When an asteroid struck the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in 2013, the blast from the asteroid’s…
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SOFIA Arrives in New Zealand to Observe Southern Skies
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand, on June 22 to…
Scientists Uncover Origins of the Sun’s Swirling Spicules
For the first time, a computer simulation — so detailed it took a full year to…
New Horizons Team Digs into New Data on Next Flyby Target
At least 54 observing teams with dozens of telescopes dispatched across two continents, positioned to catch…
SOFIA Finds Cool Dust Around Energetic Active Black Holes
Researchers at the University of Texas San Antonio using observations from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared…
NASA-supported High School Teams Advance to FIRST Robotics World Championships
Reflecting its ongoing commitment to advance science, technology, engineering and math opportunities for students, NASA's Ames…
NASA Completes its Latest Drone Traffic Management Flight Campaign
NASA and its partners are wrapping up tests of the most recent version of its Unmanned…
Profiles in Education: Taking the Path Less Travelled
Born in Manhattan and raised in Yonkers, New York, Diana Gentry broke with tradition and declined…
Small Business Manufactures ‘Space Dirt’ for NASA Research
Deep Space Industries recently delivered 3.5 gallons of dirt to NASA. But this wasn’t ordinary dirt;…
NASA Drone Traffic Management Tests Take Off in Reno
NASA and its partners are in the midst of testing the next, more complex version of…