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NASA to Broadcast Comet NEOWISE

July 14, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

NASA experts will discuss and answer public questions about Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE during a broadcast of NASA Science Live. The comet is visible with the naked-eye in the early morning sky and starting […]

Located in Canberra, Australia, the Deep Space Network's Deep Space Station 43 spans 70 meters (230 feet), making it the largest steerable parabolic antenna in the Southern Hemisphere. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s Canberra Deep Space Station 43 Getting an Upgrade

July 9, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

Used for communicating with distant spacecraft, a massive radio antenna is being retrofitted to prepare it for a busy future of solar system exploration The Deep Space Network is NASA’s interplanetary switchboard that enables constant […]

A user playing the new NeMO-Net game that helps NASA classify the world's coral from their own home. Credits: NASA/Ames Research Center/Ved Chirayath

NASA Calls on Gamers, Citizen Scientists to Help Map The World’s Corals

April 11, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

NASA invites video gamers and citizen scientists to embark on virtual ocean research expeditions to help map coral reefs around the world in an effort to better understand these threatened ecosystems. During the past […]

Earth in Full View. The Apollo 17 crew caught this breathtaking view of our home planet as they were traveling to the moon on Dec. 7, 1972. It's the first time astronauts were able to photograph the South polar ice cap. Nearly the entire coastline of Africa is clearly visible, along with the Arabian Peninsula. Source: NASA.

NASA Seeks Applicants to #BeAnAstronaut

March 2, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

For the first time in more than four years, NASA began accepting applications Monday for future astronauts. Aspiring Moon to Mars explorers have until Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at 11:59pm (EDT), to apply. The call […]

A Gulfstream III aircraft equipped with NASA's UAVSAR instrument, one of several instruments to be deployed for Delta-X. Source: JPL

NASA Prepares for New Science Flights Above Coastal Louisiana

February 26, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

As sea levels rise, some areas of the Mississippi Delta are drowning while others are actually gaining mass. NASA’s Delta-X heads to the region to figure out why. Delta-X, a new NASA airborne investigation, […]

President Barack Obama presents former NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, as professional baseball player Willie Mays, right, looks on, November 24, 2015, during a ceremony at the White House. Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Space Programs Mathematician Katherine Johnson Passes Away at Age 101

February 24, 2020 Kay Whatley

Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who contributed to the early US space programs, has passed away. She was 101 years old. Johnson’s significant contributions on Mercury, Apollo missions, and other NASA projects were brought into the […]

NASA astronaut Christina Koch gives a thumbs-up as she emerges from the Soyuz spacecraft February 6, 2020. Credits: NASA Television

Record-Setting NASA Astronaut and Crewmates Return from Space Station

February 6, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

After setting a record for the longest single spaceflight in history by a woman, NASA astronaut Christina Koch returned to Earth Thursday, along with Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and […]

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Two NASA’s Astronaut Candidates with Ties to North Carolina to Graduate with Eye on Artemis Missions

January 8, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

Two astronaut candidates with ties to North Carolina will be honored as part of the first class of astronaut candidates to graduate under the Artemis program Friday, January 10, 2020, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. […]

This illustration of TOI 700 d is based on several simulated environments for an ocean-covered version of the planet. Source: Image credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA “TESS” Planet Hunter Finds Earth-Size Habitable-Zone World

January 7, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

By Jeanette Kazmierczak, NASA JPL NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star’s habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right to allow the […]

SpaceX launches Dragon, resupply mission to the International Space Station on December 5, 2019. Source:: NASA TV

SpaceX Dragon Heads to International Space Station with NASA Science

December 5, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Upgraded science hardware for the Cold Atom Lab — built and operated by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California — is among the cargo on-board the Dragon spacecraft. The experimental physics facility allows […]

To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA. Source: Barbi Baker, New Hanover County

To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA Exhibit Open at Cape Fear Museum

November 22, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Cape Fear Museum of History and Science announces the opening of our newest traveling exhibit, To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA. Just before the first man landed on the moon, Charlie Brown and Snoopy […]

NASA portrait of 2017 Astronaut Candidate Zena Cardman in front of a T-38 trainer aircraft at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Source: NASA

NASA Administrator, Astronaut Candidate to Visit University of North Carolina

November 1, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and astronaut candidate Zena Cardman will visit the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) November 6-7, 2019, to discuss the agency’s Artemis program. Their visit is part of […]

Image from NASA's Spitzer Space telescope of the "Jack-o'-lantern Nebula." Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA Spitzer Telescope Spots a Ghoulish Gourd

October 31, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

A carved-out cloud of gas and dust looks like a celestial jack-o’-lantern in this image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. A massive star — known as an O-type star and about 15 to 20 times […]

The Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 60 crew members Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, along with visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, October 3, 2019. Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls

NASA Astronaut and Crewmates Return Safely from International Space Station

October 4, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

NASA astronaut Nick Hague returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Thursday, alongside Soyuz commander Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori from the United Arab […]

International Space Station “Population” Increases to Nine Humans

September 25, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and two fellow crew members arrived Wednesday for their mission aboard the International Space Station, temporarily increasing the orbiting laboratory’s population to nine people. The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft carrying Meir, Oleg […]

Team members JPL's Public Engagement and Digital News offices gather onstage with those of the Mars InSight mission and with JPL deputy director Larry James at the 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA Wins Two Emmy Awards for Interactive Mission Coverage

September 17, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

By Andrew Good, JPL NASA’s efforts to engage a broader audience in exploration through the use of social media and online features was recognized with two Emmy Awards for interactive programming this weekend. During ceremonies […]

Visualization by NASA Goddard of Hurricane Dorian on August 31, 2019.

