NASA Extends Chandra Operations, Science Support Contract
NASA has awarded a contract extension to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to continue operations […]
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New Airborne Campaigns to Explore Snowstorms, River Deltas, Climate
Five new NASA Earth science campaigns will take to the field starting in 2020 to investigate a range […]
Highlights of the North Autumn Sky
What can you see in the night sky this season? The featured graphic gives a few highlights for […]
Rover 1A Hops on Asteroid Ryugu
Two small robots have begun hopping around the surface of asteroid Ryugu. The rovers, each the size of […]
Equinox: Analemma over the Callanish Stones
Does the Sun return to the same spot on the sky every day at the same time? No. […]
Window Seat over Hudson Bay
On the August 18 night flight from San Francisco to Zurich, a window seat offered this tantalizing view […]
Houston Medical Students to Speak Live with NASA Astronaut on ...
Medical students from The University of Texas Health Sciences Center (UTHealth) in Houston will speak with an astronaut […]
Irregular Galaxy NGC 55
Irregular galaxy NGC 55 is thought to be similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). But while the […]
NASA Updates Live Coverage of Japanese Cargo Launch, Delays Spacewalks
Delayed due to inclement weather, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) now is targeting 1:52 p.m. EDT Saturday, […]
Stars and Dust in Corona Australis
Cosmic dust clouds and young, energetic stars inhabit this telescopic vista, less than 500 light-years away toward the […]