NASA Pays Tribute, Says Goodbye to One of Agency’s Great Observatories

NASA will host a live program at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 22, to celebrate the…

NASA's ARIA Team Helps in Puerto Rico Quake Response

New satellite data shows worst-hit areas of Puerto Rico following a 6.4-magnitude earthquake and…

NASA Says Goodbye to One of Agency's Great Observatories

The live-streamed show, featuring mission members and NASA leadership, will air on Jan. 22,…

PIA23429: ARIA Maps Damage of Western Puerto Rico After Quakes

           Target: Earth Mission:  ARIA Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech, ESA Click here for original story,…

Taking the temperature of dark matter

Warm, cold, just right? Physicists at the University of California, Davis are taking the temperature of…

Glimpses of fatherhood found in non-pair-bonding chimps

Although they have no way of identifying their biological fathers, male chimpanzees form intimate bonds with…

Air pollution from oil and gas production sites visible from space

Oil and gas production has doubled in some parts of the United States in the last…

NASA infrared data analyzes cloud top temperatures in Tropical Cyclone Claudia

Satellite data of Tropical Cyclone Claudia’s cloud top temperatures revealed that the storm was weakening. …

Spinning quantum dots

The name ‘quantum dots’ is given to particles of semiconducting materials that are so tiny—a few…

NASA, NOAA analyses reveal 2019 second warmest year on record

According to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Earth’s global…