Gravity Assist: Our Sun, Our Life, with Vladimir Airapetian

Vladimir Airapetian, scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, explains what researchers hope to find as…

Hubble Hooks a Supernova Host Galaxy

Galaxy NGC 2442, seen here by the Hubble Space Telescope, is nicknamed the Meathook galaxy owing…

Pristine Space Rock Offers NASA Scientists Peek at Evolution of Life’s Building Blocks

Asuka 12236 is one of the best-preserved meteorites of its kind. And now, NASA scientists have…

New Ground Station Brings Laser Communications Closer To Reality

Optical communications, transmitting data using infrared lasers, has the potential to help NASA return more data…

Observing Our Earth Through Visualization With Joshua Stevens

Josh Stevens is a data visualizer, creating imagery from NASA’s Earth science data. He pairs geographic…

NASA's Terra Images the 1200+ Mile Trail of Smoke From California Fires

NASA’s Terra satellite was able to capture the huge swath of smoke that has been generated…

New Data Product Warns Alaska Pilots of Clouds, Dangerously Cold Weather

A new product that alerts pilots to clouds, icy conditions and dangerously cold temperatures is tapping…

Wildfires Increase in California and NASA's Terra Satellite Captures the Scene

Smoke spills off the California coast and travels almost 600 miles in NASAs Terra satellite image…

NASA's Webb to Study Quasars and Their Host Galaxies in Three Dimensions

Shortly after the launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, scientists plan to study the effect…

NASA Study Maps the Roots of Global Mangrove Loss

Using high-resolution data from the joint NASA-U.S. Geological Survey Landsat program, researchers have created the first…