Researchers have created the first map of wind circulation in the upper atmosphere of a…
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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.
After a year scoping out asteroid Bennu’s boulder-scattered surface, the team leading NASA’s first asteroid…
JAXA and NASA satellite observations show where killer electrons are generated in the Van Allen…
When astronomers see something in the universe that at first glance seems like one-of-a-kind, it’s…
A type of Martian aurora first identified by NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft in 2016 is actually…
Sue Smrekar really wants to go back to Venus. In her office at NASA’s Jet…
NGC 3175 is located around 50 million light-years away in the constellation of Antlia (The…
On Friday, October 11, 2019, the OSIRIS-REx team should have been preparing to point their…
Two decades ago, on December 10, 1999, an Ariane 5 rocket climbed into the morning…
New time-lapse videos of Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets as seen from space – some…
Saturn’s tiny, frozen moon Enceladus is a strange place. Just 300 miles (480 kilometers) across,…
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current flows in a loop around Antarctica, connecting the Atlantic, Pacific, and…
The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft, which has flown closer to the Sun than any mission…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is just days away from selecting the site where the spacecraft will…
Upgraded science hardware for the Cold Atom Lab — built and operated by NASA’s Jet…
Shortly after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu, an unexpected discovery by the mission’s…
Some of the most dramatic events in the Universe occur when certain stars die —…
In August 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launched to space, soon becoming the closest-ever spacecraft…