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James Webb Space Telescope opens huge ‘golden eye’
The James Webb Space Telescope had completed the final step of its unfurling when the observatory opened its huge, gold-plated, flower-shaped mirror over the weekend of Jan. 8. According to the Associated Press, the last part of the 21-foot (6.5-meter) mirror swung into place at flight controllers’ command, completing the unfolding of the ...
James Webb Space Telescope launched into space, to reveal universe secrets
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has successfully launched the James Webb Space Telescope into space after years of delay, which is expected to help open human eyes to cosmic history—from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe. Webb was launched on an Ariane ...
Stanford Uni. professor studies brains and symptoms of UFOs encounters
A Stanford University professor studied the brains of persons who claimed to have seen a UFO and compiled a list of symptoms they presented. Professor of Pathology Dr. Garry Nolan has spent the last decade examining Unknown Aerial Phenomena (UAP) data. He has over 300 research articles, as well as 40 ...
There’s a chance that Galaxy AGC 114905 is completely free of dark matter
On the surface, the galaxy AGC 114905 250 million light-years away from Earth appear to be like any other, but a closer examination shows an oddity: it seems to be devoid of dark matter. AGC 114905 is an ultra-diffuse galaxy (UDG). These galaxies are faint; AGC 114905 is about the ...
DISCOVR captures images of rare total solar eclipse over Antarctica
On Dec. 4, NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DISCOVR) took a photo to track a total solar eclipse as the moon's shadow passed over a remote stretch of Antarctica and the south pole. The moon's shadow appears as a dark blotch at the very bottom of our Earth, which was taken ...
NASA predicts: ‘Potentially hazardous’ asteroid will break into Earth’s orbit next week
Asteroid 4660 Nereus, a giant asteroid more prominent than the Eiffel Tower, will break into Earth's orbit in just over a week. On Dec. 11, NASA expects it to be at its closest point to Earth in over 20 years. The asteroid was discovered in 1982 by astronomer Eleanor Helin. The 4660 ...
NASA seeks proposals for a uranium-powered nuclear reactor on the Moon
NASA intends to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon within the next decade.The space agency and the U.S. Department of Energy are seeking proposals for creating a uranium-powered nuclear reactor that can fit inside a 12-foot-long by 18-foot-wide rocket and be launched to the lunar surface, Live Science ...
Planetary defense mission: NASA sends a probe into space to crash-tackle an asteroid
This week, NASA conducts its first planetary defense mission by crashing into an asteroid and knocking it off course.As Live Science reported, NASA is sending a probe into space to collide with an asteroid on purpose to see if this is an effective way of changing the course of any ...
Nov. 19: Get ready to witnesses the longest lunar eclipse in almost 600 years
Lunar lovers will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness the longest lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years on Nov.19 at 4:02 a.m. EST. This exceptional natural phenomenon, known as a partial lunar eclipse, would appear as the last one of 2021, as People reported. When the Sun, Moon, and Earth queue up ...
‘Reckless missile stunt’: Russian satellite debris causes chaos blowing up one of their own satellites
According to U.S. officials, a Russian "weapons test" resulted in more than 1500 pieces of space debris that are now endangering the seven astronauts on the ISS. An aging Russian satellite was destroyed by a Russian missile on Monday, Nov. 15, according to the U.S. State Department. "Needless to say, I'm outraged. ...
NASA footage shows record ozone hole expansion
A gap in the ozone layer significantly expanded, the nation's civilian space agency said. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) confirmed the layer protecting Earth from harmful solar radiation severely depleted on Oct.29. The ozone hole above Antarctica is the biggest it has ever been at 9.6 million square miles (24.8 ...
Asteroid nearly collides with Earth without warning from NASA
Astrophysicists had no idea an asteroid was on the verge of crashing with Earth on Oct. 24. After flying through Antarctica asteroid 2021 UA1 remained undetected for several hours after passing the planet's orbit. CNET reported that the projectile came so close to Earth that it passed lower than some existing ...
NASA delays landing astronauts on moon to 2025, partly blames Blue Origin lawsuit
NASA announced that it will delay the plans for an astronaut mission to land on the moon to 2025 at the earliest. However, the target set by former President Donald Trump administration is 2024, the U.S. space agency's chief said on Tuesday, Nov. 9. Speaking at a news conference, NASA Administrator ...
NASA to deflect asteroid to help keep it away from Earth
NASA announced that its effort to use a spacecraft to deflect an asteroid in outer space would launch in late November. The DART mission, also known as the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 1:20 a.m. EST on Nov. 24 atop a ...
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin sues NASA over award of lunar lander contract to rival SpaceX
Blue Origin, the space business founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, sued the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Monday, Aug. 16, alleging that NASA "unlawfully" evaluated proposals from SpaceX, the brainchild of Elon Musk. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, challenges NASA's decision to give SpaceX an ...
NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper talks about witnessing a UFO landing in 1957
In 1957, Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, Jr., one of the seven original astronauts of the U.S.'s first manned space program, "Project Mercury," witnessed a UFO landing. He's another astronaut who claims to have seen a real UFO. Cooper was part of a select group of test pilots at the Edwards Air ...
Near collision between SpaceX craft and unidentified flying object
NASA's Crew-2 mission was warned about a potential collision with an unidentified object around 1:30 p.m. ET on Friday, April 23 as the crew was planning to sleep inside the Dragon Crew Capsule en route to the International Space Station, New York Post reported. “For awareness, we have identified a late-breaking ...
Front-row viewing of NASA rover landing on Mars
The historic landing of NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars has been captured, and will go down in the history books as another step for mankind. The touchdown on Feb.18, 2021, when both the rover and its attached helicopter named Ingenuity, landed without a hitch. Rover captured a video of the landing, called ...
US should not explore space with China: Biden administration’s controversial proposal rejected
After the State Department and security agencies declared the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as the greatest threat to the United States, Biden's advisers proposed to partner with it in a major space technology transfer. The proposal was rejected because, "Doing so would be catastrophic for NASA and America’s national security," according ...
Spying at NASA: Scientist who lied about his link to the Chinese Communist Party now pleads guilty
An acting prosecutor and several FBI and NASA officials reported that a senior NASA scientist pleaded guilty to lying about his involvement with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) entities, which is forbidden to those in positions of trust such as his. Meyya Meyyappan, 66, had access to valuable intellectual property and did ...
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