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How coronavirus drifts through the air in microscopic droplets
Aerosols are the tiny particles of liquids and material that float around in our environment. When they come from an infected person, they may be a significant source of coronavirus transmission. The science of infectious aerosols.
April 27, 2020
Satellite images: Air pollution in India plummets
It's nature with a much-decreased human influence. We've been hearing stories like this from all around the globe. People in India’s northern state of Punjab have reported seeing the Himalayas for the first time in decades. These satellite images over northern India show strikingly how aerosol levels have dropped since the Covid-19 lockdown began.
April 27, 2020
A unique (so far) gravitational wave signal
LIGO and Virgo detectors have now captured the first gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger where the black hole masses are unequal.
April 26, 2020
Hubble celebrates its 30th anniversary
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched on April 24, 1990. It's spent the past 3 decades acquiring magnificent images of distant space objects, providing a time machine that's taken astronomers back to when the universe was less than a billion years old.
April 24, 2020
Coronavirus quarantine useful lessons for future space travel?
Understanding isolation's effects on regular people, rather than those certified to have 'the right stuff,' will help prepare us for the future, whether another pandemic or interplanetary space travel.
April 23, 2020
Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day
Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, which catalyzed action to protect the environment, not just in the US but internationally.
April 22, 2020
Curiosity keeps rolling as team operates Mars rover from home
The NASA Curiosity mission team is keeping the rover moving and working on the surface of Mars while they #stayathome. Find out how they’re managing it.
April 20, 2020
How to find activities for International Dark Sky Week
Click here for links to activities for International Dark Sky Week, April 19 to 26, 2020.
April 19, 2020
For you, space fans. A grand tour of ISS
Fascinating video! Tour the International Space Station with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Drew Morgan. Shot in one take with two cameras strapped together.
April 17, 2020
Apollo 13 moon views recreated in 4K
Re-creation of moon views seen by Apollo 13 astronauts 50 years ago, on their somber passage around the moon's far side.
April 17, 2020
