Hubble Space Telescope Revisits a Galactic Oddball
The dwarf galaxy NGC 1705 is featured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This diminutive galaxy lies in the southern constellation Pictor,…
The dwarf galaxy NGC 1705 is featured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This diminutive galaxy lies in the southern constellation Pictor,…
The past month has been an exciting time for the James Webb Space Telescope! After launching on Christmas Day, the telescope spent the next few…
NASA’s HERMES mission – a four-instrument suite to be mounted outside NASA’s Moon-orbiting Gateway – has passed a critical mission review on January 27, 2022….
To learn how ocean water is melting glaciers, NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland mission extensively surveyed the coastline of the world’s largest island. The most important…
Spinal scans and cardiopulmonary measurements were the key research operations taking place aboard the International Space Station on Friday. The Expedition 66 crew also serviced…
As far as we know, carbon is critical to life. So anytime we detect a strong carbon signature somewhere like Mars, it could mean biological…
The Webb Space Telescope reaches its new home, remembering our fallen heroes, and testing a VIPER in the sand … a few of the stories…
In the image below, the test version of NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, kicks up high sinkage sand-like material while transiting NASA…
A flat tire would be the last thing you would need on a trip to the Moon. Luckily, NASA’s water-hunting robot – bound for the…
An activity completed at Astrotech’s Space Operations facility in Titusville yesterday brings NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite T (GOES-T) mission one significant step closer to…
The distinguished geochemist and space scientist brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in academic and government service to JPL. Laurie Leshin, president of…
The big news for Webb this week was the final insertion into orbit around the second Lagrange point. The team also turned on the High-Gain…
The Expedition 66 crew split its research schedule between space botany and life science aboard the International Space Station yesterday. NASA Flight Engineer Thomas Marshburn…
Caltech researchers used the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to determine that surface water left salt minerals behind as recently as 2 billion years ago. Mars once…
This NASA image of the day, captured by the Landsat 8 satellite, shows the view over Western Australia on May 12, 2013. The image shows…
Space agriculture dominated the research schedule aboard the International Space Station yesterday to learn how to sustain long-term crews far beyond low-Earth orbit. The Expedition…
After launch, the James Webb Space Telescope traveled to its orbital destination. Webb will perform its science mission while orbiting a location in space, called…
NASA will honor members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including the crews of Apollo…