New NASA Mission Will Study Giant Solar Particle Storms With 6 Spacecraft
An array of six spacecraft, each about the size of a toaster oven, will help us understand our nearest star and better protect astronauts traveling…
An array of six spacecraft, each about the size of a toaster oven, will help us understand our nearest star and better protect astronauts traveling…
Future Artemis lunar landers could use next-generation thrusters, the small rocket engines used to make alterations in a spacecraft’s flight path or altitude, to enter…
Surrounded by lush vegetation and rare butterflies, the San Rafael Waterfall was one of the most captivating landscapes in Ecuador. With water dropping 150 meters…
Researchers supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology program are providing new insight into the late stages of solar system formation. The team developed empirical…
Beyond their beauty, images of Earth at night have a practical use. The nighttime lights of cities, highways, and other infrastructure are fingerprints of how civilization has…
After the rover was shipped from JPL to Kennedy Space Center, the team is getting closer to finalizing the spacecraft for launch later this summer….
The Orion spacecraft that will fly on the Artemis 1 mission around the Moon has returned to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, after…
The shape of the ground beneath Denman Glacier, which is melting from the bottom up, makes it particularly vulnerable to the intrusion of seawater. Denman…
The original NASA insignia is one of the most powerful symbols in the world. A bold, patriotic red chevron wing piercing a blue sphere, representing…
[Editor’s Note: The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) was officially renamed the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on May 20, 2020.] The NASA mission…
More than 12,000 people have applied to join NASA’s next class of astronauts, demonstrating strong national interest to take part in America’s plans to explore…
A single desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) can consume its body weight in vegetation in one day. That may not sound like much for one 2.5-gram…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its primary mirror into the same configuration it will have when in space as part of a recent…
The Mars 2020 mission involving NASA’s newly named rover — Perseverance — received a substantial boost following the completion of important testing at the agency’s…
This remarkable spiral galaxy, known as NGC 4651, may look serene and peaceful as it swirls in the vast, silent emptiness of space, but don’t…
On March 25, NASA’s Orion spacecraft for Artemis I returned to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after undergoing environmental testing at NASA’s Plum…
After undergoing a series of performance and environmental tests, NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster – Commercial (NEXT-C) is being prepared for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test…
The ice giant Uranus appears to be losing a bit of its atmosphere to space, perhaps siphoned away by the planet’s magnetic field. Eight and…