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Chinese Mars mission rolls out to launch pad (photo, video)

China's first fully homegrown Mars mission, Tianwen-1, rolled out to its launch pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province today (July 17). A Long March-5 rocket will launch Tianwen-1 in late July or early August, according ...

The mystery of a black hole's disappearing (and reappearing) meal may be solved

Because black holes can't be studied directly, scientists often watch their feeding habits to understand what these behemoths are doing. So what does it mean when a black hole suddenly stops gobbling up gas completely — and then just as suddenly starts ...

NASA's inspector general raises questions with cost management of Orion spacecraft

NASA's Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report yesterday (July 16) scrutinizing the management of the agency's Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Program. Among the findings, the OIG determined that Orion — the next-gen capsule that will carry ...

SpaceX's historic 1st crewed mission set to end on Aug. 2

SpaceX's first-ever crewed mission will come to an end in two weeks. NASA is targeting an Aug. 2 splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean for the Demo-2 test flight, which sent NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station (ISS) ...

How to photograph Comet NEOWISE: NASA tips for stargazers

Are you excited to spot Comet NEOWISE as it pops into view in the night sky? Do you want to try your hand at photographing the cosmic snowball? Let's take a look at some beginner astrophotography tips from NASA. Comet NEOWISE, named for NASA's ...

Ingenuity will be the first helicopter to fly on Mars

(CNN) When NASA's Perseverance rover launches at the end of this month, an experiment named Ingenuity will be safely tucked beneath the rover for the seven-month journey. Ingenuity will be the first helicopter to attempt flight on another planet. Although ...

Air & Space Magazine

Miners on the Moon

Air & Space Magazine

The moon is barren, but it's not dry. In 2018, NASA announced scientists had found evidence of surface ice in the shadows of craters in the polar regions. Those dark, frozen places beckon future explorers. Ice can be melted into water; water can produce ...

NASA Pushes Back Launch Date On Webb Space Telescope, Citing COVID-19

NPR

NPR

The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, the long-awaited – and long-delayed — successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, has been pushed back yet another seven months, NASA said Thursday, citing in part delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Ancient human ancestors carved a handaxe from a hippo femur 1.4 million years ago, study says

Ancient human ancestors carved a handaxe from a hippo femur 1.4 million years ago, study says. By Ashley Strickland, CNN. Updated 12:15 PM ET, Fri July 17, 2020. This jawbone belonged to a Neanderthal girl who lived 120,000 years ago. It was found.

Scientists achieve major breakthrough in preserving integrity of sound waves

Phys.Org

Phys.Org

In a breakthrough for physics and engineering, researchers from the Photonics Initiative at the Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY (CUNY ASRC) and from Georgia Tech have presented the first demonstration of topological ...