New findings from NASA’s Juno probe orbiting Jupiter provide a fuller picture of how the planet’s distinctive and colorful atmospheric features offer clues about the unseen processes below its clouds. | Continue reading
Variety, nutrition, and taste are some considerations when developing food for astronauts. | Continue reading
The Mount Wilson telescopes were ahead of their time -- in one case, capturing signs of distant worlds that wouldn't be recognized for a century. | Continue reading
When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launches, it will undergo one of the most harrowing deployment processes any spacecraft has ever endured. But before it even gets on top of its ride to space, Webb had to complete a final journey here on Earth: a 1,500-mile (2,400-kilometer) … | Continue reading
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope successfully arrived in French Guiana Tuesday, after a 16-day journey at sea. | Continue reading
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In 2023, NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) will land near the western edge of the Nobile Crater at the Moon’s South Pole to map and explore the region’s surface and subsurface for water and other resources. | Continue reading
By studying the topography and mineral composition of a portion of the Arabia Terra region in northern Mars, scientists recently found evidence for thousands of “super eruptions,” which are the most violent volcanic explosions known. | Continue reading
NASA has selected five U.S. companies to help the agency enable a steady pace of crewed trips to the lunar surface under the agency’s Artemis program. | Continue reading
NASA plans to launch the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit Dec. 18, 2021, to serve as the premier deep space observatory for the next decade. | Continue reading
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NASA began flight testing Monday with Joby Aviation’s all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as part of the agency’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign. | Continue reading
Space Pens, Pencils, and How NASA Takes Notes in Space | Continue reading
What connects Earth's largest, hottest desert to its largest tropical rain forest? | Continue reading
After successful completion of its final tests, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is being prepped for shipment to its launch site. | Continue reading
The team behind the "umbrella-like" deployable heat shield design called ADEPT, or the Adaptable, Deployable, Entry and Placement Technology, is testing out a new material to deliver science payloads on future missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. | Continue reading
After successful completion of its final tests, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is being prepped for shipment to its launch site. | Continue reading
A NASA technology that could one day help land humans on Mars is about to head into final integration and testing before a sub-orbital flight test next year. | Continue reading
Astronauts need hearty nutrients to maintain a healthy diet in space, but like any of us, they want their food to taste good, too! As NASA develops concepts for longer crewed missions to Mars and beyond, the agency will need innovative and sustainable food systems that check all … | Continue reading
With more than 200 hours of observing time, COSMOS-Webb will survey a large patch of the sky—0.6 square degrees—with the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). That's the size of three full moons. It will simultaneously map a smaller area with the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). | Continue reading
NASA Awards $500,000 in Break the Ice Lunar Challenge | Continue reading
Today, human sources are responsible for 60% of global methane emissions, coming primarily from the burning of fossil fuels, decomposition in landfills and the agriculture sector. Nearly a quarter of methane emissions can be attributed to agriculture. | Continue reading
NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting Saturday, Aug. 28, to launch its 23rd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. | Continue reading
For almost half a century, Landsat satellites have been in orbit, tracking changes to the landscapes and coastal areas of our home planet. Landsat 9 continues that legacy. | Continue reading
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 11, to discuss an important finding from NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft. | Continue reading
A new online visualization tool will enable anyone to see what sea levels will look like anywhere in the world in the decades to come. | Continue reading
It’s hard to imagine what the surface of asteroid Bennu might look like – it’s shortest distance from Earth still 250,000 miles away – but the video “Tour of Asteroid Bennu” brings us on a journey to see this landscape up close. | Continue reading
NASA is Recruiting for Yearlong Simulated Mars Mission | Continue reading
Data sent to Earth by NASA’s Perseverance rover after its first attempt to collect a rock sample on Mars and seal it in a sample tube indicate that no rock was collected during the initial sampling activity. | Continue reading
Astronomers spotted an unusual set of rings in X-rays around a black hole with a companion star. These rings are created by light echoes, a phenomenon similar to echoes on Earth from sound waves bouncing off hard surfaces. | Continue reading
For the first time, astronomers have uncovered evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. | Continue reading
The shadows cast by the roughness of the Moon’s surface create small cold spots for water ice to accumulate even during the harsh lunar daytime. | Continue reading
New research led by NASA provides a closer look at a nearby star thought to resemble our young Sun. | Continue reading
A group of researchers is using artificial intelligence techniques to calibrate some of NASA’s images of the Sun, helping improve the data that scientists use for solar research. | Continue reading
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Three papers published today share new details on the crust, mantle, and molten core of the Red Planet. | Continue reading
NASA is making final preparations for its Perseverance Mars rover to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock, which future planned missions will transport to Earth. | Continue reading
Three papers published today share new details on the crust, mantle, and molten core of the Red Planet. | Continue reading
A unique positioning technology is being developed to pinpoint firefighters inside buildings where other positioning technologies fail. | Continue reading
In the mid-2030s, every U.S. coast will experience rapidly increasing high-tide floods, when a lunar cycle will amplify rising sea levels caused by climate change. | Continue reading
NASA is leading an effort, working with the Department of Energy (DOE), to advance space nuclear technologies. The government team has selected three reactor design concept proposals for a nuclear thermal propulsion system. | Continue reading
Six decades after the launch of the first nuclear-powered space mission, Transit IV-A, NASA is embarking on a bold future of human exploration and scientific discovery. | Continue reading
Set for launch next year, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will help scientists monitor Earth’s ocean, as well as the amount of fresh water in its lakes and rivers. | Continue reading