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Georgia Tech and Partner Universities Receive $15 Million to Advance Deep Space Exploration

Every few years, NASA creates Space Technology Research Institutes (STRI) in areas it believes are going to be strategic for future technology and space missions.

22 Apr 2021

Distant Planet may Have Gained a Second Atmosphere Through Volcanic Activity, Hubble Finds

Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence that a planet orbiting a distant star may have lost its atmosphere but gained a second one through volcanic activity.

12 Mar 2021

MAROON-X on Gemini North Helps Measure Properties of Transiting Exoplanet

Astronomers using the recently installed instrument MAROON-X on Gemini North have determined the mass of a transiting exoplanet orbiting the nearby star Gliese 486. As well as putting the innovative new instrument through its paces, this result, when combined with data from the TESS satellite, precisely measures key properties of a rocky planet that is ideal for follow-up observations with the next generation of ground- and space-based telescopes.

5 Mar 2021

'Super-Earth' Could Help Study Rocky Planet Atmospheres Outside the Solar System

A newly discovered planet could be our best chance yet of studying rocky planet atmospheres outside the solar system, a new international study involving UNSW Sydney shows.

5 Mar 2021

Sending Quantum Sensors to the Moon with Q-CTRL

Quantum sensors in orbit around the Moon will search Earth’s natural satellite for resources that could enable human-crewed space missions to Mars and beyond.

4 Mar 2021

Study Provides First Answers Related to Magnetism of the Martian Crust

The planet Mars has no global magnetic field, although scientists believe it did have one at some point in the past. Previous studies suggest that when Mars' global magnetic field was present, it was approximately the same strength as Earth's current field.

4 Mar 2021

NASA's Swift Used for Tracing a Neutrino to Star-Shredding Black Hole

For only the second time, astronomers have linked an elusive particle called a high-energy neutrino to an object outside our galaxy. Using ground- and space-based facilities, including NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, they traced the neutrino to a black hole tearing apart a star, a rare cataclysmic occurrence called a tidal disruption event.

23 Feb 2021

Oregon Researchers Show the Possibility of Electrical Sparks on Mars

Friction caused by dry Martian dust particles making contact with each other may produce electrical discharge at the surface and in the planet's atmosphere, according to University of Oregon researchers.

22 Feb 2021

A Non-Destructive Analytical Method to Analyze Samples from Mars

The IBeA research group from the University of the Basque Country's Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, is participating in NASA's Mars2020 space mission, which is scheduled to touch down on Mars in February this year.

4 Feb 2021

Proof-of-Concept Test Paves the Way for Designing More Powerful Planetary Radar

The National Science Foundation's Green Bank Observatory (GBO) and National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), and Raytheon Intelligence & Space conducted a test in November to prove that a new radio telescope system can capture high-resolution images in near-Earth space.

29 Jan 2021