Migratory birds and military aircraft often fly in a V-shaped formation. The “V” formation greatly boosts…
Searching for exoplanetary systems
The PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) mission will identify and study thousands of exoplanetary…
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…
Solar wing test
Before Sentinel-1 is shipped to Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana for launch, it has spent a…
Orbital Mechanics
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen takes us to his Orbital Mechanics class at Star City, near Moscow,…
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.…
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…
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…
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…