
This graphic shows the flux of radiation detected by NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory on the trip from Earth to Mars…

This set of artist’s concepts shows NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory cruise capsule and NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which is being built…

This is an artist’s concept comparing the present day magnetic fields on Earth and Mars. Earth’s magnetic field is generated…

Alexis Garcia from CATHALAC and Lawrence Okello from RCMRD jointly install equipment in the SERVIR-Africa offices in Nairobi, Kenya.

Mars Science Laboratory’s rover, Curiosity, lands on the surface of the Mars with worldwide fanfare. Twice as long and three…

Voyager 1 is the first man-made object to leave our solar system and pass into interstellar space. Scientists confirmed this…

More than fifty years ago, a supernova was discovered in M83, a spiral galaxy about 15 million light years from…

On July 28, 2012, the sun emitted a mid-level flare, categorized as an M6.2 flare. The flare is visible here…

This diagram illustrates the differences between orbits of a typical near-Earth asteroid (blue) and a potentially hazardous asteroid, or PHA…

The space shuttle Discovery atop NASA’s modified 747 is captured over the Mojave Desert while being ferried from NASA Dryden…