[embedded content] Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 64 Flight Engineers Kate Rubins, Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker of NASA and Soichi Noguchi…
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill Why do colorful cloud bands encircle Jupiter? Jupiter’s top atmospheric layer is divided into light zones and…
November 21, 2020 A joint U.S.-European satellite, built to monitor global sea levels, lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force…
July 1, 2020 When he first encountered Lituya Bay in 1786, the French explorer Jean-François de Galaup La Pérouse was intrigued by an odd line…
Hear Subtle Sounds NASA’s Perseverance Picked Up As It Travels Through Deep Space on the Way to Mars
In this annotated illustration, the location of the Perseverance rover’s entry, descent, and landing microphone is shown. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The first to be rigged with…
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took this oblique photograph that shows most of the West African country of Guinea-Bissau, along with neighboring…
The U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite lifts off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California on November 21,…
The first prize selection, NASAGANTRY2020 ALLGO CS used a tripod structure on wheels. Credit: GrabCad/Christie S. NASA has selected five 3D model submissions to the…
Sentinel-6 Satellite Over California. The Copernicus Sentinel-6 is taking on the role of radar altimetry reference mission, continuing the long-term record of measurements of sea-surface…
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, space- and ground-based observations have shown that Earth’s atmosphere has seen significant reductions in some air pollutants. However, scientists wanted…
This illustration shows the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s nose cone, with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite inside, shortly before launch. Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechSpaceX The newest satellite…
November 5, 2020 Iceberg A-68A made headlines in July 2017 when the Delaware-sized block of ice broke from the Larsen C Ice Shelf on the…
November 16, 2020. (Click image for full view.) Less than two weeks after being hit by category 4 Hurricane Eta, several Central American countries braced…
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four Commercial Crew astronauts is pictured approaching the International Space Station for a docking. Credit: NASA NASA astronauts Michael…
The Expedition 64 (left) crew is waiting to greet the SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA NASA Television and the agency’s website are…
July 6, 2020 Maui, the second largest island within the Hawaiian Island/Emperor Seamount Chain, hosts one of the largest wind farms in the state. All…
The unstable terrain that poses a landslide threat lies between the Cascade Glacier and Barry Arm Glacier, which has been steadily retreating over the last…
Spiral galaxy UGC 12588, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully, Acknowledgement: Gagandeep Anand Observed with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space…
This graph shows how the amount of water in the atmosphere of Mars varies depending on the season. During global and regional dust storms, which…
Taken July 17, 2018, at Little Kenosee Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada, this photo shows the tiny green streaks below STEVE. Neil Zeller, photographer and co-author on…