An astronaut aboard the International Space Station shot this photo of peak fall colors around Ottawa,…
Engineer Zaida Hernandez – NASA
“I would say family and part of that ‘first-gen experience’ [shaped me]. Being born in the…
Dark matter may allow giant black holes to form in the early universe
The long-standing mystery of how supermassive black holes grew so huge so quickly could be solved…
An Ambitious Mission to Neptune Could Study Both the Planet and Triton
Mission concepts to the outer solar system are relatively common, as planetary scientists are increasingly frustrated…
New video shows how tiny spacecraft will ‘swarm’ Proxima Centauri
Screenshot of the animation showing the Swarming Proxima Centauri approaching Proxima b. Credit: i4is/Interstellar Initiatives Earlier…
Going Back-to-School with NASA Data
As students head back to school, teachers have a new tool that brings NASA satellite data…
Studying stars from the lunar surface with MoonLITE, courtesy of NASA’s commercial lunar payload services
Diagram conveying the setup for MoonLITE on the lunar surface, beginning with a lander being delivered…
Aura at 20 Years – NASA Science
With the end of Aura and MLS, the future for stratospheric limb sounding observations is unclear.…
Earth may have had a ring system 466 million years ago
Areas of continental crust proximal to the equator during the Ordovician. Areas older than Ordovician are…
Earth’s Shadow Nicks the Moon During This Week’s Partial Lunar Eclipse
The Moon just brushes the umbral shadow of the Earth during Tuesday night’s partial lunar eclipse.…