Earth & Environment
NASA Helps Study One of the World’s Most Diverse Ecosystems
NASA satellite and airborne tools aid an international team studying biodiversity on land and in the water around South Africa.
Dec 11, 2023
Physics
NASA’s Webb, Hubble telescopes combine to create most colorful view of universe
Astronomers once again have combined the observational powers of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope to create one of the most detailed and colorful portraits of the cosmos, just in time for the holiday season.
Nov 10, 2023
Space
NASA's Lucy Mission Unearths Celestial Surprise: Binary Asteroid Dance
On November 1st, NASA's Lucy spacecraft achieved a significant milestone by conducting a flyby of not one, but two asteroids.
Nov 3, 2023
Physics
NASA rocket to see sizzling edge of star-forming supernova
A new sounding rocket mission is headed to space to understand how explosive stellar deaths lay the groundwork for new star systems.
Oct 29, 2023
Space
NASA’s Voyager Team Focuses on Software Patch, Thrusters
Engineers for NASA’s Voyager mission are taking steps to help make sure both spacecraft, launched in 1977, continue to explore interstellar space for years to come.
Oct 23, 2023
Space
Webb Detects Tiny Quartz Crystals in Clouds of Hot Gas Giant
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected evidence for quartz nanocrystals in the high-altitude clouds of WASP-17 b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet 1,300 light-years from Earth.
Oct 16, 2023
Space
NASA’s Webb captures an ethereal view of NGC 346
One of the greatest strengths of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is its ability to give astronomers detailed views of areas where new stars are being born.
Oct 12, 2023
Space
NASA’s Perseverance Captures Dust-Filled Martian Whirlwind
The lower portion of a Martian dust devil was captured moving along the western rim of Mars’ Jezero Crater by NASA’s Perseverance rover on Aug.
Oct 2, 2023
Space
NASA’s Curiosity Reaches Mars Ridge Where Water Left Debris Pileup
Three billion years ago, amid one of the last wet periods on Mars, powerful debris flows carried mud and boulders down the side of a hulking mountain.
Sep 19, 2023
Space
Beautiful Comet Nishimura
This scene would be beautiful even without the comet. By itself, the sunrise sky is an elegant deep blue on high, with faint white stars peeking through, while near the horizon is a pleasing tan.
Sep 11, 2023
Physics
15 Years of Radio Data Reveals Evidence of Space-Time Murmur
Scientists have found evidence of a universal background of gravitational waves, or ripples in the fabric of space-time.
Jul 24, 2023
Technology
Crews Head Down River, Out to Sea to Prep New SWOT Water Satellite
A lot of hard work goes into ensuring a spacecraft like the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite delivers accurate data.
Jul 24, 2023
Technology
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sees Mars in a New Light
In its first 400 days on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover may have found a diverse collection of organics – carbon-based molecules considered the building blocks of life – thanks to SHERLOC, an innovative instrument on the rover’s robotic arm.
Jul 24, 2023
Space
Hubble sees boulders escaping from asteroid dimorphos
The popular 1954 rock song "Shake, Rattle and Roll," could be the theme music for the Hubble Space Telescope's latest discovery about what is happening to the asteroid Dimorphos in the aftermath of NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) experiment.
Jul 20, 2023