Jupiter-size planets orbiting close to their stars have upended ideas about how giant planets form. Finding…
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Satellites Have Drastically Changed How We Forecast Hurricanes
This video looks at advances in hurricane forecasting, with a focus on the contributions from weather…
NASA Moving Forward to Enable a Low-Earth Orbit Economy
One year ago, NASA announced the agency is opening the space station for business, enabling commercial…
Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken Work on U.S. Spacesuits
NASA astronauts (from top) Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken work on U.S. spacesuits. Click…
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/19/2020
Payloads Capillary Driven Microfluidics (CDM): The crew performed a plate changeout. Capillary-Driven Microfluidics in Space (Capillary…
NASA Observes Large Saharan Dust Plume Over Atlantic Ocean
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite observed a huge Saharan dust plume streaming over the North Atlantic Ocean,…
Black Hole Bounty Captured in the Center of the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered evidence for thousands of black holes located near the center of our Milky…
Hubble Provides Holistic View of Stars Gone Haywire
As nuclear fusion engines, most stars live placid lives for hundreds of millions to billions of…
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/18/2020
Payloads Electrolysis Measurement (EM): In support of the ongoing EM experiment, the crew performed a series…
NASA's Aqua Satellite Sees Fire Season in Full Swing in Arizona and New Mexico
It is still relatively early in the wildfire season out West but already wildfires are crossing…