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8.21.2009 - NASA Heads Out to Sea
Earth Science: The agency best known for exploring the vast reaches of space has been exploring some of the vast beaches of Earth – and the results may help protect them.
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8.19.2009 - Chandra Turns 10
Chandra X-ray Observatory: Astronomers are celebrating 10 years of discovery by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Today's story highlights some of Chandra's most surprising, violent and beautiful images of the high-energy Universe.
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8.14.2009 - In Search of Antimatter Galaxies
International Space Station: Next year, a powerful cosmic ray detector will be installed on the International Space Station. Its mission: to search for antimatter galaxies and other exotic phenomena in the Universe.
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8.10.2009 - Horse Flies and Meteors
Meteors: Like bugs streaking down the side window of a moving car, colorful Perseid Earthgrazers could put on a pleasing show after sunset on Tuesday, August 11th.
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8.7.2009 - Space Porch Open for Business
International Space Station: Barely two weeks after it was installed by the crew of space shuttle Endeavour, the Japanese-built platform is already bustling with experiments in astronomy and space physics--and that's just for starters.
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8.6.2009 - Kepler Detects an Exoplanet Atmosphere
Extra-solar Planets: NASA's new planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the changing phases and atmosphere of a planet a thousand light years away.
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8.3.2009 - What Hit Jupiter?
Jupiter: Two weeks after something slammed into Jupiter, creating a cloud of debris that is still easy to see through backyard telescopes, researchers are wondering ... what was the impactor?
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7.31.2009 - The 2009 Perseid Meteor Shower
Meteors: Earth is entering a stream of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, setting the stage for the 2009 Perseid meteor shower.
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7.20.2009 - Longest Solar Eclipse of the 21st Century
Astronomy: The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century takes place this Wednesday, July 22nd. The path of totality crosses many major cities, setting the stage for possibly the best-observed eclipse in human history.
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7.17.2009 - Exploring the Moon, Discovering Earth
The Moon: Forty years ago, Apollo astronauts set out on a daring adventure to explore the Moon. They ended up discovering their own planet.
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7.17.2009 - Apollo Landing Sites Photographed
The Moon: NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned its first imagery of Apollo landing sites. The pictures show lunar module descent stages, scientific instruments and even 40-year-old foot trails made by astronauts walking across the dusty lunar surface.
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7.15.2009 - Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquillity
Astronauts: Why couldn't Neil Armstrong fall asleep on the Moon? The answer is revealed in today's suspenseful story from Science@NASA.
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7.10.2009 - The Beating Heart, Minus Gravity
International Space Station: When astronauts travel through space, the human heart loses something it needs: the Earthly pull of gravity. Is this a problem? NASA is launching a new study to find out.
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7.9.2009 - Moonship Photographed by Backyard Astronomers
The Moon: Amateur astronomers have photographed NASA's LCROSS spacecraft en route to an October crash landing on the Moon. Observers say the spacecraft is surprisingly easy to photograph, and NASA hopes more amateurs will give it a try.
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7.3.2009 - Space Station Marathon
International Space Station: The International Space Station (ISS) is about to make a remarkable series of flybys over the United States. Beginning this 4th of July weekend, the station will appear once, twice, and sometimes three times a day for many days in a row.
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6.26.2009 - Space Station Room With a View
Astronauts: Astronauts are looking forward to an unprecedented view of the cosmos when the largest window ever built for space is installed on the International Space Station.
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6.19.2009 - Satellites Guide Relief to Earthquake Victims
Earth Science: In the aftermath of a recent, deadly earthquake, the NASA-led SERVIR program orchestrated use of satellite data to show Honduran disaster officials where help was needed most.
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6.17.2009 - Mystery of the Missing Sunspots, Solved?
Solar Physics: Where have all the sunspots gone? Scientists studying a jet stream deep inside the sun may have found the answer.
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6.15.2009 - Running Out of This World
Astronauts: With NASA poised to launch the world's most famous treadmill (COLBERT) to the International Space Station, an astronaut describes what it's like to run in space where sweat floats and there is no gravity to hold your feet to the ground.
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6.9.2009 - Return of the Mars Hoax
Mars Exploration: Just when you thought it was safe to check your email, the Mars Hoax is back!
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6.3.2009 - Fake Astronaut Gets Hit by Artificial Solar Flare
Solar Weather: Researchers are about to subject a fake astronaut complete with blood cells and simulated human tissue to an artificial solar flare. How the unlucky volunteer emerges from the radiation storm will reveal for the first time how much of a threat severe solar flares pose to astronauts en route to the Moon and Mars.
