Tag: NASA

Space – Juno Celebrates 10 Years With a New View of Jovian Moon Ganymede (NASA)

NASA writes: This infrared view of Jupiter’s icy moon Ganymede was obtained by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its...

Space – My Favorite Martian Image: Helicopter Scouts Ridge Area for Perseverance (NASA)

NASA writes: Ask any space explorer, and they’ll have a favorite photo or two from their mission. For Kevin Hand, a scientist at NASA’s...

Space – Stars Are Exploding in Dusty Galaxies. We Just Can’t Always See Them (NASA)

NASA writes: You’d think that supernovae – the death throes of massive stars and among the brightest, most powerful explosions in the universe – would...

Space – Staring at the Sun (NASA)

NASA writes: On April 29, 2015, NuSTAR, Hinode, and Solar Dynamics Observatory all stared at our Sun.  go to NASA: Staring at the Sun |...

Space – Clays, Not Water, Are Likely Source of Mars ‘Lakes’ (NASA)

NASA writes: Where there’s water, there’s life. That’s the case on Earth, at least, and also why scientists remain tantalized by any evidence suggesting...

Space – Bright Rays and Dark Shadows in a Nearby Galaxy (NASA)

NASA writes: From 156 million light-years away the heart of active galaxy IC 5063 reveals a mixture of bright rays and dark shadows coming from...

Earth from Space – Shoring up the Corn Belt’s Soil Health With NASA Data (NASA)

NASA writes: After the corn harvest last fall, Illinois farmer Paul Jeschke planted a fraction of his fields with cereal rye: 60 acres of...

Space – Two More Artemis I Deep Space CubeSats Prepare for Launch (NASA)

Jennifer Harbaugh writes: Two additional secondary payloads that will travel to deep space on Artemis I, the first flight of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion...

Space – Hubble Finds First Evidence of Water Vapor at Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede (NASA)

NASA writes: For the first time, astronomers have uncovered evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. This water vapor forms...

Space – What You Need to Know about NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (NASA)

NASA writes: NASA and Boeing are taking another major step on the path to regular human spaceflight launches to the International Space Station on American rockets and...

Rainforest Vulnerability Index – Index Ranks Rainforests’ Vulnerability to Climate and Human Impacts (NASA)

NASA writes: Scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and other international research institutions have created a tropical rainforest vulnerability index. It...

Space – Apollo to Artemis: Drilling on the Moon (NASA)

Leejay Lockhart writes: Fifty years ago, Apollo 15 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, sending Commander David R. Scott, Command Module Pilot Alfred M. Worden,...

Space/Agriculture – NASA At Your Table: The Space Agency’s Surprising Role in Agriculture (NASA)

NASA writes: Everybody needs to eat. Food is a basic necessity, and it is at the heart of every human culture and our sense of...

Hubble Views a Faraway Galaxy Through a Cosmic Lens (NASA)

NASA writes: The center of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is framed by the tell-tale arcs that result from strong gravitational...

Hubble Returns to Full Science Observations and Releases New Images (NASA)

NASA writes: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is back in business, exploring the universe near and far. The science instruments have returned to full operation,...

NASA’s Webb to Explore a Neighboring, Dusty Planetary System (NASA)

NASA writes: Researchers will use NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope to study Beta Pictoris, an intriguing young planetary system that sports at least...