Help NASA predict the future of the Solar System. Anyone with a laptop or cell phone can join the agency's new group. Exoasteroids project and search for white dwarf stars for signs that they are devouring asteroids. Since the Sun will eventually become a white dwarf, these systems act as windows into the future of our own Solar System, its planets, and its asteroids. Image credit: NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)
India goes to the Moon. And Venus. AND LEO. The Indian government approved several big space projectsincluding a Venus orbiter scheduled for 2028 and the Chandrayaan-4 mission to bring back a sample from the Moon. India also gave the green light to the first module of its planned space station, the Bharatiya Antariksh Station, which is also targeted for launch in 2028.
X-rays from nuclear explosions could help deflect asteroids. In laboratory experiments on Earth, scientists simulated the X-ray explosion produced by a nuclear explosion and discovered that it could successfully deflect asteroids up to a few kilometers wide. The demonstration could influence how we defend our planet from catastrophic impacts in the future.
NASA's “Hidden Figures” are no longer so hidden. American officials honored the women of color who made key contributions to NASA during the space race, but whose impact remained out of sight for years, with Congressional gold medals. Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary W. Jackson were awarded in recognition of their service as mathematicians, engineers and computer scientists.
