Using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, citizen scientists have discovered a planet roughly twice the size of Earth located within its star’s habitable zone, the range of orbital distances where liquid water may exist […]
Three members of the International Space Station’s Expedition 57 crew, including NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, returned to Earth Thursday, December 20, 2018, safely landing at 12:02am EST (11:02am local time) in Kazakhstan. Auñón-Chancellor and her […]
InSight Mission Is to Learn What Lies Beneath the Red Planet’s Surface Mars has just received its newest robotic resident. NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander successfully touched down […]
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with about 7,400 pounds of cargo after launching at 4:01am (EST) Saturday, November 17, 2018, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s […]
In November 2017, scientists pointed NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope toward the object known as ‘Oumuamua — the first known interstellar object to visit our solar system. The infrared Spitzer was one of many telescopes pointed […]
This image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Cat’s Paw Nebula, so named for the large, round features that create the impression of a feline footprint. The nebula is a star-forming region in the […]
In the darkest and coldest parts of its polar regions, a team of scientists has directly observed definitive evidence of water ice on the Moon’s surface. These ice deposits are patchily distributed and could possibly […]
California is being plagued by massive wildfires, and the effects on air quality from those fires can extend far beyond the state’s borders. In addition to ash and smoke, fires release carbon monoxide into the […]
Join NASA at the 2018 Chicago Air and Water Show and help celebrate the agency’s 60th Anniversary. A “NASA Village” full of exhibits will be open during the free airshow August 17-19, 2018, from 10am […]
Students in St. Louis and southern Mississippi will get to ask questions of NASA astronauts on the International Space Station during two events next week as part of NASA’s Year of Education on Station. These calls connect kids with astronauts to […]
From July 14 to 22, 2018, the world’s leading experts in space science, including some from NASA, will gather in Pasadena, California — informally known as the City of Astronomy — for the 42nd assembly of […]
Using observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, an international team of scientists has confirmed ′Oumuamua (oh-MOO-ah-MOO-ah), the first known interstellar object to travel through our solar system, got an unexpected boost in […]
NASA’s Glenn Research Center recently selected 13 after-school programs to implement science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) content using NASA’s Engineering Design Challenge: Powered and Pumped Up. The organizations were selected from competitive proposals involving […]
A new NASA-led study shows that climate change is likely to intensify extreme weather events known as atmospheric rivers across most of the globe by the end of this century, while slightly reducing their number. […]
The eruption of Kilauea Volcano on the island of Hawaii triggered a number of gas- and lava-oozing fissures in the East Riff Zone of the volcano. The fissures and high levels of sulfur dioxide gas […]
In 2018, NASA will intensify its focus on one of the most critical but remote parts of our changing planet with the launch of two new satellite missions and an array of airborne campaigns. The […]
NASA is investing in technology concepts that include meteoroid impact detection, space telescope swarms and small orbital debris mapping technologies that may one day be used for future space exploration missions. Five of the concepts […]
NASA will test a parachute for possible future missions to Mars from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Live coverage of the test begins at 6:15am (EDT) on the Wallops’ Ustream. The launch […]
On Wednesday, March 14, 2018, the following statement was released by acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot on the passing of visionary physicist Stephen Hawking. Hawking died at his Cambridge, England home early Wednesday morning. “Today, the […]
March 14 is Pi Day, a celebration of the beloved number known as pi. JPL is celebrating Pi Day with the fifth annual “Pi in the Sky” illustrated math challenge, featuring pi-related space problems that […]
Two Small Asteroids Safely Pass Earth This Week Two small asteroids recently discovered by astronomers at the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) near Tucson, Arizona, are safely passing by Earth within one lunar distance this […]
Explorer 1: The Beginning of American Space Science Sixty years ago next week, the hopes of Cold War America soared into the night sky as a rocket lofted skyward above Cape Canaveral, a soon-to-be-famous barrier […]
On January 18, 2018, NASA announced an addition to the NASA lineup for upcoming launches, and changes to some assignments for International Space Station missions in 2018. Serena Auñón-Chancellor, who previously was assigned to Expedition 58/59, has […]
NASA Remembers Agency’s Most Experienced Astronaut The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot on the passing of John Young, who died Friday night, January 5, 2018, following complications from pneumonia at […]
NASA has selected two finalist concepts for a robotic mission planned to launch in the mid-2020s: a comet sample return mission and a drone-like rotorcraft that would explore potential landing sites on Saturn’s largest moon, […]
Three crew members on the International Space Station are scheduled to end their mission and return to Earth on Thursday, December 14, 2017, just days before another three space travelers begin their mission. Live coverage will air […]
A team of NASA scientists is using a high-altitude aircraft and a sophisticated imaging spectrometer built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, to study environmental impacts caused by the devastating Southern California wildfires. […]
By Kay Whatley, Editor My son’s old car sat on the driveway for two months before I tried to move it. Starting the car took me three tries and the engine growled at the effort […]
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