Meghan Bartels
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The James Webb Space Telescope gets its own micrometeoroid forecast — here's how
Even as the James Webb Space Telescope is allowing astronomers to see inside vast, distant galaxies, it's also inadvertently studying tiny micrometeoroids around it. → Read More
NASA loses more than 200 Jupiter photos after Juno probe camera glitch
Juno's JunoCam imager suffered a similar problem last month as well. → Read More
The Comet Interceptor probe could visit a stunning object like the green C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
If Europe's Comet Interceptor mission were already in space, Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) would make a tempting target. → Read More
Grounded spacecraft look for new space rocks to visit, including notorious asteroid Apophis
Scientists on the Janus mission are working hard to try to salvage a pair of spacecraft that lost their launch — and the solution might include the most notorious asteroid out there, Apophis. → Read More
James Webb Space Telescope experiences 2nd instrument glitch
Every spacecraft glitches occasionally, and even the James Webb Space Telescope the most powerful observatory ever launched, isn't immune. → Read More
NASA starts designing futuristic space telescope to hunt for alien Earths
The James Webb Space Telescope is still in its first year of science and NASA is hard at work building its successor; now, the agency has started to plan that next mission's successor as well. → Read More
Astronomers find 2nd Earth-size planet in intriguing alien solar system
NASA's leading planet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, has spotted its second planet that matches Earth's size and may be able to retain liquid water — and both worlds orbit the same star. → Read More
Space candy: Asteroid smashed by NASA's DART probe looks a bit like an M&M, scientists say
Planetary scientists attending the first major conference since NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) permanently moved a space rock offered early findings about the asteroid and the impact. → Read More
James Webb Space Telescope back to science operations after glitch
The telescope missed "a few days" of science observations. → Read More
NASA's Mars InSight lander ends mission after losing power
NASA's InSight lander, designed to understand the geologic life story of Mars, has completed its mission on the Red Planet due to dust reducing the amount of power the lander can produce. → Read More
The sun is waking up, and the world's largest solar telescope is watching
With the world's largest solar telescope now conducting formal observations, scientists are eager to watch the sun's increasing activity and better understand the threats of space weather. → Read More
Astronomers discover strange twin planets might be water worlds
Two planets found by NASA's retired Kepler Space Telescope may be made mostly of water, according to new research. → Read More
60 years ago today, a spacecraft zipped past planet Venus for the 1st time ever
On Dec. 14, 1962, a NASA spacecraft called Mariner 2 flew past Venus in the first-ever planetary flyby. → Read More
NASA may unlock future James Webb Space Telescope data
NASA is considering changing a policy that locks away much of the James Webb Space Telescope's data for one year. → Read More
Artemis 1 moon mission squeezing communications with James Webb Space Telescope
NASA's Deep Space Network has a limited communications capacity. → Read More
James Webb Space Telescope view of Saturn's weirdest moon Titan thrills scientists
The James Webb Space Telescope observed two clouds in the atmosphere of Saturn's strange moon Titan. → Read More
Europa Clipper instrument delays worry scientists eyeing 2024 launch
NASA's bold Europa Clipper mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon is facing tight schedules getting instruments installed and ready for the planned 2024 launch. → Read More
Satellites track glowing lava from Hawaii's Mauna Loa eruption (photos)
The world's largest volcano is erupting, and satellites are giving us amazing views of the action. → Read More
ATLAS observatory atop Hawai'i's Mauna Loa volcano watching eruption closely
Astronomers are watching with Hawai'i residents as the largest volcano on Earth erupts for the first time in decades. → Read More
NASA's Artemis 1 launched a solar sail cubesat to an asteroid. It may be in trouble.
NEA Scout was one of 10 cubesats that hitched a ride to space on NASA's Artemis 1 mission, which launched on Nov. 16, but NASA hasn't yet heard from the tiny spacecraft. → Read More