Tag: NASA
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Benjamin Roulston, Clarkson University
Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the...
Microgravity in space may cause cancer − but on Earth, mimicking...
Sai Deepika Reddy Yaram, West Virginia University and Soumya Srivastava, West Virginia University
As space travel gains traction and...
Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better...
Jesse Rhoades, University of North Dakota and Rebecca Rhoades, University of North Dakota
The U.S.’s return to the Moon...
That Arctic blast can feel brutally cold, but how much colder...
Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, University of Michigan
An Arctic blast hitting the central and eastern U.S. in early January...
From new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate...
Zhenbo Wang, University of Tennessee
In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world.
NASA’s Europa Clipper began...
NASA’s crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis I −...
Marcos Fernandez Tous, University of North Dakota
Off the coast of Baja California in December 2022, sun sparkled over...
Extraterrestrial life may look nothing like life on Earth − so...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on...
What does the NASA administrator do? The agency’s leader reaches for...
Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University
Leaders of NASA sit in an awkward position. While they are the head of...
EXPLORING NATURE
What makes a true Santa is inside – and comes with...
Christina Hymer, University of Tennessee
When you picture Santa Claus, a white, bearded, overweight and jolly man who dashes...
