Portal origin URL: NASA to Broadcast Solar Orbiter Launch, Prelaunch ActivitiesPortal origin nid: 457860Published: Friday, January 31, 2020 - 17:16Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA is targeting 11:03 p.m. EST Sunday, Feb. 9, for the launch of Solar Orbiter, an international collaborative mission between ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA.Portal...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope Ends Mission of Astronomical DiscoveryPortal origin nid: 457834Published: Thursday, January 30, 2020 - 17:44Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: After more than 16 years studying the universe in infrared light, revealing new wonders in our solar system, our galaxy, and beyond, NASA's Spitzer Space...

Video Length: 5:51 NASA and several partners announced Tuesday they have renamed a key ocean observation satellite launching this fall in honor of Earth scientist Michael Freilich, who retired last year as head of NASA’s Earth Science division, a position he held since 2006. Read this story Video...

This blog post originated in the 2018 Science Mission Directorate Science and Technology Report. PROJECT Polar Mesospheric Cloud Turbulence experiment (PMC Turbo) KEY POINTS The balloon-borne PMC Turbo experiment successfully provided information about small-scale instabilities and turbulence in the mesosphere that will ultimately contribute to improving weather and climate models. The...

Portal origin URL: NASA, Partners Name Ocean Studying Satellite for Noted Earth ScientistPortal origin nid: 457696Published: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 - 08:19Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA and several partners announced Tuesday they have renamed a key ocean observation satellite launching this fall in honor of Earth scientist Michael Freilich,...

Portal origin URL: New Mission Will Take 1st Peek at Sun’s PolesPortal origin nid: 457581Published: Monday, January 27, 2020 - 13:36Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission will fly within the orbit of Mercury to capture the first-ever images of the Su'ns north and south poles.Portal image: Solar Orbiter...

NASA Harvest Program Director, Dr. Inbal Becker-Reshef, was recently featured on Episode 73: Crop Circle on the nature, Earth, and environmentally-focused podcast series Podship Earth hosted by Jared Blumenfeld, California’s Secretary for Environmental Protection. In the interview, she touches on various topics related to satellite remote sensing for informing agricultural and food...

Portal origin URL: Media Invited to Renaming Ceremony for International Ocean Science SatellitePortal origin nid: 457574Published: Friday, January 24, 2020 - 10:32Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA and its partners on an upcoming mission to extend long-term observations of global sea level change will announce the renaming of the mission, currently...

Portal origin URL: NASA Announces Two Media Briefings on Latest Solar MissionPortal origin nid: 457518Published: Thursday, January 23, 2020 - 13:50Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) scientists will discuss Solar Orbiter, the agencies’ collaboration set to launch next month on its journey to the Sun, during two...

Portal origin URL: NASA Determines Australian Meteor Crater is the Oldest KnownPortal origin nid: 457435Published: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 14:05Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The Earth is pocked with roughly 190 major meteor craters, yet scientists only know the age of just a few. Recently, A NASA scientist analyzed the age of the Yarrabubba...

Portal origin URL: NASA Sounding Rocket Observing Nitric Oxide in Polar NightPortal origin nid: 457436Published: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 14:05Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The northern lights may be beautiful, but the nitric oxide they leave behind can impact Earth's ozone supply. To understand this abundance of nitric oxide in the polar...

Hosted by NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team What role can NASA’s satellites play in public health? What satellite resources are available to track and predict wildfires? How does one begin to use NASA’s free data visualization tools, such as Giovanni? This winter, the Health and Air Quality Applied Science Team (HAQAST) will be hosting a series of 14, free,...

This blog post originated in the 2018 Science Mission Directorate Science and Technology Report. PROJECT High Temperature Memory Electronics for Long-Lived Venus Missions KEY POINTS Newly developed silicon carbide electronics have operated in ovens for over a year at 500°C and for 60 days in simulated Venus surface conditions. This technology is key to enable future extended missions...

Helena Chapman, NASA Earth Science Division Helena Chapman is an associate program manager for the Earth Applied Sciences' Health and Air Quality Applications program at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC.  She also supports the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Health Community of Practice. As a global network of governments, organizations and observers, it promotes the use of Earth...

Portal origin URL: NASA, NOAA to Announce 2019 Global Temperatures, Climate ConditionsPortal origin nid: 457249Published: Friday, January 10, 2020 - 11:19Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Climate experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will release their annual assessment of global temperatures and discuss the...

Portal origin URL: Hubble Detects Smallest Known Dark Matter ClumpsPortal origin nid: 457138Published: Wednesday, January 8, 2020 - 15:15Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Dark matter forms much smaller clumps than previously known. This result confirms one of the fundamental predictions of the widely accepted "cold dark matter" theory. All...

Portal origin URL: SOFIA Reveals How the Swan Nebula Hatched Portal origin nid: 457136Published: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - 15:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A new view of the Swan Nebula from SOFIA reveals that parts of it formed separately to create the swan-like shape seen today.Portal image: Composite image of the Swan nebula in blue,...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s TESS Mission Uncovers Its 1st World With Two StarsPortal origin nid: 457113Published: Monday, January 6, 2020 - 19:15Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has found its first circumbinary planet, a world orbiting two stars. Called TOI 1338 b, the planet lies 1,300 light-years...

Portal origin URL: Surprise! TESS Shows Ancient North Star Undergoes EclipsesPortal origin nid: 457123Published: Monday, January 6, 2020 - 19:15Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA's TESS satellite has shown that the bright star Alpha Draconis and its fainter, previously known companion actually undergo mutual eclipses: a complete...

This blog post originated in the 2018 Science Mission Directorate Science and Technology Report. PROJECT Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI) sounding rocket KEY POINTS This third flight of the FOXSI experiment featured direct-focusing X-ray optics, 3D-printed collimating devices for limiting background, and high-resolution X-ray detectors. This technology will enable...

Portal origin URL: Astronomers Spot Distant Galaxy Group Driving Ancient Cosmic MakeoverPortal origin nid: 457069Published: Sunday, January 5, 2020 - 15:15Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Astronomers have found the farthest galaxy group identified to date. Called EGS77, the galaxies are participating in a sweeping cosmic makeover called reionization,...