Night Skies and National Parks

Posted on April 15, 2022 by Frank Cisco

NASA helped to create a web-based tool that helps park managers better understand the impact of outdoor lighting and noise on animal species in national parks. via NASA https://ift.tt/OqC7tb3

Finding the Origins of Supermassive Black Holes

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Frank Cisco

This artist’s impression is of a supermassive black hole that is inside the dust-shrouded core of a vigorously star-forming “starburst” galaxy. via NASA https://ift.tt/vRZztPi

Space Butterfly

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Frank Cisco

What looks like a red butterfly in space is in reality a nursery for hundreds of baby stars, revealed in this infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/JB6GF7D

April 12, 1981: Launch of the First Shuttle Mission

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Frank Cisco

On April 12, 1981, NASA launched is first Space Transportation System, or space shuttle, mission, carrying astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen into orbit. via NASA https://ift.tt/KM40hI6

When Galaxies Collide

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Frank Cisco

A spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies fueled the unusual triangular-shaped star-birthing frenzy, as captured in this image from Hubble. via NASA https://ift.tt/H7ileRt

Axiom Mission 1 at Pad 39A and Artemis I at Pad 39B

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Frank Cisco

SpaceX’s Axiom-1 is in the foreground on Launch Pad 39A with NASA’s Artemis I in the background on Launch Pad 39B on April 6, 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/zx3rdOE

Axiom-1 at Pad 39A and Artemis I at Pad 39B

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Frank Cisco

SpaceX’s Axiom-1 is in the foreground on Launch Pad 39A with NASA’s Artemis I in the background on Launch Pad 39B on April 6, 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/prz3we6