In the outer atmosphere of the Sun a form of turbulence has been discovered that has always been considered impossible: the turbulence is not caused by colliding waves, but by waves moving […]
New Type Of Turbulence Discovered In The Sun
Scientists Use Satellites, Population Data to Build Malaria Early Warning System
A Johns Hopkins University scientist is part of a team working on a method to predict malaria outbreaks months in advance, potentially giving public health officials a chance to protect people from […]
NASA Awards Grants For Research, Flight Opportunities To 22 Universities
Twenty-two universities across the country have been selected to receive NASA grants for research and technology development projects in areas critical to the agency’s mission. Nine of these universities will have the […]
Upgraded Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dedicated: Dark Energy Survey To Begin
The world’s third-largest telescope, the 10-meter Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) located at McDonald Observatory in West Texas, has completed a multiyear $40 Million upgrade to enable it to take on the biggest challenges in […]
NASA Invests In 22 Visionary Exploration Concepts
NASA is preparing for a future that could include soft robotic spacecraft with flexible surfaces that can anchor to an asteroid, and an artificial gravity device for long-duration, deep space missions, along […]
NASA Selects Mission To Study Churning Chaos In Our Milky Way And Beyond
NASA has selected a science mission that will measure emissions from the interstellar medium, which is the cosmic material found between stars. This data will help scientists determine the life cycle of […]
Ancient Stardust Sheds Light On The First Stars
A huge mass of glowing stardust in a galaxy seen shortly after the Universe’s formation has been detected by a UCL-led team of astronomers, providing new insights into the birth and explosive […]
NASA Wants To Create The Coolest Spot In The Universe
This summer, an ice chest-sized box will fly to the International Space Station, where it will create the coolest spot in the universe. Inside that box, lasers, a vacuum chamber and an […]
NASA Selects Two Missions To Explore The Early Solar System
NASA has selected two missions that have the potential to open new windows on one of the earliest eras in the history of our solar system – a time less than 10 […]
Detecting Weather On A gas Giant Exoplanet
Signs of powerful changing winds have been detected on an exoplanet 16 times larger than Earth, according to a team involving UCL scientists. It’s the first time that weather systems have been […]
Three crew members representing the United States, Russia and France are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:20 p.m. EST Thursday, […]
NASA’s Record-breaking Astronaut, Crewmates Safely Return To Earth
NASA astronaut and Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams returned to Earth Tuesday after his U.S. record-breaking mission aboard the International Space Station. Williams and his Russian crewmates Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka, […]
Astronomers Identify A Young Heavyweight Star In The Milky Way
A young star over 30 times more massive than the Sun could help us understand how the most extreme stars in the Universe are born Astronomers have identified a young star, located […]
NASA Unveils New Public Web Portal For Research Results
Public access to NASA-funded research data now is just a click away, with the launch of a new agency public access portal. The creation of the NASA-Funded Research Results portal on NASA.gov […]
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