NICER Mission Discovers Ultracompact Orbit of an Accreting Millisecond Pulsar
Scientists analyzing the first data from the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) mission have found two stars that revolve around each other every 38…
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Take A Tour Of The Moon In All-New 4K Resolution
In the fall of 2011, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission released its original Tour of the Moon, a five-minute animation that takes the viewer…
Astronomers Discover the Missing Link Responsible for Pulsating Auroras
Sometimes on a dark night near the poles, the sky pulses a diffuse glow of green, purple and red. Unlike the long, shimmering veils of…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Views Total Solar Eclipse
On Sunday, February 11, 2018, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, saw a total solar eclipse in space when Earth crossed its view of the…
Cretaceous Footprints Found at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
A slab of sandstone discovered at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center contains at least 70 mammal and dinosaur tracks from more than 100 million years…
NASA Study Provides First Direct Proof of Ozone Hole Recovery Due to Chemicals Ban
Using measurements from NASA’s Aura satellite, scientists studied chlorine within the Antarctic ozone hole over the last several years, watching as the amount slowly decreased….
MAVEN Mission Sheds Light on Habitability of Distant Planets
How long might a rocky, Mars-like planet be habitable if it were orbiting a red dwarf star? It’s a complex question but one that NASA’s…
NASA Science from the Moon’s Shadow
On December 11, 2017, six researchers discussed initial findings based on observations of the Sun and on Earth gathered during the solar eclipse that stretched…
Tidal Heating May Help Preserve Oceans on Icy Worlds
Heat generated by the gravitational pull of moons formed from massive collisions could extend the lifetimes of liquid water oceans beneath the surface of large…
Astronomers Reveal That WASP-18b Has Smothering Stratosphere Without Water
A NASA-led team has found evidence that the oversized planet WASP-18b is wrapped in a smothering stratosphere loaded with carbon monoxide and devoid of water….
Hitomi Mission Views the Cosmic “Recipe” of the Perseus Cluster
Astronomers provide new insights into the stellar explosions that formed most of these elements in the Perseus galaxy cluster. Before its brief mission ended unexpectedly…
Hubble Telescope Views Light Expanding from an Exploded Star
The Hubble Space Telescope views light from a supernova explosion in the nearby starburst galaxy M82 is reverberating off a huge dust cloud in interstellar…
New NASA Research Improves the Hunt for Habitable Worlds
New research from NASA scientists is helping to refine our understanding of candidate planets beyond our solar system that might support life. “Using a model…
New Gravity Map of Mars Suggests the Planet Has a Porous Crust
Researchers from NASA have discovered evidence that Mars’ crust is not as dense as previously thought, a clue that could help scientists better understand the…
Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Image of Mid-level Flare
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of a mid-level solar flare emitted from the sun on September 4th. The sun emitted a mid-level solar…
Proxima Centauri’s Radiation Would Wipe Out an Earth-Like Atmosphere on Proxima b
New research reveals that Proxima b (an Earth-size planet right outside our solar system in the habitable zone of its star) may not be able…
SOHO Reveals Evidence of Seismic G-Mode Waves in Our Sun
Using data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, astronomers have detected a type of wave called g-modes on the Sun. After four decades…
Safety Tips for Viewing the August Solar Eclipse
NASA has released information and safety tips for viewing the upcoming August 21st solar eclipse. More than 300 million people in the United States potentially…