ULA Gets Starliner Help From Unusual Source
Due to a Tennessee lock that is closed for maintenance, ULA’s Starliner is transported aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge to Florida.
Galaxy Builds Stars and Black Holes
A newly discovered galaxy, GNx7q, could fit the bill for an early star-forming and black hole-forming galaxy that theorists and modelers have been searching for.
Curiosity Explores Mount Sharp
NASA’s Curiosity rover is forced to climb back down the Greenheugh Pediment due to the presence of sharp ventifacts or “gator-back rocks” that damage the rover’s wheels.
This Week in Rocket History: Apollo 13
We look back at the infamous Apollo 13 mission, whose fuel cell explosion prevented its three-man crew from landing on the Moon and sent NASA into problem solving mode.
Weather Update: It Snowed on Mars
New researcher documents how dust plays a major role in Martian weather, regulating weather patterns through the movement of dust rather than moisture.
Weijia Sun and Hrvoje Tkalčić Document Repetitive Marsquakes
Researchers document 47 new marsquakes recorded by NASA InSight’s seismometer and determine the cause is magma moving in the upper mantle.
Ingenuity Completes 25th Flight
The Mars Ingenuity helicopter completes its 25th flight, traveling 204 meters in just under three minutes while scouting ahead for the Perseverance rover.
That Giant Comet? It’s Not Exactly Headed Our Way
Comet C/2014 UN 271 Bernardinelli-Bernstein is 80-85 miles wide, darker than coal, and headed toward the main part of the solar system but won’t get closer than Saturn.
Moon Impact Made Man in the Moon (Maybe)
Using simulations of the impact that created the Moon’s south polar Aiken Basin, researchers map how heat and material traveled through the lunar interior.
Possible Overweight Particle Spotted
Data from Fermilab hint at the W boson being much heavier than previously thought, which opens the door for new physics and rethinking old ideas.
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