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NASA’s MMS Achieves Major Mission Milestone
Fri, 06/14/2013 - 00:00
This fisheye image shows NASA’s four Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, observatories inside the cleanroom at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
HS3 Mission to Delve into Saharan Dust
Fri, 06/14/2013 - 00:00
NASA's 2013 HS3 mission will investigate whether Saharan dust and its associated warm and dry air, known as the Saharan Air Layer favors or suppresses the development of tropical cyclones.
NASA-Led Study Explains Decades of Black Hole Observations
Fri, 06/14/2013 - 00:00
The study confirms long-held suspicions about how stellar-mass black holes produce their highest-energy light.
Hubble Spots a Very Bright Contortionist
Fri, 06/14/2013 - 00:00
In this image, the twisted shape hides a number of features. In the very complex and disturbed central region, scientists have distinguished two nuclei, remains of two different galaxies.
Webb Telescope's Last Backbone Component Completed
Fri, 06/14/2013 - 00:00
Assembly of James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror backplane support structure, is a step closer to completion with the recent addition of the backplane support frame.
A Tactile Tour of Goddard
Thu, 06/13/2013 - 00:00
Some 100 campers from the Deaf-Blind Camp of Maryland visited Goddard on June 12 to learn about NASA with a variety of hands-on activities.
NASA Awards Office of Human Capital Management Professional Services Contract
Thu, 06/13/2013 - 00:00NASA has selected All Native Inc. of Winnebago, Neb., for award of the Office of Human Capital Management Professional Services contract.
Hubble Uncovers Farthest Planet Forming From its Star
Thu, 06/13/2013 - 00:00
Of the almost 900 known planets outside our solar system, this is the first to be found at such a great distance from its star.
Warm Ocean Causing Most Antarctic Ice Shelf Mass Loss
Thu, 06/13/2013 - 00:00
Ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves are responsible for most of the continent's ice shelf mass loss, a new study by NASA and university researchers has found.
MAVEN's UV Spectrograph May Help Reveal Mars Atmospheric History
Thu, 06/13/2013 - 00:00
MAVEN is designed to answer questions about the Martian atmosphere. Extremely high resolution ultraviolet imagery may help piece together the big picture.
NASA Spacecraft Detect a Mars-Directed CME
Wed, 06/12/2013 - 00:00
On June 11, 2013, at 2 p.m. EDT, the sun erupted with a coronal mass ejection or CME, a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of solar particles into space that can affect electronic systems in satellites.
The Moon and Sun: Two NASA Missions Join Images
Wed, 06/12/2013 - 00:00
NASA visualizers overlay a 3-dimensional model of the moon based on data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter into the shadow of the moon during a lunar transit image from SDO.
Landsat Satellite Looks Back at El Paso, Forward to a New Mission
Tue, 06/11/2013 - 00:00
Landsat 8 is operational and producing more than 400 images per day, adding to the deep archive collected since 1972.
Brian Christopher Thomas - Puzzling Out A Better Way
Tue, 06/11/2013 - 00:00
Numbers guy Brian Christopher Thomas puzzles out new ways to work the budget system rather than have the budget system work us.
Maggie Masetti - From Greenbelt to Hollywood via James Webb
Tue, 06/11/2013 - 00:00
Web developer Maggie Masetti is all about the big bang theory, from working with our Dr. John Mather, who proved the theory, to visiting the set of the television show.
Astrobiologist to Discuss Exotic Earths at Library of Congress
Mon, 06/10/2013 - 00:00
The public is invited to a free lecture - “Exotic Earths: Exploring Planets Around Other Stars” by NASA astrobiologist Avi Mandell at the Library of Congress June 19.
The Sun Emits an M5.9 Solar Flare
Sat, 06/08/2013 - 00:00
The Solar Dynamics Observatory captures the sun emitting a M5.9 class, a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 6:49pm on June 7, 2013.
Noctilucent Clouds Get an Early Start
Fri, 06/07/2013 - 00:00
The early start of the 2013 season appears to be caused by a change in atmospheric “teleconnections,” connections between different layers of the atmosphere that operate over great distances.
A Hubble View of NGC 1579: The Trifid of the North
Fri, 06/07/2013 - 00:00
The so-called Trifid of the North is a large, dusty region that is currently forming new stars. These stars are very hot and therefore appear to be very blue.
Climate Conditions Determine Amazon Fire Risk
Fri, 06/07/2013 - 00:00
Using an innovative satellite technique, NASA scientists have determined that a previously unmapped type of wildfire in the Amazon rainforest is responsible for destroying several times more forest than has been lost through deforestation in recent years.