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Iconic Crab Nebula shines in gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope views (video, image)
Space via Yahoo News· 17 hours ago(Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Tea Temim - Princeton University) "The Crab Nebula lives up to...
Edward C. Stone, 1936-2024 – Visionary of the Voyager Era
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoEdward C. Stone, renowned for his leadership of the Voyager spacecraft missions and his role in...
Edward Stone, physicist who oversaw Voyager missions, dies at 88 - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 2 days agoTaking advantage of a gravitational convergence of four planets that occurs only once every 176 years, the spacecraft soared past Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The ...
From 15 Billion Miles Away: NASA’s Voyager 1 Springs Back to Life
SciTechDaily· 4 days agoAfter resolving technical issues, Voyager 1 has returned to normal operations, with all instruments...
Former head of JPL and Voyager project scientist, dies at 88
The Register· 6 days agoObit Edward C Stone, the project scientist for NASA's Voyager mission from 1972 to 2022, has died....
‘Dyson spheres’ were theorized as a way to detect alien life. Scientists say they’ve found potential...
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 days agoNew research suggests stars in the Milky Way give off infrared heat expected from Dyson spheres,...
Another Planetary Parade Starts on Aug. 23: Spot 6 Planets in the Sky at Once
CNET· 5 days agoDid you miss the June 3 planet parade, when six planets lined up in the sky? In August, stargazers...
Edward Stone, who guided NASA’s Voyager to distant planets, dies at 88
Washington Post· 1 day agoEdward C. Stone, who opened a window on the farthest reaches of the solar system while serving as the chief scientist of NASA’s Voyager mission, supervising a pair of spindly, plutonium-powered ...
Shortly after the Big Bang, conditions were perfect for life. Did aliens emerge long before us?
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLoeb describes the Dragonfly mission as a fishing expedition. Literally: looking for alien fish....
After Months of Glitches and Gradual Fixes, Voyager 1 Is Fully Operational Once Again
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoAfter a technical malfunction late last year rendered all of its subsequent readings as useless, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft—which has spent nearly a half-century in space—has been brought back ...