National Aeronautics and Space Administrion

Since its inception in 1958, NASA has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. NASA technology also has been adapted for many nonaerospace uses by the private sector. NASA remains a leading force in scientific research and in stimulating public interest in aerospace exploration, as well as science and technology in general. Perhaps more importantly, our exploration of space has taught us to view Earth, ourselves, and the universe in a new way. While the tremendous technical and scientific accomplishments of NASA demonstrate vividly that humans can achieve previously inconceivable feats, we also are humbled by the realization that Earth is just a tiny "blue marble" in the cosmos. Check out our "Thinking About NASA History" folder online as an introduction to how history can help you.

Saturday, November 30, 2024

Space Dust

"Some Of The Dust Sitting In Your Home Right Now Came From Space
Want a great reason not to have to dust? Every day, space dust and meteorites fall to Earth and cover us with between 5 and 300 metric tons of the stuff. Imagine that! On your mantle right now, you could have tiny fragments of rock from space. From now on whenever someone asks you why you haven’t dusted, you can tell them you’re collecting samples."

https://www.highpointscientific.com/astronomy-hub/post/astronomy-101/10-astronomy-facts-every-stargazer-should-know

Stars

"The Majority Of The Stars You See Aren't Dead. There’s a common misconception that when you’re looking up at the sky, you’re seeing thousands of dead stars who are still sending light out into the universe. It’s a poetic thought, but it’s also false. Most of the stars in the night sky are still out there, shining away. After all, stars burn for millions of years. What are the chances all the ones you see would have perished by now?"


https://www.highpointscientific.com/astronomy-hub/post/astronomy-101/10-astronomy-facts-every-stargazer-should-know

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Rocks in Space

"When Earth was about 200 million years old, it passed through a field of rocks suspended in space."


https://interestingfacts.com/gold-facts/

Monday, November 25, 2024

Galaxy Smash

"A massive collision of galaxies sparked by one traveling at a scarcely-believable 2 million mph (3.2 million km/h) has been seen in unprecedented detail by one of Earth's most powerful telescopes."https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/2-million-mph-galaxy-smash-seen-unprecedented-detail?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Saturday, November 16, 2024

Voyager 2

"When NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986, it provided scientists’ first — and, so far, only — close glimpse of this strange, sideways-rotating outer planet."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/mining-old-data-from-nasas-voyager-2-solves-several-uranus-mysteries/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Saturday, November 9, 2024

FRB

"Since their discovery in 2007, fast radio bursts—extremely energetic pulses of radio-frequency light—have lit up the sky repeatedly, leading astronomers on a chase to uncover their origins."

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/mighty-radio-bursts-linked-to-massive-galaxies?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Friday, November 8, 2024

Astronaut taken to hospital

"NASA astronaut was taken to the hospital for an undisclosed medical issue after returning from a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton, the space agency said Friday."


https://ksltv.com/701402/nasa-astronaut-remains-in-the-hospital-after-returning-from-space/