01.03.2017 NASA has selected a science mission that will allow astronomers to explore, for the first time,...
Space Exploration
As cold as ice: The New Horizons spacecraft aims to map the geology of Pluto and its...
Jupiter’s South Pole, as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on August 27 2016. Credit: NASA/SwRI/MSSS, processed by...
Earth’s limb at night, seen from the International Space Station, with air glow visual composited into the...
Curiosity got close to this outcrop on Sept. 9, 2016, which displays finely layered rocks. / Credits:...
12.01.2016 When astronauts are on their first test flight aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which will take them...
JPL’s Steve Chien with several of the underwater drones used in a research project earlier this year....
To help reduce the amount of supplies Orion will carry for its crew, scientists are developing a...
11.22.2016 Forty-seven years ago, humans first set foot on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission. That...
Astronomer and Radcliffe fellow Dimitrios Psaltis is working on black holes as part of the massive Event...
Enjoy the full moon’s glow. mstollenwerk By Dr. Christopher Palma / 11.08.2016 Senior Lecturer and Associate Department...
NASA is about to launch six new next-generation Earth-observing small satellites — some as small as a...
Wikimedia Commons 11.03.2016 Humans sometimes struggle to adjust to Daylight Saving Time, but just measuring the exact...
Computers weren’t always made of motherboards and CPUs. At one time, they were human! And at NASA’s...
View above Saturn / NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Saturn appears as a serene globe amid tranquil rings in...
This color-enhanced image of the Martian landscape was taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover in 2012. / NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS...
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view as it closed in on Jupiter’s north pole, about two hours...
10.19.2016 After investigating the upper atmosphere of the Red Planet for a full Martian year, NASA’s MAVEN...
This artist’s rendering shows NASA’s Juno spacecraft making one of its close passes over Jupiter. / Credits:...
There are no gas stations or power outlets in space. That’s why NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars–and...
10.12.2016 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins inspected the Bigelow Aerospace Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) attached to the International...
By John Holdren and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden / 10.11.2016 Today, President Obama outlined a vision to...
This scene from NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity shows “Wharton Ridge,” which forms part of the southern wall...
10.06.2016 When you need tools or parts for something you’re working on around the house, you head...
This September 2016 self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the “Quela” drilling location...
By Bob Granath / 09.30.2016 NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida As NASA continues preparing for the Journey...
The OSIRIS narrow-angle camera aboard the Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft captured this image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on...
Artist’s concept of Rosetta shortly before hitting Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on Sept. 30, 2016. / Credits: ESA/ATG medialab...
09.27.2016 NASA is on a journey to Mars, with a goal of sending humans to the Red...
This composite image shows suspected plumes of water vapor erupting at the 7 o’clock position off the...