Combined X-ray surveys and supercomputer simulations track 12 billion years of cosmic black-hole growth

Researchers have provided the best modeling to date of the growth of the supermassive black holes…

NASA Funds Study of Proposals to Investigate Space Weather Systems

NASA has selected three proposals for concept studies of missions to investigate the complex system of…

Frost Seen on Olympus Mons for the First Time

It’s been known for years that there are large quantities of water ice locked up in…

Wind from black holes may influence development of surrounding galaxies

An artist’s impression of a quasar wind (in light blue) being launched off of the accretion…

NASA Selects 2024 Small Business, Research Teams for Tech Development

NASA will award funding to nearly 250 small business teams to develop new technologies to address…

Remembering Apollo 8 Astronaut Bill Anders

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo of our home planet from…

‘Flares’ and ‘echoes’ from the Milky Way’s monster black hole

Michigan State University researcher Grace Sanger-Johnson found nine previously undiscovered X-ray flares from Sagittarius A*, the…

NASA Program Sends University Payloads to Space

NASA’s Flight Opportunities program sent two university payloads on suborbital flight tests onboard Virgin Galactic’s VSS…

NASA’s Repository Supports Research of Commercial Astronaut Health  

4 min read Space Station Research Advances NASA’s Plans to Explore the Moon, Mars Space, the…

Was Earth’s Climate Affected by Interstellar Clouds?

Scientists scour the Earth and the sky for clues to our planet’s climate history. Powerful and…