Science News
Super-Earth Detected in Star's Habitable Zone
Feb. 3, 2012
Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star.
Mission to Land on a Comet
Feb. 2, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft is en route to intercept a comet– and to make history. In 2014, Rosetta will enter orbit around 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko and land a probe on it for a front row seat as the comet heads toward the sun.
CERES Instrument Scanning Earth for the First Time
Feb. 2, 2012
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is helping to assure continued availability of measurements of the energy leaving the Earth-atmosphere system.
First Video From Moon's Far Side
Feb. 2, 2012
NASA's GRAIL mission has beamed back its first video of the far side of the moon.
How Well Can Astronomers Study Exoplanet Atmospheres?
Feb. 1, 2012
Exoplanets are now being discovered at pace, and some have been described as "Earth-Like."
Earth's Energy Budget Remained Out of Balance
Jan. 31, 2012
A new NASA study underscores the fact that greenhouse gases generated by human activity - not changes in solar activity - are the primary force driving global warming.
Interstellar Material Beyond our Solar System
Jan. 31, 2012
IBEX: Glimpses of the Interstellar Material Beyond our Solar System
THEMIS Sees a Great Electron Escape
Jan. 30, 2012
Van Allen belts particles escaped the radiation belts by streaming out into space, not by raining down toward Earth.
Improved Forecasting to Coincide with Peak in Solar Activity
Jan. 30, 2012
The sun is beginning to stir. By the time it's fully awake in about 20 months, the team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. will have at their disposal a greatly enhanced forecasting capability.
Solar Eclipse over the USA
Jan. 27, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
A "ring of fire" solar eclipse is coming to the USA this spring. It's the first annular eclipse visible from the contiguous United States in almost 18 years.