/tags/space space en-US Copyright Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:11:00 GMT /2024-08-01/how-do-you-make-a-quiche-in-space-a-team-of-college-students-just-found-out In order to spend years exploring deep space, astronauts need to be able to grow and cook their own food. A team of Ohio State students are working with NASA to test new food systems technology. Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:11:00 GMT /2024-08-01/how-do-you-make-a-quiche-in-space-a-team-of-college-students-just-found-out Erin Gottsacker /2023-05-23/ohio-space-forum-2023-highlights-ohios-role-in-plans-to-go-to-the-moon-and-mars Aerospace and aviation experts gathered in Cleveland to discuss Ohio’s key role in the nation’s space exploration goals of travelling to the moon, then Mars. Tue, 23 May 2023 21:32:41 GMT /2023-05-23/ohio-space-forum-2023-highlights-ohios-role-in-plans-to-go-to-the-moon-and-mars Kathleen Colan /npr-news/npr-news/2023-01-26/a-recently-discovered-asteroid-had-a-very-close-encounter-with-earth There was no reason for alarm, as a NASA engineer called it "one of the closest approaches by a known near-Earth object ever recorded." It was only 2,200 miles above the Earth's surface. Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:42:44 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2023-01-26/a-recently-discovered-asteroid-had-a-very-close-encounter-with-earth Bill Chappell /npr-news/2023-01-12/nasas-webb-telescope-has-discovered-its-first-exoplanet The exoplanet was found using a satellite and spectrography. It has a similar size as Earth, but is much hotter and completes its orbit around its star in two days. Thu, 12 Jan 2023 08:14:13 GMT /npr-news/2023-01-12/nasas-webb-telescope-has-discovered-its-first-exoplanet Ayana Archie /2022-12-13/ohio-state-researchers-uses-radar-in-the-search-for-dark-matter In the never-ending search to accurately describe the universe, new generations of scientists are adapting decades-old technology like radar to make new discoveries, including researchers at Ohio State University looking for dark matter. Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:35:58 GMT /2022-12-13/ohio-state-researchers-uses-radar-in-the-search-for-dark-matter Renee Fox /npr-news/npr-news/2022-05-12/this-is-the-first-image-of-the-black-hole-at-the-heart-of-the-milky-way "We finally have the first look at our Milky Way black hole, Sagittarius A*," an international team of astrophysicists and researchers from the Event Horizon Telescope team said. Thu, 12 May 2022 13:22:39 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2022-05-12/this-is-the-first-image-of-the-black-hole-at-the-heart-of-the-milky-way Bill Chappell /news/2021-02-02/dayton-businessman-ready-for-spacex-flight-to-international-space-station Dayton real-estate investor, philanthropist and pilot Larry Connor, 71, will be headed to space in January 2022 with the first-ever all civilian flight to… Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:00:00 GMT /news/2021-02-02/dayton-businessman-ready-for-spacex-flight-to-international-space-station Debbie Holmes /news-partners/2021-01-27/1st-private-crew-will-visit-space-station-the-price-tag-55-million-each The astronauts will spend around eight days in orbit in what would be a new step for joint private-public space missions. Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:38:00 GMT /news-partners/2021-01-27/1st-private-crew-will-visit-space-station-the-price-tag-55-million-each Bill Chappell /news-partners/2020-10-26/water-on-the-moon-nasa-confirms-water-molecules-on-our-neighbors-sunny-surface The breakthrough suggests that water, vital to life on Earth, could be distributed across more parts of the lunar surface than the ice that has previously been found in cold and dark places. Mon, 26 Oct 2020 19:31:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-10-26/water-on-the-moon-nasa-confirms-water-molecules-on-our-neighbors-sunny-surface Bill Chappell /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2020-08-03/astronaut-kathryn-sullivan-and-the-hubble-space-telescope This episode originally aired on January 2, 2020.When it was launched 30 years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was set to revolutionize our understanding… Mon, 03 Aug 2020 11:49:48 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2020-08-03/astronaut-kathryn-sullivan-and-the-hubble-space-telescope