NASA Astronomers Capture 1st Image of Milky Way's Huge Black Hole The world got a look Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy.
NASA NASA Ingenuity Helicopter Takes Incredible Photos of Perseverance Debris on Mars NASA says its Ingenuity helicopter recently discovered and surveyed the wreckage of the equipment that helped land the “Perseverance” rover mission on Mars in 2021.
Axiom First All-Private Human Spaceflight Launches to ISS SpaceX launched the first all-private human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station on Friday.
ISS Russian Cosmonaut Hands Over ISS Control to NASA Astronaut Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov handed over command of the International Space Station to NASA’s Thomas Marshburn before returning to Earth on Wednesday.
james webb telescope NASA's James Webb Telescope Is Basically a Time Machine: Here's How It Works NASA’s James Webb telescope is going to change our understanding of the universe forever. Maurice te Plate of the European Space Agency, who is a systems engineer for the telescope, joined LX News Now host Eric Alvarez to explain why it is a “game changer.”
space Through 20 Years in Space, He Saw Climate Change Happen Costa Rican American astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz saw the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and the pollution of the world’s oceans happen over 20 years in trips to space. These days, after making history as the first Latino astronaut to go into space, Chang-Díaz is working on plasma propulsion, a project which could be ready in a few years and drastically...
SPACEX With SpaceX in Town, Could Residents Lose Their Homes? SpaceX has a spaceport in Boca Chica, an unincorporated community in Cameron County, Texas. Some residents still live there while the company is trying to buy them out of their homes – but a newly created spaceport development corporation could use the power of eminent domain to seize those homes instead, says Sara Bronin of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
space This Asteroid Could Explain the Origin of Life, Before it Hits Us Watch out for September 24, 2187: if the asteroid called Bennu is going to collide with Earth, that’s when it’s going to happen. In the meantime, a team of scientists sent a lander to the asteroid to collect samples. Determining what the asteroid is made of can help track its trajectory, and also provide insight into the beginnings of...
bernard harris Bernard Harris, the First Black American to Perform a Spacewalk, Is Also an Ocean Explorer Bernard Harris, a former NASA astronaut and the first Black American to do a spacewalk, has some new missions right here on Earth. One of them is teaching and promoting STEM education. And the other is exploring the oceans as a certified scuba diver. Harris talked to LX News host Tabitha Lipkin about these new terrestrial passions.
mae jemison Dr. Mae Jemison, First Black Woman in Space, Wants Teens to Know It's OK to Not Always Do What You're Told Dr. Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to travel to space, wants teens to follow their own path in life rather than trying to follow in her footsteps. She writes about her own journey in her new book “Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments From My Life.” In an interview with LX News, Jemison discusses why it was important to...
