Highlights of the Summer Sky
What can you see in the night sky this summer? The featured graphic gives a few highlights for […]
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NASA Hosts Media Teleconference on Status of James Webb Space ...
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 27, to provide an update on […]
NASA Technologies Significantly Reduce Aircraft Noise
A series of NASA flight tests has successfully demonstrated technologies that achieve a significant reduction in the noise […]
Hayabusa2 Approaches Asteroid Ryugu
It looks like a big space diamond — but with craters. It’s 162173 Ryugu (Dragon’s Castle), and Japan‘s […]
Rocket Plume Shadow Points to the Moon
Why would the shadow of a space shuttle launch plume point toward the Moon? In early 2001 during […]
Media Invited to Preview Expedition to Ocean Twilight Zone
Media are invited to Seattle on Friday, Aug. 9, to preview a seaborne expedition to study microscopic organisms […]
NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Space Station Resupply ...
NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting no earlier than 5:42 a.m. EDT Friday, June 29, for the […]
Galaxy in a Crystal Ball
A small crystal ball seems to hold a whole galaxy in this creative snapshot. Of course, the galaxy […]
New York, Washington, California Students to Call Space Station
Students from across America are set to participate in three live events with astronauts aboard the International Space […]
Pillars of the Eagle Nebula in Infrared
Newborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. Gravitationally contracting in pillars of dense gas and dust, the […]