NASA researchers have developed tools to change the way commercial flights are directed in to the…
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What is Air Traffic Management Technology Demonstration-1?
NASA researchers have developed tools to change the way commercial flights are directed in to the…
Rocky? Habitable? Sizing up a Galaxy of Planets
The planets so far discovered across the Milky Way are a motley, teeming multitude: hot Jupiters,…
Magnetic Fields May Be the Key to Black Hole Activity
Researchers using NASA’s SOFIA airborne telescope have found that magnetic fields are trapping the material that…
African Smoke-Cloud Connection Target of NASA Airborne Flights
The ORACLES mission is gathering data on how aerosols such as smoke affect clouds and in…
‘Pulsar in a Box’ Reveals Surprising Picture of a Neutron Star’s Surroundings
Scientists studying what amounts to a computer-simulated 'pulsar in a box' are uncovering particle behaviors that…
NASA Airborne Team Surveys Flooding from Hurricane Florence
In the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, which struck the Carolinas on Sept. 14 causing widespread damage,…
NASA Presents FAA with New Air Traffic Management Technology
NASA technology developed so aircraft arriving at busy airports can be managed more efficiently was officially…
Kepler Put Into Sleep Mode As Telescope’s Pointing Performance Degrades
NASA’s Kepler team has received data showing that the spacecraft’s ability to point precisely has degraded.…
NASA Is Taking a New Look at Searching for Life Beyond Earth
Since the beginning of civilization, humanity has wondered whether we are alone in the universe.