NASA Engineer Earns Goddard Innovation Award for Sun-studying Photon Sieves
Goddard Engineer Kevin Denis receives innovation award for photon sieves. Goddard’s Office of the Chief Technologist named engineer Steven Denis…
Tag: Space
NASA Engineers Push Limits of Physics to Focus Light
Photon sieves focus extreme ultraviolet light and can enable Sun science. A pair of precision-orbiting small satellites will attempt to…
NASA, General Atomics Test Nuclear Fuel for Faster Mars Missions
Efforts to develop nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) for future space missions have taken a significant step forward. General Atomics Electromagnetic…
ISRO Successfully Conducts CE20 Cryogenic Engine Vacuum Test for LVM-3
A key milestone in India’s space technology development has been reached with the successful vacuum ignition test of the CE20…
Asteroid 2024 YR4 Poses 1-in-43 Chance of Earth Impact in 2032
A newly identified asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, has been highlighted as a potential threat to Earth with an estimated 1-in-43…
NASA Perseverance Rover Discovers Ancient Rock Sample on Mars’ Jezero Crater
A rock sample with previously unseen textures has been collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover during its ongoing exploration of the…
AMS Data Reveals Charged Particle Variations in Heliosphere Over Solar Cycle
Variations in charged particles moving through the heliosphere over an 11-year solar cycle have been identified by researchers analysing data…
JWST Unveils HH 30’s Protoplanetary Disk, Showing Dust Grains and Jets
A striking image of a young star surrounded by a dense disk of dust and gas has been captured by…
Astronomers Find a 200,000-Light-Year Black Hole Jet in the Early Universe
Astronomers have detected the longest black hole-driven jet observed in the early universe, stretching at least 200,000 light-years—twice the width…
Scientists Predict Devastation If Asteroid Bennu Strikes Earth In 2182
Washington: The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every…