In August, a robotic spacecraft will make NASA’s first-ever attempt to descend to the surface…
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NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is the United States government agency responsible for civilian space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research. Founded in 1958, NASA leads groundbreaking missions that study Earth, the Moon, Mars, and beyond—deploying spacecraft, satellites, and telescopes such as the Hubble and James Webb to explore the cosmos. The agency pioneers human spaceflight through programs like Artemis, which aims to return astronauts to the Moon and pave the way for Mars exploration. NASA’s research also advances climate science, planetary geology, astrophysics, and cutting-edge technologies that benefit life on Earth and deepen humanity’s understanding of the universe.
In early April 2020, satellites observed several wildfires in northern Ukraine around the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Hundreds…
A new JPL-led challenge is seeking ideas for scientific instruments that could fit inside a…
Nitrogen dioxide, primarily emitted from burning fossil fuels for transportation and electricity generation, can be…
Titan, with its methane seas and orange smog, is in some ways the most similar…
The team also fueled the rover’s sky crane to get ready for this summer’s history-making…
Not quite planets and not quite stars, brown dwarfs are cosmic in-betweeners. Learning about their…
At first glance, the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image looks to be…
Fast Facts A supermoon occurs when the moon’s orbit is closest (perigee) to Earth at…
As NASA marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission – which has become known…
The next full Moon is the Pink Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, Egg Moon, Fish Moon,…
New mapping of the giant planet’s upper atmosphere reveals likely reason why it’s so hot.…
NASA’s Juno mission captured this look at Jupiter’s tumultuous northern regions during the spacecraft’s close…
Joint teams from NASA and SpaceX continue making progress on the first flight test with…
High-resolution imaging reveals black hole’s hideout in extra-galactic star cluster. Like detectives carefully building a…
An array of six spacecraft, each about the size of a toaster oven, will help…
Future Artemis lunar landers could use next-generation thrusters, the small rocket engines used to make…
Surrounded by lush vegetation and rare butterflies, the San Rafael Waterfall was one of the…