ESA’s Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) mission is designed to advance our understanding of…
System-Wide Safety Collaborations
NASA’s System-Wide Safety (SWS) project identifies and addresses safety threats to improve the efficiency of flight…
After Swirling Around a Black Hole, Matter Just Falls Straight In
The physics surrounding black holes is just plain weird. A gravitational well so strong that not…
Peering into Pluto’s ocean using mathematical models and images from the New Horizons spacecraft
In a paper published in the journal Icarus, WashU graduate student Alex Nguyen used mathematical models…
Welcome Back to Planet Earth, Expedition 70 Crew!
On May 16, 2024, a crowd of more than 500 people gathered at Space Center Houston’s…
Welcome Back to Planet Earth, Expedition 70 Crew!
On May 16, 2024, a crowd of more than 500 people gathered at Space Center Houston’s…
NASA Leaders to Host Agency Town Hall on Artificial Intelligence
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy are hosting an employee town hall at…
Earth’s quasi-moons, mini-moons, and ghost…
Could quasi-moons or mini-moons hit Earth? Scientists used to think certain quasi-moons had a significant chance…
Observations investigate properties of nearby brown dwarf HD 33632 Ab
Cross-correlation function (CCF) of our KPIC spectrum of HD 33632 Ab. Credit: Hsu et al., 2024.…
Juno images of Europa reveal a complex, active surface
View larger. | The Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter’s moon Europa during its closest-ever…