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NASA has awarded Katalyst Space Technologies a contract to raise the orbit of its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) launched on Sept. 6, 2023, from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center. It is the seventh…
XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) is designed to transform our understanding about some of the universe’s hottest regions, largest…
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory temporarily suspended most science operations in an effort to reduce atmospheric drag and slow the…
The 5th Annual Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Exploration Community Event hosted by the Coastal Virginia STEM Hub and…
Editor’s note, Dec. 11, 2025: This story was updated to include an additional partner’s research and related release. Astronomers have…
Our Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory was originally designed to study GRBs — gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the…
