Our Sun Today

NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory, or SDO, was the first mission to be launched for NASA’s Living…

Prandtl-D’s Next Mission: Smithsonian Institution, California Science Center

It’s not every day that a research aircraft may possibly change the way we build future…

How scientists view sex determination in painted turtle populations

A study that looks at how temperature influences the development of painted turtles may lead biologists…

Blood pressure monitoring may one day be easy as taking a video selfie

Future blood pressure monitoring could become as easy as taking a video selfie. Transdermal optical imaging…

Antineutrino detection could help remotely monitor nuclear reactors

Technology to measure the flow of subatomic particles known as antineutrinos from nuclear reactors could allow…

We could use Earth's atmosphere as a giant lens for a space telescope

A space telescope could use the whole Earth as a lens by capturing light deflected off…

ISS transiting the Sun

Summertime and the Space Station livin’ is easy.  Like most people this season, the International Space…

Hot Fire! Orion’s Service Module Completes Critical Propulsion Test

Hot Fire! Orion’s Service Module Completes Critical Propulsion Test Click here for original story,…

Amid Protests In Hawaii Against Giant Telescope, Astronomers Look To 'Plan B'

An international consortium planning the Thirty Meter Telescope still prefers to site it atop the Big…

EDRS-C successfully launched

The second satellite to join the constellation that forms the European Data Relay System (EDRS) has…