Portal origin URL: NASA Sun Data Helps New Model Predict Big Solar FlaresPortal origin nid: 463252Published: Friday, July 31, 2020 - 11:36Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Using data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, scientists have developed a new model that successfully predicted seven of the Sun’s biggest flares from the last solar...

Perseverance has successfully launched and 'called home," now it has quite the trip ahead. It will reach Mars on Feb. 18, 2021, touching down on the surface of Jezero Crater. The rover will search for signs of past microbial life and help scientists better understand the geology and climate of the Red Planet. News Article Type: Homepage ArticlesPublished: Thursday, July 30,...

Portal origin URL: NASA, ULA Launch Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet Portal origin nid: 463224Published: Thursday, July 30, 2020 - 08:56Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is on its way to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples to send back to Earth.Portal...

Portal origin URL: NASA's Perseverance Rover Will Carry First Spacesuit Materials to MarsPortal origin nid: 463154Published: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 - 08:05Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: In a Q&A, spacesuit designer Amy Ross explains how five samples, including a piece of helmet visor, will be tested aboard the rover, which is targeting a July 30...

Portal origin URL: NASA's AIRS Sees Hurricane Douglas, Tropical Storm Hanna From Space Portal origin nid: 463078Published: Sunday, July 26, 2020 - 20:18Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Wild weather sweeping in from the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico is bringing flooding rains, high winds, and dangerous storm surges to Hawaii and Texas.Portal...

Video Length: 4:27The commercialization of low-Earth orbit is enabling a new market in space, while aiding NASA in its mission of exploration and discovery. Read this story Video Links: A Growing Market at Gravity’s Edge -...

Eyebrow: Citizen Science NewsBody: Comments on the draft text for ROSES-2020 Amendment 39 releases for community comment draft text for E.9 Citizen Science Seed Funding Program are due July 30, 2020. Link: Learn...

“I have always been interested in teaching people how to use remote sensing technology in different cultural contexts with different knowledge systems" - NASA Ames research scientist Dr. Cindy Schmidt News Article Type: Homepage ArticlesPublished: Friday, July 24, 2020 -...

Eyebrow: Citizen Science NewsBody: NASA and Zooniverse will work together to engage participants in projects that span the wide range of NASA’s science divisions: astrophysics, heliophysics, planetary science, and earth science. Link: Read...

NASA and Zooniverse will work together to engage participants in projects that span the wide range of NASA’s science divisions: astrophysics, heliophysics, planetary science, and earth science. News Article Type: Homepage ArticlesPublished: Thursday, July 23, 2020 -...

Portal origin URL: NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Passes Flight Readiness ReviewPortal origin nid: 462985Published: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 - 16:04Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission cleared its Flight Readiness Review Wednesday, an important milestone on its way to the launch pad.Portal image: Nose...

We’re going to Mars! NASA’s Perseverance rover will head to Mars this summer to search for signs of ancient life. Christina Hernandez and Mitch Schulte tell us all about Mars Perseverance in this special edition episode of NASA’s Curious Universe. News Article Type: Homepage ArticlesPublished: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 -...

When: July 22, 2020 / 3:30 PM Eastern Time Panel: Data Mash-Ups: Using Citizen Science Data in Conjunction with Other NASA Data Sets with Dr. Aaron Meisner, NSF's NOIRLab; Dr. J. Brant Dodson, Science Systems and Applications, Inc.; Dr. Heather J. Lynch, IACS Endowed Chair of Ecology & Evolution at Stony Brook University Citizen science efforts are frequently used to groundtruth or...

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Portal origin URL: NASA Announces New James Webb Space Telescope Target Launch DatePortal origin nid: 462828Published: Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 13:17Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA now is targeting Oct. 31, 2021, for the launch of the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana, due to impacts from the ongoing coronavirus...

Eyebrow: Citizen Science NewsBody: Comet NEOWISE is visible in an aurora-filled sky in this photo by Aurorasaurus Ambassador Donna Lach. The photo was taken early on July 14, 2020, in western Manitoba, Canada. Link: Read...

Comet NEOWISE is visible in an aurora-filled sky in this photo by Aurorasaurus Ambassador Donna Lach. The photo was taken early on July 14, 2020, in western Manitoba, Canada. The purple ribbon-like structure to the left is STEVE, an aurora-related phenomenon discovered with the help of citizen scientists working with the Aurorasaurus project. The bright streak near the top of the image is a...

Portal origin URL: ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter Returns First Data, Snaps Closest Pictures of the SunPortal origin nid: 462804Published: Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 08:15Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The first images from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft are now available to the public, including the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun.Portal...

Portal origin URL: Comet NEOWISE Seen in an Aurora-Filled SkyPortal origin nid: 462798Published: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - 15:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Comet NEOWISE is visible in an aurora-filled sky in this photo taken on July 14, 2020, by Aurorasaurus Ambassador Donna Lach.Portal image: Comet NEOWISE appears in a sky streaked with...

Portal origin URL: NASA to Provide Update on James Webb Space TelescopePortal origin nid: 462795Published: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - 12:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA will host a media teleconference at 4:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 16, to provide an update on the status of the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s next...

As of June 2020, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory — SDO — has now been watching the Sun non-stop for over a full decade. From its orbit in space around the Earth, SDO has gathered 425 million high-resolution images of the Sun, amassing 20 million gigabytes of data over the past 10 years. This information has enabled countless new discoveries about the workings of our closest star and...

The Goddard Office of Communications hosts a virtual showcase of their latest productions at the eleventh annual Goddard Film Festival, highlighting the center’s achievements over the past year in astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics and planetary science. The videos showcases recent and upcoming missions and events such as the James Webb Space Telescope, Operation IceBridge, Landsat,...

Eyebrow: Citizen Science NewsBody: Planets form from gas and dust particles swirling around baby stars in enormous spinning disks. But because this process takes millions of years, scientists can only learn about these disks by finding and studying a lot of different examples. Through a project called Disk Detective, you can help.Link: Learn...

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