What originally was a routine mission abruptly became critical when a fourth of Hubble’s six gyroscopes failed, leaving the telescope locked into a dormant state known as “safe mode.” NASA decided to ...
More than 30,000 scientists gathered in Washington, D.C. during the second week of December – many to show off the work of NASA’s science volunteers! The American Geophysical Union held its annual ...
Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA researchers have discovered a perplexing case of a black hole that appears to be “tipped over,” rotating in an unexpected direction relative to the galaxy ...
Around 4 billion years ago, our young inner solar system underwent a cataclysmic pummeling by asteroids that carved huge basins into Earth’s Moon. That’s the theory of the Late Heavy Bombardment, ...