NASA Estimates Hurricane Dorian’s Rain Using Data From a Fleet of Satellites
In the early hours of Tuesday, September 3, Hurricane Dorian had been stationary over the island of Grand Bahama for 18 hours, most of the…
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Hidden Secrets of Elusive Exoplanet Revealed by Innovative New Instrument
In an unprecedented feat, an American research team discovered hidden secrets of an elusive exoplanet using a powerful new instrument at the 8-meter Gemini North…
See the Final Stages of a Star’s Life via the Hubble Space Telescope
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 5307, a planetary nebula that lies about 10,000 light-years from Earth. It can be seen…
Astronomers Catch Asteroid in the Act of Changing Color – For the First Time Ever
The asteroid is likely shedding reddish dust, revealing a fresh, blue surface beneath. Last December, scientists discovered an “active” asteroid within the asteroid belt, sandwiched…
Multiple Views of Hurricane Dorian from Different NASA Satellites
Several instruments and spacecraft from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have eyes on Hurricane Dorian, capturing different types of data from the storm….
NASA’s ECOSTRESS Detects Amazon Fires from International Space Station
NASA’s Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) captured imagery of fires in the Amazon regions of Brazil and Bolivia on August 23,…
Rover McRoverface: NASA Invites Students to Name Mars 2020 Rover
Red rover, red rover, send a name for Mars 2020 right over! NASA is recruiting help from students nationwide to find a name for its…
NASA Analyzes Tropical Storm Dorian Day and Night
The Leeward Islands are a group of islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea, where the sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean. The Leewards extend from…
Sixteen Incredible Images for Spitzer’s Sweet 16
NASA launched its Spitzer Space Telescope into orbit around the Sun on Aug. 25, 2003. Since then, the observatory has been lifting the veil on…
Deep Space Atomic Clock Activated by NASA
An atomic clock that could pave the way for autonomous deep space travel was successfully activated last week and is ready to begin its year-long…
NASA Satellite Image: Amazon Fires Shroud South America in Smoke
NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite collected this natural-color image using the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instrument on August 21, 2019. Smoke from the fires…
Hubble Captures The Death of a Star
This atmospheric Picture of the Week, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a dark, gloomy scene in the constellation of Gemini (The Twins)….
Carbon Monoxide From Brazil Fires Mapped by NASA Satellite
New data from NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument, aboard the Aqua satellite, shows the movement high in the atmosphere of carbon monoxide associated with…
NASA Mission to Jupiter’s Icy Moon Confirmed
An icy ocean world in our solar system that could tell us more about the potential for life on other worlds is coming into focus…
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope Gets a Rare Look at the Surface of a Rocky Exoplanet
A new study using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope provides a rare glimpse of conditions on the surface of a rocky planet orbiting a…
Rocky, Earth-Sized Exoplanet Is Missing an Atmosphere [Video]
Study reports on search for an atmosphere around a planet somewhat similar to ours. Astronomers at MIT, Harvard University, and elsewhere have searched a rocky,…
Hubble’s “Jellyfish” Portrait of Star’s Gaseous Glow
Although it looks more like an entity seen through a microscope than a telescope, this rounded object, named NGC 2022, is certainly not algae or…
NASA Fermi Images: Moon Glows Brighter Than Sun
If our eyes could see high-energy radiation called gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter than the Sun! That’s how NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope…