Science News
Rubber Chicken Flies into Solar Radiation Storm
April 19, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
In a unusual twist on space science, students in California have launched a rubber chicken to the edge of space to sample a solar storm.
The 3D Lyrid Meteor Shower
April 18, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
Astronomers and astronauts are joining forces for an unusual astrophotography experiment during the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower on April 21st.
Discovery Departs Kennedy Space Center
April 18, 2012
Space shuttle Discovery departed NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the last time with an early-morning takeoff atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA). Instead of blazing a trail toward low Earth orbit, the agency's most-flown shuttle is on its way to Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.
Turbulent Star-Making Region
April 18, 2012
The image comprises one of the largest mosaics ever assembled from Hubble photos and includes observations taken by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys. Hubble made the observations in October 2011. NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute are releasing the image to celebrate Hubble's 22nd anniversary.
April is the Cruelest Month
April 13, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
One year after the historic tornado outbreak of April 27-28, 2011, researchers say they've learned a few things about deadly twisters. Today's story from Science@NASA presents some of the scientific findings that emerged from the swath of destruction.
Mysteries of the Sun
April 10, 2012
NASA has just released five new videos called "Mysteries of the Sun". The videos describe the science of the sun and its effects on the solar system and Earth.
A Spiral Galaxy in Hydra
April 10, 2012
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 4980, a spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Hydra. The shape of NGC 4980 appears slightly deformed, something which is often a sign of recent tidal interactions with another galaxy.
NASA Extends Kepler, Spitzer, Planck Missions
April 6, 2012
NASA extended Spitzer and Kepler for two additional years; and the U.S. portion of Planck, a European Space Agency mission, for one year.
Dark Heart of a Cosmic Collision
April 6, 2012
The peculiar galaxy Centaurus A as seen in longer infrared wavelengths and X-rays. Inner structural features seen in this image are helping scientists to understand the mechanisms and interactions within the galaxy, as are the jets seen extending over thousands of light years from the black hole believed to be at its heart.
Venus Invades the Pleiades
April 2, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
This week, Venus and the Pleiades star cluster will meet in the sunset sky for a rare and beautiful conjunction.