NASA and industry teams are studying how to design and build an airplane that could demonstrate…
Great Barrier Reef
This Envisat image shows part of the world’s largest coral reef, the 2300-kilometre-long Great Barrier Reef…
LAKE-LIKE FEATURE ON TITAN
Scientists are fascinated by a dark, lake-like feature recently observed on Saturn’s moon Titan. NASA’s Cassini…
SATELLITES MEASURE AND MONITOR SEA LEVEL
For the first time, NASA has the tools and expertise to understand the rate at which…
Sun-powered Aircraft
Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard is constructing a solar-powered plane to fly around the world. His aim…
DEEP SPACE FIREWORKS
After 172 days and 268 million miles of deep space stalking, Deep Impact successfully reached out…
Venice from Space
The canal city of Venice (Venezia) and the Laguna Veneta are shown here by ESA’s microsatellite…
LARGEST SOLID CORE
NASA researchers recently discovered the largest solid core ever found in an extrasolar planet, and their…
ASTRO-E2 ON JAPANESE OBSERVATORY
A pioneering X-ray detector developed at NASA’S Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Md. will…