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5.29.2009 - New Solar Cycle Prediction
Space Weather: An international panel of experts has issued a new prediction for the solar cycle which takes into account the surprisingly deep solar minimum of 2008-2009. Read today's story to find out when they think solar maximum will return.
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5.28.2009 - Eerie Red Glow Traces Ocean Plant Health
Earth Science: NASA's Aqua satellite has detected a red glow coming from phytoplankton in Earth's oceans. This unique signal allows researchers to monitor the health of ocean plants in a new and telling way.
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5.27.2009 - The Phantom Torso Returns
Astronauts: The Phantom Torso is back on Earth and he has quite a story to tell about the perils of space radiation.
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5.15.2009 - Wake Up and Smell the Coffee--on the Moon!
Living in Space: Have you ever wondered how you'd make your morning coffee if you were living on another planet? NASA engineers have power systems on the drawing board that could run coffee makers--and so much more--on the Moon, Mars and beyond.
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5.11.2009 - Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches on Final Mission to Hubble
Hubble Space Telescope: Space shuttle Atlantis with its seven-member crew launched at 2:01 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 11th, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
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5.6.2009 - Salmonella Spills its Secrets on the Space Shuttle
Microgravity Research: NASA-supported researchers have figured out why Salmonella bacteria become more virulent when they travel on board spaceships. They've also learned how to calm the bacteria down again--a trick that could come in handy for fighting diseases here on Earth.
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4.30.2009 - Active Mercury
Planetary Exploration: A NASA spacecraft gliding over the surface of Mercury has revealed that the planet's atmosphere, magnetosphere, and its geological past display greater levels of activity than scientists first suspected.
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4.28.2009 - New Gamma-Ray Burst Smashes Cosmic Distance Record
Gamma-ray Bursts: A gamma-ray burst detected by NASA's Swift satellite has smashed the previous distance record for the most powerful explosions in the Universe. Researchers are calling it 'an incredible find' and a 'true blast from the past.'
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4.24.2009 - Weekend Sky Show
Looking Up: On Sunday, April 26th, the crescent Moon, Mercury and the Pleiades star cluster will line up in the western sky for a beautiful sunset conjunction.
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4.22.2009 - NASA Puts the Right Stuff in the Right Hands
Weather & Climate: All research and no application makes data a dull toy. NASA's SPoRT program brings data to life by putting it in the hands of people who can use it best--the National Weather Service forecasters who send us scurrying for cover when severe weather looms.
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4.17.2009 - Venus Disappears During Meteor Shower
Looking Up: A meteor shower. A crescent Moon. A disappearing planet. These three things will be on display next Wednesday, April 22nd, when the Moon occults Venus during the annual Lyrid meteor shower.
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4.14.2009 - The Surprising Shape of Solar Storms
Solar Physics: For the first time, NASA spacecraft have traced the 3D shape of solar storms known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). It turns out the most ferocious storms resemble something from a French bakery.
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4.10.2009 - NASA Heads up Mt. Everest
Living in Space: NASA researchers are about to climb the slopes of Earth's tallest mountain to test exploration technologies they'll need on the Moon and Mars.
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4.9.2009 - STEREO Hunts for Remains of an Ancient Planet near Earth
Asteroids: NASA's twin STEREO probes are entering a mysterious region of space to look for remains of an ancient planet which once orbited the Sun not far from Earth. If they find anything, it could solve a major puzzle--the origin of the Moon.
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4.8.2009 - Beyond Apollo: Moon Tech Takes a Giant Leap
The Moon: 1960s technology worked for the Apollo program, but next-generation lunar explorers are going to need an upgrade. NASA's Exploration Technology Development Program is working on new and improved tools for NASA's return to the Moon.
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4.3.2009 - Mt. Redoubt Gives Alaskans a Taste of the Moon
The Moon: By coating the countryside with gritty, abrasive, electrostatically-charged volcanic ash, Mt. Redoubt is giving Alaskans an unexpected taste of what it's like to live on the Moon.
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4.1.2009 - Deep Solar Minimum
Space Weather: How low can it go? The Sun is plunging into the deepest solar minimum in nearly a century.
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3.26.2009 - Mars Rover Update
Mars Exploration: Back in 2004, most experts would have said this story is impossible. No rover could possibly survive long enough on Mars for a five-year update. Yet here it is. Mission scientists reveal what Spirit and Opportunity are up to on the Red Planet today--and what their prospects are for the future.
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3.20.2009 - Spacewalkers Test Planetary Protection Concept
International Space Station: On March 19th, astronauts onboard the International Space Station checked themselves for microbes before stepping outside on a space walk. It was a first-ever test of planetary protection technology that, one day, could keep humans from contaminating the sands of Mars.
