New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest a highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the…
NASA’s Chandra Suggests Rare Explosion Created Our Galaxy’s Youngest Black Hole
New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest a highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the…
Monthly sea ice volume
Time-series of monthly Arctic sea ice volume from CryoSat (red circles) and from PIOMAS (solid line)…
Naming Pluto’s moons
The SETI Institute wants to enlist YOU in the long overdue quest to name Pluto’s moons,…
NASA’S Orion Lands Safely on Two of Three Parachutes in Test
NASA engineers have demonstrated the agency's Orion spacecraft can land safely if one of its three…
NASA Satellite Data Find Freshwater Losses in Middle East
A new study using data from a pair of gravity-measuring NASA satellites finds that large parts…
Curiosity Rover’s Self Portrait at ‘John Klein’ Drilling Site, Cropped
This rectangular version of a self-portrait of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity combines dozens of exposures taken…
ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft in orbit around a comet
Rosetta is the first spacecraft to orbit a comet. It is the first spacecraft to observe…