Portal origin URL: Hubble Snaps a Galactic JellyfishPortal origin nid: 486276Published: Friday, March 24, 2023 - 07:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Streams of star-forming gas dripping from the disk of galaxy JW100 are formed by a process called ram pressure stripping.Portal image: Lower Left: spiral galaxy with bright bulge & arms seen...

Portal origin URL: Hubble Monitors Changing Weather and Seasons at Jupiter and UranusPortal origin nid: 486253Published: Thursday, March 23, 2023 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Hubble – as interplanetary meteorologist – is keeping track of the outer planets' weather, as it does every year.Portal image: Lower half of Jupiter....

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Webb Spots Swirling, Gritty Clouds on Remote PlanetPortal origin nid: 486230Published: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Researchers observing with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed silicate cloud features in a distant planet’s atmosphere. The team, led by Brittany Miles...

Want to help unravel the Sun’s secrets? Come track sprawling magnetic fields as they rotate across the Sun! (Credit: Emily Mason/NASA) “Active regions” are large concentrations of magnetic field on the Sun, home to dramatic phenomena such as solar flares that can affect the Earth and other planets. Scientists need your help tracking these active regions as they return from their...

Portal origin URL: L.A. Youth Robotics Competition Leaves Student Teams EnergizedPortal origin nid: 486233Published: Monday, March 20, 2023 - 17:18Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Supported by volunteers from JPL and the aerospace industry, the annual regional FIRST Robotics event makes an impact on young competitors and adult mentors alike.Portal...

Portal origin URL: NASA Instrument Bound for Titan Could Reveal Chemistry Leading to LifePortal origin nid: 485821Published: Friday, March 17, 2023 - 13:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s giant moon, Titan, will carry an instrument called the Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer designed to help scientists hone in on...

Portal origin URL: NASA Uses 30-Year Satellite Record to Track and Project Rising SeasPortal origin nid: 486207Published: Friday, March 17, 2023 - 08:56Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Observations from space show that the rate of sea level rise is increasing. Knowing where and how much rise is happening can help coastal planners prepare for future...

Portal origin URL: Hubble Sees a Diminutive Dwarf GalaxyPortal origin nid: 486167Published: Friday, March 17, 2023 - 07:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: UGCA 307 hangs against an irregular backdrop of distant galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.Portal image: Band of bluish light speckled with stars and a few small...

Portal origin URL: NASA Rockets to Search for Swirls at the Edge of SpacePortal origin nid: 486114Published: Thursday, March 16, 2023 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A NASA rocket team is on the hunt for giant hurricane-like swirls in our upper atmosphere. The Vorticity Experiment, or VortEx mission, is readying for a launch on March 17, 2023,...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Fermi Captures Dynamic Gamma-Ray Sky in New AnimationPortal origin nid: 486129Published: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Cosmic fireworks, invisible to our eyes, fill the night sky. We can get a glimpse of this elusive light show thanks to the Large Area Telescope (LAT) aboard NASA’s...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Magellan Data Reveals Volcanic Activity on VenusPortal origin nid: 486138Published: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 - 07:24Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: In a first, scientists have seen direct evidence of active volcanism on Earth’s twin, setting the stage for the agency’s VERITAS mission to investigate.Portal...

Artist's concept of a magneto-optical trap and atom chip to be used by NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Fundamental Physics Program has selected seven proposals submitted in response to the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences - 2022 (ROSES-2022) E.6 Fundamental Physics call for proposal....

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures Rarely Seen Prelude to SupernovaPortal origin nid: 486116Published: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 - 14:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star – among the most luminous, most massive, and most briefly detectable stars known – was one of the first observations made by...

Portal origin URL: Study Finds Ocean Currents May Affect Rotation of Europa’s Icy CrustPortal origin nid: 486118Published: Monday, March 13, 2023 - 16:39Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Research reveals a new explanation for how the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa rotates at a different rate than its interior. NASA’s Europa Clipper will take...

Portal origin URL: Warming Makes Droughts, Extreme Wet Events More Frequent, IntensePortal origin nid: 486093Published: Monday, March 13, 2023 - 12:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Scientists have predicted that droughts, floods will become more frequent and severe as our planet warms and climate changes, but measuring this on regional scales has...

Chesapeake Bay locals are helping take care of the Bay using their smartphones to train NASA satellites to monitor water quality. Find out how to get involved with this new project. Learn More

Near the Chesapeake Bay? Join Chesapeake Water Watch and help scientists monitor its health! (Credit: Shelby Brown) Chesapeake Bay locals are helping take care of the Bay using their smartphones! Climate disruption and other human disturbances are affecting our coastal waters. The Chesapeake Water Watch project asks volunteers in Maryland, Virginia, and other nearby states to monitor...

Portal origin URL: Hubble Spots a Star-Forming SpiralPortal origin nid: 486013Published: Friday, March 10, 2023 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 hangs against a background of dim, distant galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.Portal image: An irregularly shaped spiral galaxy....

What are some skywatching highlights in March 2023? Following their close approach in the sky on March 1, Venus and Jupiter go their separate ways. Venus climbs higher each evening, while Jupiter exists the morning sky at month's end. And those with binoculars of a small telescope can seek out dwarf planet Ceres, which is at its brightest this month....

Portal origin URL: Hubble Peers at a Galactic SeascapePortal origin nid: 485911Published: Friday, March 3, 2023 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A “jellyfish galaxy” with trailing tentacles of stars hangs in inky blackness in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.Portal image: Center left: spiral galaxy with large, faint,...

Portal origin URL: Hubble Captures Movie of DART Asteroid Impact DebrisPortal origin nid: 485828Published: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of photos of asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by a 1,200-pound NASA spacecraft called DART on September 26,...

Portal origin URL: NASA-Funded Scientists Estimate Carbon Stored in African Dryland TreesPortal origin nid: 485812Published: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: With the help of artificial intelligence and high-resolution satellite images, scientists mapped almost 10 billion individual trees in Africa’s drylands to...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s DART Data Validates Kinetic Impact as Planetary Defense MethodPortal origin nid: 485827Published: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s DART Data Validates Kinetic Impact as Planetary Defense MethodPortal image: This image depicts the footprint of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test...

Portal origin URL: How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Rewind the UniversePortal origin nid: 485801Published: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A new simulation shows how NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will turn back the cosmic clock, unveiling the evolving universe in ways that have never been possible...