Our Milky Way is a thrifty galaxy. Supernovae and powerful stellar winds eject gas from…
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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.
Eight briefcase-size satellites flying in a row may be key to improving forecasts of a…
At first glance, NASA’s new spacesuit that will be worn on Artemis missions might look…
Out at the boundary of our solar system, pressure runs high. This pressure, the force…
If you could travel back in time 3.5 billion years, what would Mars look like?…
In this picture from September 28, 2019, engineers and technicians working on the assembly and…
The Jason-2/Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM), the third in a U.S.-European series of satellite missions…
NASA’s InSight lander, which is on a mission to explore the deep interior of Mars,…
The galaxy pictured in this Hubble image has an especially evocative name: the Medusa merger. …
New kinds of organic compounds, the ingredients of amino acids, have been detected in the…
Astronomers have spotted three giant black holes within a titanic collision of three galaxies. The…
Last night, NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter successfully executed a 10.5-hour propulsive maneuver — extraordinarily…
Put an ear to the ground on Mars and you’ll be rewarded with a symphony…
Gregory Laughlin and Malena Rice weren’t exactly surprised a few weeks ago when they learned…
This infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows a cloud of gas and dust…
[Editor’s Note: The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) was officially renamed the Nancy Grace…
Mini robots that can roll, fly, float and swim, then morph into a single machine?…
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy Messier 86. Despite its…