5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (492+ words) Imagine holding the power to explore alien worlds in the palm of your hand. Sounds like science fiction, right? Well, NASA is turning this into reality with STELLA, a groundbreaking open-source instrument that puts tricorder-like technology within everyone's reach. This…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (482+ words) Lately we’ve been reporting about a series of studies on the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), NASA’s flagship telescope mission for the 2040s. These studies have looked at the type of data they need to collect, and what the types of worlds…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago   (205+ words) The observatory is also expected to support a broad astrophysics program and contribute to planning for future human exploration of Mars, elsewhere in the solar system, and more distant targets. To meet its science goals, the observatory must maintain an…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (168+ words) NASA Watch Tricorder Tech For Everyone: NASA’s STELLA Open Science Instrument Keith’s note: NASA has just authored a paper on a new way for people with a wide variety of interests to use – and build – sensor technology that is a…...