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Cosmic Milestone: NASA Confirms 5,000 Exoplanets

March 22, 2022

. Cosmic Milestone: NASA Confirms 5,000 Exoplanets The count of confirmed exoplanets just ticked past the 5,000 mark, representing a 30-year journey of discovery led by NASA space telescopes. Not so long ago, we lived in a universe with only a small number of known planets, all of them orbiting our Sun. But a new raft of discoveries marks a scientific…

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Hightails It to Martian Delta

March 19, 2022

. NASA’s Perseverance Rover Hightails It to Martian Delta The rover’s self-driving capabilities will be put to the test this month as it begins a record-breaking series of sprints to its next sampling location. NASA’s Perseverance Mars…

NASA Spots Giant Debris Cloud Created by Clashing Celestial Bodies

March 18, 2022

. NASA Spots Giant Debris Cloud Created by Clashing Celestial Bodies Major smashups between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of a similar crash give clues about how frequent these events are around other stars. …

Pete Davidson won’t actually be going to space on the next Blue Origin flight

March 18, 2022

Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson is no longer scheduled to fly on Blue Origin’s space flight later this month, the space tourism venture has announced. No reason was given for Davidson’s departure, only that the date of the launch has shifted from its original March 23rd date. “Blue Origin’s 20th flight of New Shepard has shifted to Tuesday, March 29. Pete Davidson is no longer able…

Samsung’s Galaxy A73 5G is a more affordable way to a 108-megapixel camera

March 18, 2022

Alongside its Galaxy A53 5G and A33 5G, Samsung also snuck out an announcement for the Galaxy A73 5G, a new top-tier phone in the midrange A-series with a high resolution 108-megapixel camera. According to the company’s press release, the Galaxy A73 5G will be available in…

Watch NASA roll out its new mega-rocket, the Space Launch System, for the first time

March 17, 2022

This afternoon, NASA will begin the very slow process of rolling out its brand new rocket, the Space Launch System, transporting the fully stacked vehicle out to its primary launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It’s a major moment for the rocket, which has been in…

James Webb Space Telescope’s latest selfie marks a milestone for the space observatory

March 17, 2022

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope show the latest big milestone for the space observatory: its 18 mirrors are now aligned enough to act as one massive mirror. The new images released by NASA today include a “selfie” from JWST showing the mirrors’ progress along with updated images of a single star. Since reaching its final orbit, the telescope’s combined 18 mirrors have been…

NASA Adds Giant New Dish to Communicate With Deep Space Missions

March 16, 2022

. NASA Adds Giant New Dish to Communicate With Deep Space Missions Lee esta historia en español aquí. Part of an ongoing project to grow the capacity of the Deep Space Network, which acts as a kind of interplanetary…

NASA System Predicts Impact of Small Asteroid

March 16, 2022

. NASA System Predicts Impact of Small Asteroid Your browser cannot play the provided video file(s). Asteroid 2022 EB5 was too small to pose a hazard to Earth, but its discovery marks the fifth time that any asteroid has been observed before…

NASA Extends Ingenuity Helicopter Mission

March 16, 2022

. NASA Extends Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Your browser cannot play the provided video file(s). With its recent 21st flight complete, the Red Planet rotorcraft is on its way to setting more records during its second year of operations. NASA has extended flight operations of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter through September. In the months ahead…