As autumn ends and winter begins, the daily periods of sunlight reach their shortest and then begin to lengthen again. The day of the northern…
Posts published in “NASA”
Auto Added by WPeMatico
On December 6 local time (December 5 in the United States), Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 dropped a capsule to the ground of the Australian Outback from…
Galaxy NGC 1792 captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Lee, Acknowledgement: Leo Shatz An orange glow radiates from the…
December 3, 2020. (Click image for high-resolution view.) Fire season in California generally peaks from May through October. But as global temperatures have risen, so…
This video shows the drastic changes to the planetary nebula Hen 3-1357, nicknamed the Stingray nebula, over two decades as captured by NASA’s Hubble Space…
August 16, 2020. (Click image for high-resolution view.) Within an expanse of boreal forest in northwestern Alaska, two treeless stretches of sand stand out—the Great…
On November 30, 2020, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins harvested radish plants growing in the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) aboard the International Space Station. She meticulously…
This artist’s concept shows one of NASA’s Voyager spacecraft entering interstellar space, or the space between stars. This region is dominated by plasma ejected by…
November 21, 2020. (Click for high-resolution view.) In mid-November, about a month before the start of summer in the southern hemisphere, the Antarctic melting season…
Illustration of the galaxy called CQ4479. The extremely active black hole at the galaxy’s center is consuming material so fast that the material is glowing…
Credit: NASA/Michael Barad/Timothy Sandstrom As part of the Artemis program, NASA is preparing to test the integrated systems that will take crew on missions to…
Hubble Space Telescope image of a large expanse of space features the galaxy SDSSJ225506.80+005839.9. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Zabludoff This large expanse of space…
This illustration shows the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in its high orbit 600 kilometers above Earth. Credit: European Space Agency [embedded content] The Hubble Space…
Astronaut Scott Kelly is working with the Microgravity Sciences Glovebox during a Rodent Research session with Bone Densitometer. Credit: NASA Living in space isn’t easy.…
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California on Nov. 21. NASA’s Eyes visualization tools lets you track the…
New data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides further evidence for tidal disruption in the galaxy NGC 1052-DF4. This result explains a previous finding…
This artist’s concept depicts astronauts and human habitats on Mars. NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will carry a number of technologies that could make Mars safer…
The waxing Moon rises over the Wasatch Mountains near Salt Lake City. Credit: NASA/Bill Dunford The next full Moon is the Cold Moon, Frost Moon,…
[embedded content] Part of the appeal of Thanksgiving is how easily we settle into the familiar: cherished foods, friends and family, and favorite activities like…
Credit: NASA Eight rocket motor segments for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) are lined up in preparation for stacking at NASA’s…