Science News
ISS
Apr 3, 2018
The International Space Station is a testbed for technologies that will allow astronauts to live comfortably during long journeys into the solar system.
Sun, Earth’s Space Environment
Mar 30, 2018
The ionosphere is where Earth's atmosphere gives way to space, and two new NASA missions will work together to uncover its secrets.
Sun, Earth’s Space Environment
Mar 25, 2018
Enveloping our planet and protecting us from the fury of the Sun is the magnetosphere, a key to helping Earth develop into a habitable planet.
Planets of Our Solar System, Sky Watching
Mar 16, 2018
On the evening of March 18, step outside for a view of the crescent Moon, Venus, and Mercury together above the twilight horizon.
ISS
Mar 13, 2018
Scientists are learning more about combustion through a series of experiments on the International Space Station.
Universe, Stars, Earth’s Space Environment
Mar 6, 2018
Bow shocks form across the universe, and studying bow shocks can reveal many cosmic secrets.
Universe, Earth, Sun, Solar System
Jan 30, 2018
On January 31, 1958, the United States joined the "space race" with the successful launch of the Explorer 1 satellite, marking the birth of space science.
Earth, Solar System
Dec 22, 2017
Cameras on NASA spacecraft have treated us to intriguing and inspiring perspectives of our home planet as they've looked back at Earth from various locales.
ISS
Dec 4, 2017
The International Space Station is more than just a bright light in the night sky. It is also an out-of-this-world research laboratory.
Sky Watching, Eclipses
Nov 30, 2017
A series of three supermoons will appear on the celestial stage on December 3, 2017, January 1, 2018, and January 31, 2018.
ISS
Oct 10, 2017
Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) are flashes and glows that appear above storms and are results of activity occurring in and below those storms. Researchers are working to better understand lightning and thunderstorms, how they form and develop over time, and why storms produce different TLEs in... Read More
Solar System, Planets of Our Solar System
Sep 27, 2017
New Horizons is on its way to new discoveries deep in the Kuiper Belt – a region inhabited by ancient remnants from the dawn of the solar system.
Solar System
Sep 21, 2017
Gravity’s pull is being used to help propel a small spacecraft known as OSIRIS-REx to a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu.
Universe
Sep 20, 2017
There are two leading ways to measure the universe's rate of expansion, and for fifteen years, they more or less agreed with one another. Not anymore, and that’s a big deal.
Sun, Sky Watching, Eclipses
Aug 18, 2017
On August 21, 2017, a continent-spanning wave of instruments from home-made pinhole cameras to the most sophisticated telescopes in operation today will be trained on the Eclipse Across America.