NASA Sun Science - Search News

NASA, DART and asteroid Dimorphos

NASA’s DART spacecraft changed an asteroid’s orbit around the sun

A 2022 NASA mission changed the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos around its companion. New data shows their joint orbit around the sun also changed.

· 3d · on MSN

NASA's DART mission didn't just change the orbit of asteroid it hit

· 7d

In a first, NASA changed an asteroid’s orbit around the sun—by accident

NASA satellite crashes back to Earth

Digest more

Modern Engineering Marvels o… · 19h

NASA science probe falls back to Earth sooner than expected

Earth is struck by reentering human-made objects far more often than most people realize. According to debris specialists, some mass survives to the ground about once a week, a reminder that the end of a spacecraft’s mission is often as engineered as its launch.

· 1d

Old NASA science satellite plunges back to Earth

iHeart on MSN · 1d

NASA satellite crashes back to Earth after nearly 14 years in orbit

3don MSN

A NASA spacecraft is set to make an uncontrolled plunge back to Earth. Here are the risks

A spacecraft could plunge into Earth’s atmosphere as soon as Tuesday. While most of the probe will likely burn up during reentry, a few components are expected to survive.

6don MSN

Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has ...

14d

The sun just experienced its first 'spotless days' in 4 years — but we're not in the clear yet

Earlier this week, the number of visible sunspots on our home star fell to zero for the first time in 1,335 days. This ...

Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you

Show inaccessible results