New Technique to Search Space Dust for Molecules Critical for Life
Researchers at Goddard’s Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory have developed a new technique to search space dust for molecules that are critical for life. While the origin…
Researchers at Goddard’s Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory have developed a new technique to search space dust for molecules that are critical for life. While the origin…
Using new data from data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, this seven minute video commemorates the 45th anniversary of Apollo 8’s historic flight by recreating…
This four minute video from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center details the atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon Titan. NASA | Propylene on Titan With…
Since their launch in 2008, the two Wide-angle Imaging Neutral-atom Spectrometers (TWINS) satellites have been providing scientists with data on Earth’s magnetosphere and the first…
NASA’s mission to bring a sample of an asteroid back to Earth is underway. OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to launch in 2016 and will rendezvous with…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of an M6.5 class flare yesterday, April 11, 2013. The flare was also associated with an Earth-directed coronal…
Goddard’s Cosmic Ice Lab is one of a few laboratories where researchers study the chemistry of cosmic ice, reproducing reactions in ice from almost any…
A scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has created a set of equations that will lead to more realistic simulations of solar wind turbulence…
Based on data from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer mission, a team of international astronomers has declared barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 the largest-known spiral galaxy….
Using the High Contrast Instrument for the Subaru Next Generation Adaptive Optics and the Infrared Camera and Spectrograph mounted on the Subaru Telescope, an international…
A newly published study shows that nearby disk galaxies unexpectedly reached their current state long after much of the universe’s star formation had ceased. A…
The combined effort of NASA’s Swift satellite, the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton observatory, and several ground-based facilities has allowed scientists to X-ray the colliding stellar…
At roughly three minutes long, this animated video walks you through the evolution of the moon from its first formation 4.5 billion years ago, to…
Enjoy an excerpt from the full-length “Dynamic Earth” presentation, which explores the inner workings of Earth’s climate system with visualizations based on satellite monitoring data…
Using a laser altimeter on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, a team of scientists has mapped Shackleton crater with unprecedented detail, finding possible evidence for…
In case you missed it, here is video footage of the 2012 Venus transit from the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Launched on February 11, 2010, the…
Limited by today’s telescope technology, an international team of astronomers searched for another way to probe supermassive black holes in distant galaxies. By analyzing data…
In preparation for the 2013 launch, scientists and engineers at NASA worked diligently to complete the magnetometers on schedule for the MAVEN mission. The magnetometers…