NASA shutting down space telescope, infrared eyes to cosmos

NASA is pulling the plug on one of its great observatories—the Spitzer Space Telescope—after 16 years…

NASA Awards Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Geophysics Support Services Contract

NASA has awarded a contract to Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) of Lanham, Maryland, for…

Scientists find record warm water in Antarctica, pointing to cause behind troubling glacier melt

A team of scientists has observed, for the first time, the presence of warm water at…

Coupled quantum dots may offer a new way to store quantum information

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have for the…

Monitoring intermediates in CO2 conversion to formate by metal catalyst

Plants take in energy from sunlight to transform atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) into sugars and then…

Prescribed burns benefit bees

Freshly burned longleaf pine forests have more than double the total number of bees and bee…

The health of foundation species promotes the stability of the ecosystems that depend on them

Anyone who’s read “The Lorax” will recognize that certain species serve as the foundation of their…

Better than reality: NASA scientists tap virtual reality to make a scientific discovery

NASA scientists using virtual reality technology are redefining our understanding about how our galaxy works. …

Drug lord's hippos make their mark on foreign ecosystem

Four hours east of Medellin in northern Colombia’s Puerto Triunfo municipality, the sprawling hacienda constructed by…

NASA TV to Air Landing of Record-Setting Astronaut Christina Koch, Crewmates

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who has spent more time in space on a single mission than…