For Deeper Insights, Japanese Space Mission Bombed an Asteroid to Make a Crater

The Hayabusa2 spacecraft aimed to advance its study of the rock called Ryugu by making a…

Snow and Sand in Central Asia

In December 2018, an astronaut on the International Space Station took this highly oblique photograph of…

Cloud Formation in the South Indian Ocean

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped this image as the station flew 265 miles…

What is MADCAT?

Most planes use rigid wings with moving parts. But what if there was a wing that…

NASA’s Super Guppy Arrives to Armstrong Building 703 for Maintenance

NASA’s B-377SGT Super Guppy Turbine cargo aircraft, operated by NASA’s Johnson Space Center, arrived to NASA’s…

Operation IceBridge: Exploring Alaska’s Mountain Glaciers

In Alaska, 5 percent of the land is covered by glaciers that are losing a lot…

PIA23142: Satellites Image Mozambique Flooding after Cyclone Idai

           Target: Earth Mission:  ARIA Instrument:  SAR Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Click here for original story, PIA23142: Satellites…

Nick Hague Completes 215th Spacewalk on Station

Astronaut Nick Hague performs a spacewalk on March 29, 2019. Source: NASA Image of the Day

SOFIA Captures Cosmic Light Show of Star Formation

Researchers using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, captured a cosmic light show sparked…

Hubble Spots Flock of Cosmic Ducks

This star-studded image shows us a portion of Messier 11, an open star cluster in the…