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NASA troubleshoots Lucy: A real space drama
NASA troubleshoots Lucy following launch, after discovering a solar array didn't deploy successfully. Lucy's teams worked together to come up with a solution.
August 5, 2022
Earth’s shortest day sets new record
Earth has been speeding up over the past few years, resulting in our shortest day ever as measured by atomic clocks. Will we need to subtract a leap second?
August 2, 2022
Webb could see biosignatures on distant planets
Astronomers hope to use the James Webb Space Telescope to detect biosignatures - signs of life - in the atmospheres of distant planets.
July 22, 2022
Rocket launches can create night-shining clouds
A study shows that rocket launches can cause night-shining, or noctilucent, clouds. These are wispy, ethereal clouds found high in the mesosphere.
July 21, 2022
Heatwaves and fires in Europe, Africa, and Asia
NASA Earth Observatory reports on heatwaves and fires in Europe, Africa and Asia in summer 2022 and attributes the extreme weather to global warming.
July 16, 2022
Ozone layer damage due to rocket launches?
A new study by NOAA says that with the increase in rocket launches over the next 20 years, the soot emitted from these launches could damage the ozone layer.
June 29, 2022
Better ice tower reservoirs for farming
Automation can build bigger and better ice tower reservoirs that use less water and last longer for farming use in dry, high-altitude locations.
June 26, 2022
Speedy pulsar blazing through Milky Way
Astronomers compared images taken 10 years apart to learn that a speedy pulsar inhabits a known supernova remnant.
June 24, 2022
Sally Ride: 1st American woman in space
Sally Ride was the 1st American woman to go to space, flying on the STS-7 space shuttle Challenger mission in 1983, and later on another mission in 1984.
June 16, 2022
Rivers can suddenly change course, study says
Studying rivers from space using satellite imagery helps scientists see how rivers can suddenly change course, bringing the risk of flooding to communities.
June 9, 2022
