New Horizons mission Plans Return to Normal Science Ops
The investigation into the anomaly that caused New Horizons to enter “safe mode” on July 4 has concluded that no hardware or software fault occurred … Read more
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NASA’s Hubble finds Pluto’s moons tumbling in absolute chaos
If you lived on one of Pluto’s moons, you might have a hard time determining when, or from which direction, the sun will rise each … Read more
Hubble observes one-of-a-kind star nicknamed ‘Nasty’
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered surprising new clues about a hefty, rapidly aging star whose behavior has never been seen before in … Read more
Hubble finds phantom objects near dead quasars
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has photographed a set of wispy, goblin-green objects that are the ephemeral ghosts of quasars that flickered to life and then … Read more
Hubble gets best view of circumstellar debris disk distorted by planet
Astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to take the most detailed edge on picture to date of a large disk of gas and dust … Read more
NASA, NOAA find 2014 warmest year in modern record
The year 2014 ranks as Earth’s warmest since 1880, according to two separate analyses by NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists. The … Read more
Volcano’s Heat Lights Up Satellite Sensors
Like a maw into the pits of hell, the Paluwej volcano in Indonesia has caught even NASA’s attention. As the Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite … Read more
The Day NASA’s Fermi Dodged a 1.5-ton Bullet
NASA scientists don’t often learn that their spacecraft is at risk of crashing into another satellite. But when Julie McEnery, the project scientist for NASA’s … Read more
X-ray view of a thousand-year-old cosmic tapestry
This year, astronomers around the world have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of X-ray astronomy. Few objects better illustrate the progress of the field in … Read more
Human Asteroid Initiative Builds on NASA History
NASA’s FY2014 budget proposal includes a plan to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a stable orbit in the Earth-moon … Read more
Suzaku ‘Post-mortem’ Yields Insight into Kepler’s Supernova
An exploding star observed in 1604 by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler held a greater fraction of heavy elements than the sun, according to an … Read more
