2013
Amplified Greenhouse Effect Shifts North's Growing Seasons
March 10, 2013
Vegetation growth at Earth's northern latitudes increasingly resembles lusher latitudes to the south, according to a NASA-funded study. "It's like Winnipeg, Manitoba, moving to Minneapolis-Saint Paul in only 30 years," says one of the lead researchers.
A Possible Naked-eye Comet in March
Feb. 6, 2013
A comet falling in from the distant reaches of the solar system could become a naked-eye object in early March. This is Comet Pan-STARRS's first visit to the inner solar system, so surprises are possible as its virgin ices are exposed to intense solar heating for the first time.
Approaching Asteroid Has Its Own Moon
May 30, 2013
Newly-obtained radar images of approaching asteroid 1998 QE2 reveal that the asteroid has a moon.
Asteroid Moon Movie
June 7, 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.
A Whiff of Dark Matter on the ISS
April 14, 2013
A particle detector on board the International Space Station has recorded intriguing signs of Dark Matter. Researchers say that a significant advance in cosmology could be in the offing.
Big Asteroid Flyby
May 30, 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.
Big Weather on Hot Jupiters
May 24, 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
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.
Cassini Catches Meteors Hitting Saturn's Rings
April 26, 2013
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided the first direct evidence of small meteoroids crashing into Saturn's rings and breaking into streams of rubble.
Cassini to Photograph Earth From Deep Space
June 18, 2013
On July 19th, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will photograph Earth through the rings of Saturn.