Robonaut 2: A Robotic Space Station Crew Member
A joint effort between NASA and General Motors to improve robotic technology and capabilities for future space exploration platforms has led to Robonaut 2, NASA’s…
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WISE Views Aging Star Erupting With Dust
Using images from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, scientists were able to locate an aging star releasing large amounts of dust as it begins the…
Saturn’s Moon Phoebe Has Planet-Like Qualities
More than 60 moons orbit Saturn and by combining data from NASA’s Cassini mission with modeling techniques, scientists have so far been able to identify…
A Closer Look at Titan’s Chemical Production
Two new papers published in the Astrophysical Journal describe the process of hydrocarbon creation on Saturn’s moon Titan and predicted how long Titan’s chemical factory…
Sombrero Galaxy Exhibits Dual Characteristics
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope revealed that the Sombrero galaxy, also known as NGC 4594, is one of the first known galaxies to exhibit dual characteristics,…
Increased Methane Gas Levels Found Over Cracks in Arctic Sea Ice
As scientists continue to research and monitor greenhouse gas emissions, a new source of methane gas has appeared from cracks in Arctic sea ice. Conducted…
Cassini Views Objects Creating Holes in Saturn’s F Ring
Scientists working with images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of Saturn’s F ring, leaving glittering trails behind…
NASA Confirms Extra Time for Dawn to Explore Vesta
The NASA Dawn mission is receiving 40 extra days to explore Vesta and scientists plan to make the most out of it. They hope to…
Cassini Explores Titan’s Lake, Similarities to Etosha Salt Pan
Based on data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, a newly published research paper suggests that Lake Ontario Lacus on Saturn’s moon Titan is very similar to…
Cassini Views Saturn’s Moons Enceladus and Tethys
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured surface temperature measurements with its composite infrared spectrometer and several images as it completed its flyby of Saturn’s moons Enceladus and…
Curiosity to Investigate Mount Sharp for Clues of Past Life
Scientists hope to place Curiosity on flat ground at the foot of Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater. Once in position, Curiosity will examine whether the…
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Spacecraft Adjusts Trajectory, Tests Instruments
NASA scientists successfully completed the second of six planned trajectory correction maneuvers and confirmed the health of science instruments onboard Curiosity this week. The Mars…
NASA Makes Earth’s Oceans Look like Van Gogh’s Starry Night
This incredible visualization of the Earth and its oceans was created by the Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. It’s called Perpetual…
GRACE Data Spreads Awareness of Groundwater Levels
To help bring awareness to the importance of Earth’s groundwater, a new map showing the world’s groundwater supplies has been created in part from data…
Dawn Images Shine New Light on Vesta
New images from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft have revealed previously unknown geological features about the asteroid Vesta. While Vesta is one of the brightest objects in…
Cassini Data Helps Explain Saturn’s Stress on Enceladus
New images from the Cassini mission give insight into the mechanics of the jets at Enceladus and allowed scientists to compare the spraying of water…
New WISE Atlas of Entire Infrared Sky Contains Over 18,000 Images
After more than 2.7 million images taken at four infrared wavelengths of light and more than 15 trillion bytes of returned data from the WISE…
Image of Twister in Action on the Surface of Mars
A recent image captured by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a twisting column of dust more than…