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3.17.2009 - Space Station Construction Visible Through Backyard Telescopes
International Space Station: Space shuttle Discovery launched Sunday, March 15th, on a construction mission to the International Space Station. Perfect timing for sky watchers! The mission coincides with a series of ISS flybys over North American towns and cities. People who go outside after sunset can see the shuttle-station combo with their naked eyes and view the changing outlines of the ISS through backyard telescopes.
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3.13.2009 - Ares Super-chute
Earth and Moon: NASA and U.S. Air Force test pilots have just dropped a 50,000-pound "dummy" rocket booster on the Arizona desert--and stopped it before it crashed. It's all part of NASA's plan to return to the Moon.
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3.6.2009 - Kepler Mission Rockets to Space in Search of Other Earths
Extra-solar Planets: In a night launch of stunning beauty, NASA's Kepler spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Friday night, March 6th, on a mission to find Earth-like planets circling other stars.
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2.26.2009 - Pretty Sky Alert
Looking Up: The crescent Moon and Venus are converging for a conjunction of rare beauty on Friday evening, Feb. 27th.
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2.25.2009 - Otherworldly Solar Eclipse
The Moon: For the first time, a spacecraft from Earth has captured hi-resolution video of a solar eclipse while orbiting another world.
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2.20.2009 - Extreme Gamma-ray Burst
Gamma-ray Bursts: NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has detected a record-setting gamma-ray burst with the greatest total energy and fastest motions ever seen.
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2.20.2009 - Kepler Mission to Hunt for Earth-like Planets
Extra-solar Planets: Are there other worlds like ours? Are we alone? NASA's Kepler spacecraft is about to begin an unprecedented journey that could answer these ancient questions.
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2.19.2009 - Spectacular Photo-op on Saturn
Looking Up: Something is about to happen on Saturn that is so pretty, even Hubble will pause to take a look. Backyard astronomers can see it, too. Four of Saturn's moons will transit Saturn and cast their shadows on the planet's cloudtops at the same time.
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2.10.2009 - Gamma-ray Flare Star
Gamma-ray Bursts: NASA spacecraft are monitoring blasts of gamma-ray energy from a star 30,000 light years away. Some of the flares have packed more total energy than the sun puts out in 20 years.
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2.6.2009 - Astronauts Swab the Decks
International Space Station: Even in space, someone has to clean the bathroom. ISS astronauts are using a tricorder-like device to help them 'swab the decks.'
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2.4.2009 - Green Comet Approaches Earth
Looking Up: Comet Lulin is approaching Earth for a 38-million-mile close encounter later this month. The green double-tailed comet is putting on a fine show for backyard telescopes and could soon become visible to the unaided eye.
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2.2.2009 - Mars Technology Helps Create Inauguration Mega-Picture
NASA Technology: A private photographer has used NASA's Mars technology to create a 1,474 megapixel panoramic photo of President Obama's inauguration. The interactive mega-snapshot has become an international sensation, viewed by more than two million people in 186 countries.
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1.23.2009 - NASA Sees the Dark Side of the Sun
Space Weather: Today, NASA researchers announced an event that will transform our view of the Sun and super-charge the field of solar physics for many years to come.
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1.21.2009 - Severe Space Weather--Social and Economic Impacts
Space Weather: A new NASA-funded study details what might happen to our modern, high-tech society in the event of a 'super solar flare' followed by an extreme geomagnetic storm. Some of the conclusions might surprise you.
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1.15.2009 - Winter Wonder Rocket Movie
Propulsion: The last place you'd expect to find icicles is around the rim of a scalding hot and thundering rocket engine. Yet an engine being used by NASA to develop technologies for next-generation lunar landers has been caught producing icicles of unlikely beauty.
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1.15.2009 - The Red Planet is Not a Dead Planet
Mars Exploration: A team of NASA and university scientists has discovered substantial plumes of methane floating through the atmosphere of Mars. The find indicates Mars is either biologically or geologically active.
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1.14.2009 - Giant Rockets Could Revolutionize Astronomy
Astronomy: NASA's next great Moon rocket promises to do more than land astronauts on the Moon. In its spare time, it could revolutionize the science of astronomy.
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1.8.2009 - Biggest Full Moon of the Year: Take 2
Looking Up: The biggest full Moon of 2009 is coming this weekend. It's a perigee Moon as much as 30% brighter than lesser moons we'll see in the months ahead. Get ready for moonlight!
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1.7.2009 - Sixteen Tons of Moondust
The Moon: Sledgehammer-toting scientists are "bustin' rocks" to make the finest possible simulated lunar regolith (a.k.a. fake moondust) in support of NASA's return to the Moon.
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