The "afterglow" of the universe is an important piece of evidence for the Big Bang. This background radiation also provides ...

The New Horizons station is the first man-made object to reach Pluto. Till now, an incredibly distant and barely seen by telescopes ice dwarf remained an almost complete mystery to scientists. Let's ...

Billions of years ago, in the frozen edges of the solar system, a violent impact shaped one of space’s oddest pairs. Instead ...

This range aligns with theoretical predictions for Planet Nine’s distance and mass, estimated between 7 and 17 times that of Earth . The researchers initially identified 13 candidate pairs showing the ...

This spectrograph map, generated from data collected by NASA's New Horizons probe, depicts the relatively uniform brightness ...

The NASA New Horizons spacecraft's extensive observations of Lyman-alpha emissions have resulted in the first-ever map from ...

Vandan said he dreams of one day working for NASA as an astronaut. Rima Patel said on top of learning, her son enjoys dancing, drawing and spending time with his brothers.

Boeing and NASA are to pause development of the X-66 flight demonstrator in order to focus their research on the evolution of long, thin-wing technology. In a statement on April 25, 2025, NASA ...

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The experimental X-66 aircraft was at the forefront of NASA’s plans to achieve net-zero aviation emissions by 2050.