If astronomy has a Holy Grail, it’s another habitable world. To find one, NASA is working…
Could Sweating Spacecraft Make Re-Entry Easier?
When ISS astronauts return home, they have a hot ride back to Earth’s surface. It’s been…
Mars Has Many Features that Match Earth
Despite being cold, desiccated, and having a thin atmosphere, Mars is similar to Earth in many…
A Single Impact Could Leave a Giant Planet Ringing for Millions of Years
To understand how chaotic the early Solar System was, we need only gaze at the Moon.…
A Glimpse of a Meatball
The NASA “meatball” logo mounted on the south side of the Flight Research Building at NASA’s…
There’s a Chorus of Gravitational Waves Coming from the Core of the Milky Way. Will We Hear Them?
There is a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, and it’s not alone.…
MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 arrive in Florida
The first Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1), with the Copernicus Sentinel-4 instrument on board, arrived at…
MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 arrive at Cape Canaveral harbour
The first Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1), with the Copernicus Sentinel-4 instrument on board, arrived at…
Is a mammoth black hole lurking in this nearby galaxy?
Explore spiral galaxy Messier 83 through Webb’s infrared eyes. The James Webb Space Telescope has found…
Long-term record of biomass from space
Forests play an important role in the global carbon cycle, influencing levels of carbon dioxide in…