/tags/outer-space outer space en-US Copyright Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:47:26 GMT /science-technology/2023-06-29/oregon-researchers-bolster-major-gravitational-wave-discovery A breakthrough identification of distant signals in space is shedding new light on gravitational waves — one of science’s biggest mysteries. Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:47:26 GMT /science-technology/2023-06-29/oregon-researchers-bolster-major-gravitational-wave-discovery Jes Burns /science-technology/2022-08-14/high-altitude-balloons-over-oregon-bring-search-for-life-on-mars-one-step-closer Oregon-based aerospace outfit tests equipment for space agencies around the world on the coast and in Central Oregon. Sun, 14 Aug 2022 15:13:01 GMT /science-technology/2022-08-14/high-altitude-balloons-over-oregon-bring-search-for-life-on-mars-one-step-closer Jes Burns /2021-12-25/nasa-just-launched-the-most-powerful-space-telescope-ever-watch-it-here The James Webb Space Telescope blasted off from French Guinea at 7:20 a.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 25. The NASA mission was decades in the making and should reveal the earliest galaxies in the universe. Sat, 25 Dec 2021 18:01:03 GMT /2021-12-25/nasa-just-launched-the-most-powerful-space-telescope-ever-watch-it-here Nell Greenfieldboyce, Scott Neuman, Amina Khan /science-technology/2021-04-13/what-is-that-in-the-sky-floridians-catch-meteors-close-brush-with-earth Dashcam footage and home surveillance video captured the fireball that lit up the night sky on Monday. Tue, 13 Apr 2021 12:07:33 GMT /science-technology/2021-04-13/what-is-that-in-the-sky-floridians-catch-meteors-close-brush-with-earth Jaclyn Diaz /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-07-10/up-close-with-the-earths-constant-companion This month marks the 50th anniversary of the first human moon landing. Science writer Oliver Morton (who actually has an asteroid named for him) has… Wed, 10 Jul 2019 17:30:06 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-07-10/up-close-with-the-earths-constant-companion The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-04-11/exchange-exemplar-the-value-in-returning-americans-to-the-moon It was just two weeks ago that U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announced that the country will send people to the moon again, within five years. The… Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:26:18 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-04-11/exchange-exemplar-the-value-in-returning-americans-to-the-moon The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-12-04/a-dogs-tale-the-first-creature-to-orbit-the-earth Laika the dog began her life as a stray on the streets of Moscow, but attained a level of immortality as she became the first living being to orbit the… Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:01:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-12-04/a-dogs-tale-the-first-creature-to-orbit-the-earth Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-03-20/exoplanets-and-what-theyre-like We grew up thinking about people living on other planets, thanks to the likes of Superman and Star Wars. But planets outside of our solar system (and… Mon, 20 Mar 2017 17:29:22 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-03-20/exoplanets-and-what-theyre-like Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-09-09/the-hidden-human-computers-of-nasa The images of the control rooms in the early days of American space flight--in real life and in the movies--are images of lots of white men. But it took… Fri, 09 Sep 2016 16:53:03 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-09-09/the-hidden-human-computers-of-nasa Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-05-25/more-than-just-a-pretty-thing-in-the-sky Easy come, easy go. The United States worked hard to put people in the moon in the 1960s. Then, after achieving the goal with more landings over three… Wed, 25 May 2016 17:32:59 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-05-25/more-than-just-a-pretty-thing-in-the-sky Geoffrey Riley