A U.S. district judge on Wednesday declared a mistrial in the case of a former University of Tennessee professor accused of hiding his ties with a Chinese university to get federal research funds. The six-day trial against Anming Hu, a 52-year-old citizen of Canada charged with wire fraud and making false statements, ended in a…
Mistrial Declared in Case of Tennessee Professor Accused of Concealing China Ties
Computer Trouble Hits Hubble Space Telescope, Science Halted
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The Hubble Space Telescope has been hit with computer trouble, with all astronomical viewing halted, NASA said Wednesday. The orbiting observatory has been idle since Sunday when a 1980s-era computer that controls the science instruments shut down, possibly because of a bad memory board. Flight controllers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Buzzes Jupiter’s Mega Moon, First Close-Up in Years
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA’s Juno spacecraft has provided the first close-ups of Jupiter’s largest moon in two decades. Juno zoomed past icy Ganymede on June 7, passing within 645 miles (1,038 kilometers). The last time a spacecraft came that close was in 2000 when NASA’s Galileo spacecraft swept past our solar system’s biggest moon. NASA released…
NASA Plans 2 New Missions to Venus, Its First in Decades
LOS ANGELES—NASA announced plans on Wednesday to launch a pair of missions to Venus between 2028 and 2030—its first in decades—to study the atmosphere and geologic features of Earth’s so-called sister planet and better understand why the two emerged so differently. The U.S. space agency said it was awarding about $500 million each to develop…
NASA Releases Stunning New Pic of Milky Way’s ‘Downtown’
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA has released a stunning new picture of our galaxy’s violent, super-energized “downtown.” It’s a composite of 370 observations over the past two decades by the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory, depicting billions of stars and countless black holes in the center, or heart, of the Milky Way. A radio telescope in South Africa…
NASA Director Nelson Was Correct to Criticize China
Commentary After days of mounting frustration with China’s refusal to account for its out-of-control 21-ton Long March-5 booster stage, newly-confirmed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Director, the former astronaut and Senator Bill Nelson, called out the Chinese regime with some needed criticism. In a press release posted on the NASA webpage on May 8,…
Faraway NASA Probe Detects the Eerie Hum of Interstellar Space
WASHINGTON—The classic 1979 sci-fi horror film “Alien” was advertised with the memorable tagline, “In space no can hear you scream.” It did not say anything about humming. Instruments aboard NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, which nine years ago exited our solar system’s outer reaches, have detected a faint monotonous hum caused by the constant vibrations of…
NASA Criticizes China After Rocket Debris Burns Up Over Indian Ocean
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Saturday criticized China after an uncontrolled core segment of its biggest rocket reentered Earth’s atmosphere above the Maldives in the Indian Ocean on Sunday. “It is clear that China is failing to meet responsible standards regarding their space debris,” the former senator said in a statement. China’s space agency said most…
NASA Criticizes China After Rocket Debris Burns Up, Falls Into Indian Ocean
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson criticized China for creating unnecessary risks as an uncontrolled core segment of its biggest rocket reentered Earth’s atmosphere and mostly burned up before landing in the Indian Ocean above the Maldives on May 9. “It is clear that China is failing to meet responsible standards regarding their space debris,” the former senator…
NASA Mars Helicopter Heard Humming Through Thin Martian Air
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—First came the amazing pictures, then the video. Now NASA is sharing sounds of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California released this first-ever audio Friday, just before Ingenuity was set to soar on its fifth test flight. The low hum from the helicopter blades…
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