NASA Invites Media to Showcase of Solutions Finalists

NASA Ames Research Center and Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV), Santa Clara, Calif., are partnering to showcase…

NASA’s Van Allen Probes Reveal a New Radiation Belt Around Earth

NASA's Van Allen Probes mission has discovered a previously unknown third radiation belt around Earth, revealing…

SpaceX to Carry Two Ames Space Station Experiments

Two bioscience payloads are scheduled to be launched to the International Space Station Friday, March 1.

NASA Helps Takoma Park Celebrate Space Day 2013

The mayor of Takoma Park, Md., has proclaimed Saturday, March 2, "Space Day in Takoma Park."…

Winter Storm across Central United States

In late February 2013, a major snowstorm made its way across the continental United States, dropping…

NASA’S NuSTAR Helps Solve Riddle of Black Hole Spin

Two X-ray space observatories, NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton,…

NASA Researchers Work to Turn Blue Skies Green

A big part of NASA's work to reduce the environmental impact of aircraft has moved into…

The Whirlpool Galaxy

The Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic spiral galaxy. At only 30 million light years distant and…

NASA Announces Fourth Round of CubeSat Space Mission Candidates

NASA has selected 24 small satellites to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch…

Saturn’s North Polar Hexagon

Saturn's north polar hexagon basks in the Sun's light now that spring has come to the…