Jun 14 Watch 4:42 These six people simulated a mission to Mars on a Hawaiian volcano By PBS News Hour A NASA-funded study is focusing on the psychological impact of a potential mission to Mars. For the past eight months, six people have been living in a self-sustaining 1,000 square-foot dome on the Mauna Loa Volcano in Hawaii, cut off… Continue watching
May 22 What's making this galaxy shine with the light of 300 trillion suns? By Colleen Shalby In a galaxy far, far away -- specifically 12.5 billion years from Earth -- shines the light of over 300 trillion suns. Continue reading
May 20 House panel approves $51B for NASA, Justice Dept. over Democratic protests By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A GOP-controlled House panel Wednesday approved a $51 billion measure providing the Justice Department and NASA with modest budget hikes, but the legislation falls well short of what's needed to win President Barack Obama's signature. Continue reading
May 11 NASA's Curiosity captures blue sunset on the Red Planet By Joshua Barajas Last month, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a blue sunset on the Red Planet. The sight was poetic enough to inspire the rover to quote T.S. Eliot in a tweet. Continue reading
Apr 30 NASA Probe Ends Mercury Mission With A Bang By Nsikan Akpan The planet Mercury earned a new crater when NASA's MESSENGER probe smashed into its scorched surface earlier this afternoon. The intentional crash landing ended an 11-year mission that brought us the most intimate peeks at our solar system's smallest… Continue reading
Apr 21 25 years of the Hubble telescope in 25 stunning photos By Jasmine Wright, Margaret Myers The world’s first space telescope celebrates a quarter century this week. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope launched into orbit aboard the space shuttle Discovery 25 years ago Friday, on April 24, 1990. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch 4:08 What two discoveries suggest about life in the solar system By PBS News Hour Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Judy Woodruff to discuss two space stories that center around the search for life and how it began. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft arrived in orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres, which scientists believe shows signs of… Continue watching
Mar 06 Timeline: Dawn spacecraft glides into orbit of dwarf planet Ceres By Joshua Barajas and Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy After spending nearly eight years floating through deep space, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft finally reached its destination Friday, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt called Ceres. Continue reading
Mar 04 Short circuit halts NASA's Mars Curiosity rover for days By Joshua Barajas NASA’s Curiosity rover will take a break from gathering samples of the dusty Martian landscape, while engineers determine whether a short circuit damaged the robot’s arm, the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Tuesday. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch a stunning blue sunset -- on Mars By Justin Scuiletti Are you a fan of watching sunsets? Well, NASA has an out-of-this-world one to show you. Continue reading