NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured new details of the auroras on our solar system’s largest planet. The dancing lights observed on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter than […]
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NASA’s EZIE launching to study magnetic fingerprints of Earth’s aurora
High above Earth’s poles, intense electrical currents called electrojets flow through the upper atmosphere when auroras glow in the sky. These auroral electrojets push about a million amps of electrical […]
NASA’s Aurora-studying satellites arrive in California ahead of launch
On Jan. 27, the three spacecraft of NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where they will undergo final preparations for launch. […]
Rocket Lab’s New Zealand success deploys satellites to separate orbits 500km apart for KAIST and NASA
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) , a global leader in launch services and space systems, today deployed two satellites to two different orbits approximately 500km apart on its 47th […]
Scientists use NASA data to predict solar corona before Eclipse
Our Sun, like many stars, is adorned with a crown. It’s called a corona (Latin for “crown” or “wreath”) and consists of long, thread-like strands of plasma billowing out from […]
Rocket Lab’s upcomig Electron mission is to deploy an Earth-Imaging satellite for Synspective
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a provider of launch services and space systems, announced the launch window for its 45th Electron launch is a dedicated mission for Synspective, a […]
Hubble views a massive star forming
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is teeming with color and activity. It features a relatively close star-forming region known as IRAS 16562-3959, which lies within the Milky […]
SwRI scientists identify water molecules on asteroids for the first time
Using data from the retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) — a joint project of NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR — Southwest Research Institute scientists have […]
UPDATE 3: SpaceX launches NASA’s PACE satellite with new capabilities to study climate, ocean and atmosphere
UPDATE 3: Thursday, February 8 at 1:33 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission to a sun-synchronous orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) […]
UPDATE 2: PACE launch delay again as weather creates stand down
UPDATE 2: NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Wednesday, February 7, launch of the agency’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission due to ground winds preventing prelaunch […]