NASA to Provide Hurricane Dorian Updates

September 1, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

NASA will be tracking Hurricane Dorian throughout the Labor Day weekend. The agency will provide status updates on the storm as it nears Florida and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the state’s central east coast, […]

The ECOSTRESS image shows plant stress in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica (in red on inset map) a few months after the onset of a major Central American drought. Red indicates high stress, yellow is moderate stress, greens/blues are low stress. Light gray is cloud. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA Gauges Plant Stress in Costa Rican Drought

August 8, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

NASA’s ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) has imaged the stress on Costa Rican vegetation caused by a massive regional drought that led the Central American nation’s government to declare a state […]

New NASA/UC Irvine map of ice velocity in Antarctica is 10 times more accurate than any previous map and shows flows over 80% of the continent. Colored lines indicate direction of flow; background colors show speed. Credit: UCI/Jeremie Mouginot

Flowing Antarctic Ice Mapped 10x More Accurately

July 31, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

By Carol Rasmussen, NASA’s Earth Science News Team Far more accurate than any previous map, this new representation of glacier flows in Antarctica opens the door to an improved understanding of the vast continent and […]

Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI). Source: NASA

NASA Selects Teams to Study Earth’s Moon, Mars’ Moons, and More

July 1, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Eight new research teams were selected for the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) NASA has selected eight new research teams to collaborate on research into the intersection of space science and human space […]

On Earth Day, NASA will check Instagram, Twitter, and the NASA Earth Facebook event page to see everyone's #PictureEarth images and select photos from around the world to showcase in videos and composite images. Image: NASA

NASA: Show Off Your Planet with an Earth Day Photo

April 12, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

NASA Invites You to #PictureEarth for Earth Day By Steve Cole (NASA HQ) and Esprit Smith (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Our magnificent planet is always ready for its close-up. On Earth Day, April 22, 2019, NASA wants […]

Scientists have obtained the first image of a black hole, using Event Horizon Telescope observations of the center of the galaxy M87. The image shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun. Credit: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

NASA: Black Hole Image Makes History

April 10, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

A black hole and its shadow have been captured in an image for the first time, a historic feat by an international network of radio telescopes called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). EHT is an […]

The first aerospace accelerator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will give startups the opportunity to apply for a three-month program to help JPL develop new technology for space. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s JPL Seeking Applicants for First Space Accelerator

March 21, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

NASA’s first aerospace accelerator program, co-sponsored by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, will select 10 startup companies to take part in a three-month pilot program to develop new technologies for space. Applications […]

Astronauts (from left) Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques are pictured in between a pair of spacesuits that are stowed and serviced inside the Quest airlock where U.S. spacewalks are staged. Credits: NASA

NASA TV to Air Three Upcoming Spacewalks

March 16, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Four astronauts are preparing for their first spacewalks outside the International Space Station, scheduled for March 22, March 29, and April 8, 2019. Live coverage of the spacewalks will air on NASA Television and the agency’s […]

Panarama compiled from Opportunity Rover images of Mars. Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Opportunity’s Parting Shot Was a Beautiful Panorama

March 13, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Over 29 days last spring, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity documented this 360-degree panorama from multiple images taken at what would become its final resting spot in Perseverance Valley. Located on the inner slope of […]

This illustration depicts multiple small drones flying in an urban environment, which will be the scenario for NASA’s last in a series of demonstrations of a system that safely manages drone flight. Source: NASA

NASA Tests Urban Drone Traffic Management in Nevada and Texas

February 19, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

NASA has selected two organizations to host the final phase of its four-year series of increasingly complicated technical demonstrations involving small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly known as drones. The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems […]

This panorama from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover was taken on Dec. 19 (Sol 2265). The rover's last drill location on Vera Rubin Ridge is visible, as well as the clay region it will spend the next year exploring. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Mars Curiosity Rover Departs Vera Rubin Ridge, Video Released

February 12, 2019 Kay Whatley

After exploring Mars’ Vera Rubin Ridge for more than a year, NASA’s Curiosity rover recently moved on. But a new 360-video lets the public visit Curiosity’s final drill site on the ridge, an area nicknamed […]

A small section of the ruptured fault from the Palu earthquake. Credit: ©2018 European Union/Pierre Prakash/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Deadly Indonesian Quake Was a Rare “Superfast” Event

February 4, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Last September’s major earthquake near Palu City on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi was a rare supershear event, a new study has found. Fewer than 15 of these superfast-moving, extra-powerful earthquakes have ever been identified. […]