NASA Perseverance Mars Rover’s Earthly Twin Is Moved to New Home
Did you know NASA’s next Mars rover has a nearly identical sibling on Earth for testing? Even better, it’s about to roll for the first…
Did you know NASA’s next Mars rover has a nearly identical sibling on Earth for testing? Even better, it’s about to roll for the first…
While our Moon is airless, research indicates the presence of hematite, a form of rust that normally requires oxygen and water. That has scientists puzzled….
NASA research could help to improve forecasts of whether a hurricane will suddenly intensify, which could give people in its path more time to prepare….
Earth-observing instruments on satellites and aircraft are mapping the current fires, providing data products to agencies on the ground that are responding to the emergency….
The most massive stars in the universe are born inside cosmic clouds of gas and dust, where they leave behind clues about their lives for…
Scientists have gained new insights into the processes that have driven ocean level variations for over a century, helping us prepare for the rising seas…
A crisply rendered web application can show you where the agency’s Mars 2020 mission is right now as it makes its way to the Red…
After a brief period of moderate ice loss, the Greenland ice sheet melted in 2019 at the fastest rate ever measured. Greenland set a new…
From cities to deserts, the intense heat gripping California is being closely monitored by an Earth-observing mission aboard the International Space Station. As record temperatures…
An tiny aseroid flew past our planet over the weekend and was detected by a NASA-funded asteroid survey as it departed. Near Earth Asteroids, or…
The board will assist with analysis of current plans and goals for one of the most difficult missions humanity has ever undertaken. NASA has established…
Headed to the Red Planet with the Perseverance rover, the pioneering helicopter is powered up for the first time in interplanetary space as part of…
Marking its 15th anniversary since launch, one of the oldest spacecraft at the Red Planet has provided glimpses of dust devils, avalanches, and more. Since…
Data from NASA’s recent Dawn mission answers two long-unresolved questions: Is there liquid inside Ceres, and how long ago was the dwarf planet geologically active?…
The spacecraft may have found where the colorless gas has been hiding on the solar system’s biggest planetary inhabitant. New results from NASA’s Juno mission…
The NASA rover touched down eight years ago, on August 5, 2012, and will soon be joined by a second rover, Perseverance. NASA’s Curiosity Mars…
The new projects look at food- and water-supply stability and how changes in human activity are affecting the environment. The COVID-19 pandemic has touched most…
In a Q&A, spacesuit designer Amy Ross explains how five samples, including a piece of helmet visor, will be tested aboard the rover, which was…