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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Inspects Cat’s Paw
To celebrate its third year of revealing stunning scenes of the cosmos in infrared light, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has “clawed” back the thick, dusty layers of a section within the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334).
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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Team Installs Observatory’s Solar Panels
On June 14 and 16, technicians installed solar panels onto NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, one of the final steps in assembling the observatory. Collectively called the Solar Array Sun Shield, these panels will power and shade the observatory,…
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Pollinators send out good vibrations — and plants respond sweetly
The buzz of an approaching bee or wasp spurs many people to flee. Some plants respond to “hearing” insects, too. One common garden bloom can tell the difference between the buzz of friends and foes — and change the recipe…
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Anatomy of a Space Shuttle
This illustration shows the parts of a space shuttle orbiter. About the same size and weight as a DC-9 aircraft, the orbiter contains the pressurized crew compartment (which can normally carry up to seven crew members), the cargo bay, and…
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After every soak, fingers wrinkle — and always the same way
Summertime soaks in the pool often leave fingertips shriveled and pruney. Each time someone goes for a dip, their digits wrinkle in the precise same patterns, data now show. Those folds follow the paths of blood vessels below the skin’s…
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Stellar Duo
The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which has also captured a smaller companion star in the upper left of this image. Both stars lie in the Orion…
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These fish yawn — and it’s contagious
You know that feeling. You see someone yawn and all of a sudden you, too, feel the urge to yawn. It turns out that’s not unique to people, or even mammals. At least one type of fish will do this,…
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Working in Space
NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim works inside the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft completing cargo operations before it undocked from the International Space Station’s Harmony module several hours later.
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Perseverance took the first picture of a visible aurora on Mars
On some Martian nights, a subtle, green glow hangs low in the sky. It glimmers just above the horizon in every direction. Now, for the first time, a Mars rover has observed one of these auroras. NASA’s Perseverance rover witnessed…
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Scientists Say: Heat dome
Heat dome (noun, “HEET DOHM”) A heat dome occurs when hot weather stalls over an area for days or weeks at a time. It forms when warm air at Earth’s surface gets trapped and cannot rise. Heat domes can cause…