Smart SPHERES Are About to Get A Whole Lot Smarter

Smart devices increasingly are an essential part of life on Earth. The same can be said…

Martian Dunes Flying in Formation

Migratory birds and military aircraft often fly in a V-shaped formation. The ā€œVā€ formation greatly boosts…

NASA Announces 2014 Innovations in Climate Education Tribal Awards

NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) has awarded nearly $3 million in new cooperative…

NASA’s NuSTAR Untangles Mystery of How Stars Explode

One of the biggest mysteries in astronomy, how stars blow up in supernova explosions, finally is…

Media and Public Invited to View Virtual NASA Aeronautics Research Seminar

Media and the public are invited to view a six-day virtual technical seminar, Feb. 19 to…

Coronal Loops in an Active Region of the Sun

An active region of the sun just rotating into the view of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory…

International Space Station Crew to Talk with Students in Los Angeles

Students and faculty from California State University, Los Angeles, along with high school students from the…

NASA’s Chandra Sees Runaway Pulsar Firing an Extraordinary Jet

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has seen a fast-moving pulsar escaping from a supernova remnant while spewing…

NASA Administrator Addresses Media on Orion Recovery Operations Testing

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will address media at 9 a.m. PST Saturday, Feb. 22 at U.S.…

Hubble Watches Stars’ Clockwork Motion In Nearby Galaxy

Using the sharp-eyed NASA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have for the first time precisely measured the…