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NASA shared a great photo on Instagram of a galaxy called M77, and offered a brief explanation of how it was “formed.” For a long time, the shapes of many galaxies, including our own Milky Way, have puzzled many scientists. The Milky Way is spiral shaped and has arms full …

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts on the International Space Station prepare to move the Crew Dragon Spaceship Eneavor ahead of the arrival of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft next weekend. The move will take place Wednesday, July 21, when NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko …

The future of space innovation will be controlled by companies, former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine told CNBC on Tuesday, shortly after Jeff Bezos became the second founder of a space company to go in. space. “These business entrepreneurs are making huge strides that will transform humanity and move us further …

Parts of the world’s most powerful rocket are assembled and tested in Mississippi as the United States returns to the moon. Americans have been traveling in space for 60 years, but much of the work to get there begins in Hancock County. Key elements of NASA’s Space Launch System, or …

Astronauts on the International Space Station add something spicy to their diet: red and green chili peppers. Hatch chili peppers arrived at the station in June as part of an experiment initiated by astronaut Shane Kimbrough, NASA said. Kimbrough, who is part of the seven-member Expedition 65 crew, grew and …

Since NASA announced, “Fairness of the mission”, the more conservative media have warned against corruption of the space agency through identity politics. The National Review, for example, suggests that Mission Equity is “is not to explore space, to land on Mars, or to advance human understanding of the cosmos, but …

A spotted whale shark swimming in the ocean. Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center with footage of Alexpunker via Motion Array and Tom Cook. While scientists from our partner institutions focus directly on shark conservation, NASA’s Earth observation satellites collect key information about shark habitat – the ocean. NASA satellites …

By LEIGH GUIDRY, Advertiser of the Daily Lafayette OPELOUSAS, Louisiana (AP) – More than 20 high school students worked with engineers and NASA trainers to simulate life on a space station, create circuits and send electric currents through graphite on paper this week at Northwest High School. They produced these …

To illustrate the severity of the worsening drought in California, NASA on Thursday released a series of satellite images showing the state’s rapidly disappearing snow caps and reservoirs. The images, captured by the space agency’s Landsat 8 satellite over several years, compare recent images of the Sierra Nevada and Lake …

HANCOCK COUNTY, Mississippi (WJTV) – On Wednesday, NASA conducted a fifth single-engine RS-25 hot shot, part of its ongoing seven-part test series, supporting the development and production of engines for the system space launch vehicle (SLS) during future missions to the moon. Operators fired the engine for more than eight …