NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comm Demo Sends, Receives First Data
NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment has beamed a near-infrared laser encoded with test data from nearly 10 million miles (16 million kilometers) away…
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NASA Data Reveals Possible Reason Some Exoplanets Are Shrinking
Some exoplanets seem to be losing their atmospheres and shrinking. In a new study using NASA’s retired Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers find evidence of a…
NASA’s Cold Atom Lab Sets Stage for Quantum Chemistry in Space
For the first time in space, scientists have produced a quantum gas containing two types of atoms. Accomplished with NASA’s Cold Atom Laboratory aboard the…
Webb Follows Neon Signs Toward New Thinking on Planet Formation
Scientists are following neon signs in a search for clues to one planetary system’s future and the past of another – our own solar system.…
Trailblazing New Earth Satellite Put to Test in Preparation for Launch
NISAR, the trailblazing Earth-observing radar satellite being developed by the United States and Indian space agencies, passed a major milestone on Nov. 13, emerging from…
Time Is Running Out to Add Your Name to NASA’s Europa Clipper
It’s not every day that members of the public have the chance to send their names into deep space beyond Mars, all the way to…
NASA’s Mars Fleet Will Still Conduct Science While Lying Low
NASA will hold off sending commands to its Mars fleet for two weeks, from Nov. 11 to 25, while Earth and the Red Planet are…
NASA’s Juno Finds Jupiter’s Winds Penetrate in Cylindrical Layers
Gravity data collected by NASA’s Juno mission indicates Jupiter’s atmospheric winds penetrate the planet in a cylindrical manner, parallel to its spin axis. A paper…
Construction on NASA Mission to Map 450 Million Galaxies Is Under Way
NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope is beginning to look much like it will when it arrives in Earth orbit and starts mapping the entire sky. Short…
NASA Analysis Finds Strong El Niño Could Bring Extra Floods This Winter
An analysis by NASA’s sea level change science team finds that if a strong El Niño develops this winter, cities along the western coasts of…