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My Path to becoming a NASA Engineer

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Ever wonder what it takes to become an engineer and design spacecraft for NASA? Bo Naasz shares his path to success in this short segment brought ...
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Tour: NASA Telescopes Pinpoint Free-Roaming Massive Black Hole

Astronomers have discovered a black hole has torn apart a star in a surprising location. When an unlucky star strays too close to a giant black hole and gets destroyed, scientists call these tidal ...
New York Post

Startling NASA videos show carbon emissions — from space

NASA has created shocking visuals of carbon emissions “to dissect our atmosphere and understand some of the major contributors” behind the gas. The videos, which are time-lapse photography of the ...
Astronomy

NASA is taking astronaut applications. Here’s how to apply

NASA is accepting applications for astronaut positions until April 16, 2024, with a highly competitive selection process; past application cycles have yielded acceptance rates below 0.1%. Applicants ...
Ars Technica

NASA’s Starliner decision was the right one, but it’s a crushing blow for Boeing

Ten years ago next month, NASA announced that Boeing, one of the agency’s most experienced contractors, won the lion’s share of government money available to end the agency’s sole reliance on Russia ...
Nature

UFO sightings: how NASA can bring science to the debate

NASA has waded into the contentious world of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), more commonly known as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. On 14 September, the agency released a report by an ...
NPR

The International Space Station retires soon. NASA won't run its future replacement.

Since its first modules launched at the end of 1998, the International Space Station has been orbiting 250 miles above Earth. But at the end of 2030, NASA plans to crash the ISS into the ocean after ...