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NASA DiskSat explained: The flat spacecraft NASA just successfully launched into orbit

NASA engineers explain how a new flat satellite design just worked in orbit, and why it could matter far beyond this mission.

Measuring the expansion rate of the universe - Hubble constant tension explained

Learn how Hubble is measuring the expansion rate of the Universe in this new explainer from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Producer & Director: James Leigh Editor: Lucy Lund Director of Photography: James Ball Additional Editing & Photography: Matthew Duncan Executive Producers: James Leigh & Matthew Duncan Production & Post: Origin Films Video Credit: Hubble Space Telescope Animation Credit: M.

NASA Debunked The Conspiracy Theory That Earth Will Lose Gravity In August

There's no telling what will gain traction on social media, but one conspiracy theory has gained enough traction for NASA to make a statement.

Will gravity disappear from Earth on August 12? NASA reveals truth behind bizarre conspiracy theory

It was quite a leap. Conspiracy theorists are being brought back down to Earth after NASA scientists debunked a wild claim that the space agency was hiding knowledge about an event that could result in millions of deaths and injuries.

NASA test pilot visits Cleveland after X-59 plane takes its first flight: Growing STEM

"Flying the airplane is exciting, but that engineering is really exciting as well,” said Larson. The goal of the X-59's mission is to fly supersonic, or faster than the speed of sound, without generating loud sonic booms.
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NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center lead research pilot David “Nils” Larson details early flight tests of the X-59 experimental aircraft

NASA pilot David “Nils” Larson outlines X-59 early flight tests, design features, risk management, and planned research phases based on NASA’s Small Steps, Giant Leaps podcast.
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NASA’s research jet hits 144 mph with new wing tech that cuts drag and fuel use

A team of NASA researchers successfully performed a high-speed taxi test that could help

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows black hole 13 million light-years away from Earth

NASA said that while the mystery of the Circinus galaxy’s excess emissions has been solved, there are billions of black holes in the universe that haven’t been investigated.

NASA scientist discovers what Star of Bethlehem likely was 2,000 years later

In 2025, NASA planetary scientist Mark Matney published a study about the Star in Journal of the British Astronomical Association. The main focus of the paper was to break down the idea that the Star was a comet, as detailed in ancient Chinese astronomical texts from 5 BCE.
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NASA Has Some Very Bad News About Its Mars Spacecraft

NASA planetary science division director Louise Prockter conceded that the agency is "very unlikely" to recover its MAVEN Mars orbiter. On December 6, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft, which has been studying the Red ...

Artemis II: 'Wet dress rehearsal' explained as NASA delays crucial step before Moon launch

NASA has postponed a key test ahead of the Artemis II mission to the Moon