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CDU Students Involved in Rare Pluto Observation in Katherine

Charles Darwin University (CDU) students are joining a team of NASA-funded scientists and astronomers to observe Pluto pass in front of a distant star in Katherine on June 1.

26 May 2022

NASA Completes Additional Tests To Diagnose Computer Problem On Hubble Space Telescope

NASA is continuing to diagnose a problem with the payload computer on the Hubble Space Telescope after completing another set of tests on June 23 and 24.

28 Jun 2021

New Nuclear Test Monitoring System Helps Track Deep Infrasound Rumbles of Space Launches

After their initial blast, space rockets shoot away from the Earth with rumbles in infrasound, soundwaves too low to be heard by human ears that can travel thousands of miles.

10 Jun 2021

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Team Flight-Certified 24 Detectors

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team recently flight-certified all 24 of the detectors the mission needs.

10 Jun 2021

Producing Water on the Moon is Now a Reality

Water production on the surface of the Moon is now feasible thanks to a chemical-physical process that allows oxygen to be extracted from regolith (lunar sand).

14 May 2021

NASA and CRESST II Partner Institutions Sign $178 Million Cooperative Agreement

The Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology II (CRESST II), a partnership between NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and four universities--led by researchers at the University of Maryland, College Park's (UMD) Department of Astronomy--has received an extension of its cooperative agreement through March 2027 and been funded in the amount of $178 million.

13 May 2021