When scientists need longer exposure times in high altitudes, they use scientific balloons like the one pictured here. Made of…
Astronaut Mike Fincke shares the story of his extraordinary six-month stay in space with NASA employees at a recent gathering…
As United States has undergone a steady process of urbanization, scientists are becoming more concerned about the long-term effects. Unlike…
The Navy submarine pictured in this image underwent testing in the National Transonic Facility at Langley Research Center in this…
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao used a digital camera April 6 to photograph the rollout…
Haze from the fires in Southern California make sun spots more visible in this photo from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research…
Three striking and important areas of Tanzania in eastern Africa are shown in this color-coded shaded relief image from the…
In this May 12, 2002, ASTER image the features that look like folded material are carbonate sand dunes in the…
Backdropped by a colorful Earth, this full view of the International Space Station was photographed from the Space Shuttle Discovery…
This artist’s concept depicts the pulsar planet system discovered by Aleksander Wolszczan in 1992. Wolszczan used the Arecibo radio telescope…