NASA’s giant space ‘starshade’ could help ground telescopes photograph another Earth

NASA researchers are developing a hybrid observatory that would pair a giant telescope on Earth with a 99-meter starshade ...

A NASA observatory will likely reenter Earth’s atmosphere this year after rescue effort falls short

A satellite launched to rescue NASA’s falling Swift Observatory won’t be able to complete its mission after all.

After failure of private rescue mission, NASA's Swift space telescope will crash back to Earth. But when and where?

A private spacecraft failed to rescue NASA's Swift space telescope, meaning the big observatory will come crashing back to ...

NASA's Swift telescope will plunge toward Earth after rescue mission called off

The mission to save NASA's sinking space telescope has been called off, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this ...
UPI

NASA targets sounding rocket's night launch for TOMEX+ Earth study

Aug. 26 (UPI) --NASA has set Tuesday for its next launch attempt of its TOMEX+ sounding rocket mission to take a peak at the Earth's atmosphere. U.S. citizens in the mid-Atlantic region may catch a ...

NASA's mission to save Swift Observatory fails. Here's what went wrong

NASA took a big risk when it mounted a rescue mission to boost its aging Swift Observatory further into orbit. Here's why it ...

A NASA telescope is slowly plummeting to earth and there's no way to save it

NASA's Swift Observatory has orbited the Earth since 2004. It's now falling towards earth, and after a failed mission to save it, NASA is leaving the doomed telescope to its fate.
Phys.org

No Earth-like atmosphere found on exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d

The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d intrigues astronomers looking for possibly habitable worlds beyond our solar system because it is similar in size to Earth, rocky, and resides in an area around its star ...
AOL

NASA scientists probe Earth-like planet for atmosphere, water

Scientists are observing an Earth-like exoplanet that may contain water using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the space agency said in a news release. The exoplanet, known as TRAPPIST-1 e, orbits ...

How the sun's galactic journey and superflare-filled youth shaped Earth's climate

At the center of our solar system, the sun influences every planet that orbits it. In two recent studies, scientists ...