NASA Skywatching Tips for January 2021
What are some skywatching highlights in January 2021? Mark Earth’s closest approach to the Sun for the year, called perihelion, at the start of the…
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Elephant Island: The Incredible Survival Story of Ernest Shackleton and the Crew of HMS Endurance
When British explorer Ernest Shackleton and the crew of HMS Endurance lost their ship to crushing pack ice in the Weddell Sea in 1915, their…
“Unprecedented” – Unusual Planetary Nebula Fades Mere Decades After It Arrived
Stars are rather patient. They can live for billions of years, and they typically make slow transitions — sometimes over many millions of years —…
NASA 2021: Let’s Go to the Moon [Video]
Sending the first Artemis mission to the Moon in preparation for human missions, landing a new rover on Mars, and launching the James Webb Space…
See NASA’s Top 20 Awe-Inspiring Earth Images of 2020
The men and women who live and work on the International Space Station take thousands of photographs of their home planet every year, and we…
Meteorite Discovery: Key Building Block for Organic Molecules
Scientists from Japan and NASA have confirmed the presence in meteorites of a key organic molecule that may have been used to build other organic…
Robinson Crusoe Island Captured by Landsat 8 Satellite
Popularized by the studies and writings of Charles Darwin, the Galápagos Islands gained fame for their abundance of endemic plants and animals—species found nowhere else…
The Most Incredible Groundbreaking Results From Space Station Science in 2020
Dozens of experiments are going on at any given time aboard the International Space Station. Research conducted in 2020 is advancing our understanding in areas…
NASA Approves Two Heliophysics Missions to Explore Sun, Earth’s Aurora
NASA has approved two heliophysics missions to explore the Sun and the system that drives space weather near Earth. Together, NASA’s contribution to the Extreme…
Meet NASA Astronaut & Artemis Team Member Raja Chari [Video]
NASA astronaut Raja Chari is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts…
Ecologically Important El Bibane Lagoon Photographed by Astronaut Aboard the Space Station
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took this photograph of a 30-kilometer (20-mile) long lagoon on the eastern shore of Tunisia. A narrow…
Don’t Miss Tonight’s Full Moon: The Wolf Moon
The Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon, Ice Moon, Cold Moon, the Moon after Yule, the Long Night Moon, the Datta Jayanti Moon, Unduvap…
A Martian Roundtrip: NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Sample Tubes
Marvels of engineering, the rover’s sample tubes must be tough enough to safely bring Red Planet samples on the long journey back to Earth in…
NASA’s AIM Mission Spots First Night-Shining Clouds of Antarctic Summer
Summer in Antarctica is marked by days in which the Sun never sets, balmy temperatures that hover as high as freezing, and electric-blue clouds of…
Hubble Spots a Bright Bar of Light – What Is It?
The magnificent central bar of NGC 2217 (also known as AM 0619-271) shines bright in the constellation of Canis Major (The Greater Dog), in this…
Newberry Volcano Photographed by Astronaut Onboard the International Space Station
While passing over Oregon, an astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) shot this photograph of Newberry Volcano in the eastern Cascade Mountains. With its…
Meet NASA Astronaut & Artemis Team Member Joe Acaba [Video]
NASA astronaut Joe Acaba is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts…
Huacachina: The Only Natural Oasis in South America
If you accidentally stumbled upon the town of Huacachina, you might think it is a mirage. Huacachina is centered around a lagoon lined with lush…