Regardless of the amount of winter ice cover, the waters off of the Alaskan coast usually…
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A Merger of Stars
Launched 15 years ago, the Spitzer Space Telescope has made many discoveries, including this detection of…
Students from Missouri, Mississippi to Call Space Station
Students in St. Louis and southern Mississippi will get to ask questions of NASA astronauts on…
Jamming with the ‘Spiders’ from Mars
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, acquired May 13, 2018 during winter at the South…
NASA Statement on Nomination for Agency Deputy Administrator
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Thursday’s announcement of the intended…
‘X’-ploring the Eagle Nebula and ‘Pillars of Creation’
The Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16, contains the young star cluster NGC 6611. It…
NASA’s Fermi Traces Source of Cosmic Neutrino to Monster Black Hole
For the first time ever, scientists using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have found the source…
The Heart of Madagascar
As the International Space Station flew overhead, NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold captured this photograph of a…
Bradford Smith, Who Showed Postcards From Outer Space, Dies at 86
As head of the camera team for the Voyager mission, Dr. Smith was humanity’s tour guide…
Coverage Set for Departure of US Cargo Ship from International Space Station
Nearly two months after Orbital ATK, now part of Northrop Grumman, delivered several tons of supplies…