Science News
Cassini to Photograph Earth From Deep Space
June 18, 2013
Science@NASA Headline News — 2013
On July 19th, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will photograph Earth through the rings of Saturn.
Strange Flames on the ISS
June 18, 2013
Science@NASA Headline News — 2013
Researchers experimenting with flames onboard the International Space Station have produced a strange, cool-burning form of fire that could help improve the efficiency of auto engines.
Dry Ice "Snowboards" on Mars
June 12, 2013
Science@NASA Headline News — 2013
New research suggests that some of the famous gullies on Mars are caused by slabs of dry ice gliding down sand dunes on cushions of gas similar to miniature hovercraft.
Noctilucent Clouds Get an Early Start
June 7, 2013
Science@NASA Headline News — 2013
Noctilucent clouds have surprised researchers by appearing early this year. The unexpected apparition of electric-blue nightshining clouds hints at a change in the "teleconnections" of Earth's atmosphere.
Asteroid Moon Movie
June 7, 2013
Science@NASA Headline News — 2013
Scientists working with NASA's 70-meter Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif., have released a new and improved movie clip of near-Earth asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon.
Approaching Asteroid Has Its Own Moon
May 30, 2013
Science@NASA Headline News — 2013
Newly-obtained radar images of approaching asteroid 1998 QE2 reveal that the asteroid has a moon.
Big Asteroid Flyby
May 30, 2013
Science@NASA Headline News — 2013
NASA is tracking a large near-Earth asteroid as it passes by the Earth-Moon system on May 31st. Amateur astronomers in the northern hemisphere may be able to see the space rock for themselves during the 1st week of June.
New Asteroid Families Discovered
May 30, 2013
Science@NASA Headline News — 2013
Astronomers using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have identified 28 new families of asteroids.
Big Weather on Hot Jupiters
May 24, 2013
Science@NASA Headline News — 2013
Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope are making weather maps of an exotic class of exoplanets called "hot Jupiters." What they're finding is wilder than anything we experience here in our own solar system.
Bright Explosion on the Moon
May 16, 2013
Science@NASA Headline News — 2013
NASA researchers who monitor the Moon for meteoroid impacts have detected the brightest explosion in the history of their program. It was caused by a small boulder-sized meteoroid hitting the Moon with as much energy as 5 tons of TNT.