A NASA-funded study describes how extreme solar eruptions could have severe consequences for communications, power grids and other technology on Earth.
A NASA-funded study describes how extreme solar eruptions could have severe consequences for communications, power grids and other technology on Earth.
Two new efforts have taken a famous supernova remnant from the static to the dynamic.
NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity may still have big achievements ahead as they approach the fifth anniversaries of their memorable landings on Mars.
Inspired by a desire to make finding space physics information as easy as book lovers locate a text on Amazon.com, the heliophysics virtual observatories offer a wealth of resources to learn more about the sun, Earth and heliosphere.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has caught Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, playing a game of "peek-a-boo."
Earth's magnetic field, which shields our planet from particles streaming outward from the sun, often develops two holes that allow the largest leaks, according to researchers sponsored by NASA and the National Science Foundation.
Astronomers have clearly seen the effects of dark energy on the most massive collapsed objects in the Universe.
A 2006 solar flare surprised scientists by behaving in unexpected ways.
01.09.09 - NASA has selected seven academic and research teams as initial members of the agency's Lunar Science Institute.
01.08.09 - NASA and the National Science Foundation have successfully launched and demonstrated a newly designed super pressure balloon prototype that may enable a new era of high-altitude scientific research.
01.05.09 - A NASA-funded study describes how extreme solar eruptions could have severe consequences for communications, power grids and other technology on Earth.
12.18.08 - Researchers using a powerful instrument aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have found a long sought-after mineral on the Martian surface and, with it, unexpected clues to the Red Planet's watery past.
Audio and Video podcasts on NASA missions exploring our solar system.
NASA's monthly guide to watching the night sky.
01.08.09 - I've had the pleasure of speaking to the Space Transportation Association each January for the past several years, and I'd like to thank Rich Coleman for this year's invitation.
› View PDF (76 Kb PDF)12.12.08 - As President Williams mentioned, I have collected a few of those degrees myself over the years, most of them in my spare time. The degrees themselves are unimportant. What is important is a commitment to life-long learning.
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