Going for Atmospheric GOLD

In late Jan. 2018, NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) instrument was launched…

Rose-Colored Jupiter

This image captures a close-up view of a storm with bright cloud tops in the northern…

The Aurora Named STEVE

What's in a name? If your name is Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement aka STEVE, then…

There’s Always Pi!

Just by determining how circular a given crater is – using pi and the crater’s perimeter…

Running a Real-Time Simulation of Go-No-Go for Apollo 17

Not everyone gets to become a part of history, but mathematician Billie Robertson is one of…

Dramatic Dione

Cassini captured this striking view of Saturn’s moon Dione on July 23, 2012.

Veggies in Space!

The crew aboard the International Space Station have grown two batches of mixed greens (mizuna, red…

Imaging the Universe

Known as the 'Mother of Hubble,' Nancy Grace Roman is shown here at the Yerkes Observatory,…

Structural Test Version of the Intertank for NASA’s New Deep Space Rocket

The intertank is the second piece of structural hardware for the massive Space Launch System core…

The Case of the Martian Boulder Piles

This image was originally meant to track the movement of sand dunes near the North Pole…