Space Station moves fast. Really fast. Traveling at approximately 17,000 miles per hour, 300...
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Terrorism in Westminster: London had expected attack for some time but...
David Lowe, Liverpool John Moores University
At least five people are dead and 20 injured following a terrorist incident in London. What had...
