Curiosity Rover Reveals Evidence of Ancient Top-of-Atmosphere Loss
What Happened to the Early Mars’ Atmosphere? A newly published study looks to answer this question and eliminate one possible theory. Scientists may be closer…
What Happened to the Early Mars’ Atmosphere? A newly published study looks to answer this question and eliminate one possible theory. Scientists may be closer…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft reveals a higher-than-expected temperature in one section of Saturn’s rings, providing a unique window into the interior structure of ring particles not…
Soyuz TMA-18M successfully launched with its three crew members representing Russia, Denmark, and Kazakhstan. They are headed to the International Space Station to provide…
Comet Hitchhiker is in Phase I study through the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program. Its goal is to use the kinetic energy of comets and…
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shares an image of Earth from the International Space Station. Earth’s thin atmosphere stands out against the blackness of space in…
NASA researchers are using the International Space Station to examine biological systems in space and are searching for the best methods for keeping astronauts healthy…
The Cassini Spacecraft views the moon Dione as it transits Saturn. Saturn’s moon Dione crosses the face of the giant planet in this view, a…
This newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows Messier 96, a spiral galaxy just over 35 million light-years away in the constellation of…
NASA scientists have selected the small Kuiper Belt object (KBO) known as 2014 MU69 as the next potential destination for the New Horizons mission. 2014…
Scientists gather field data on the Greenland Ice Sheet to help verify climate models that are used to estimate future sea level rise and to…
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers discovered that Markarian 231 is powered by two central black holes furiously whirling about each other….
NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland mission is making the first high-resolution maps of the complete Greenland coast and continental shelf, helping scientists to better understand ice…
New images from NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft reveal the small world’s features in unprecedented detail, including Ceres’ tall, conical mountain, crater formation features and narrow, braided…
This newly released Hubble image shows globular cluster NGC 1783, which is about 160,000 light-years from Earth. Shown here in a new image taken with…
NASA has released a new digital calendar to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Spitzer Space Telescope. The calendar showcases some of the mission’s most…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft has captured new images of Saturn’s moon Dione during its last close approach to the small, icy world. Two of the new…
In an effort to dispel rumors of an impending asteroid impact on Earth, NASA has stated, “There is no scientific basis — not one shred…
California farmers have been forced to pump large amounts of groundwater in response to the historic drought, causing the land to sink and putting nearby…