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...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s IXPE Unlocks Mysteries of Historic Tycho SupernovaPortal origin nid: 485798Published: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: An international team of scientists has uncovered new information about the remains of a star whose explosion was discovered 450 years ago. The results provided new clues...

Portal origin URL: Hubble Observes Cosmic Contortions Portal origin nid: 485729Published: Friday, February 24, 2023 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A massive galaxy cluster in the constellation Cetus dominates the center of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.Portal image: A cluster of large galaxies, surrounded by stars...

Portal origin URL: Study Finds Venus’ ‘Squishy’ Outer Shell May Be Resurfacing the PlanetPortal origin nid: 485744Published: Thursday, February 23, 2023 - 12:10Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The research uses archival NASA data to show that Venus may be losing heat from geologic activity in regions called coronae, possibly like early tectonic...

Portal origin URL: MAVEN Status UpdatePortal origin nid: 485703Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - 12:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft entered safe mode on Feb. 16 after encountering an issue with its Inertial Measurement Unit, which measures the spacecraft rate of rotation for use in determining its pointing.Portal...

PROJECT Long-Lived In situ Solar System Explorer (LLISSE) SNAPSHOT NASA and Advanced Thermal Batteries, Inc. (ATB) are developing a high-temperature battery system to power a long-lived lander on the Venus surface. Based on short-lived battery systems used for powering missiles, this new battery approach has demonstrated high-temperature operation for unprecedented periods of time, laying...

Portal origin URL: NASA to Launch Israel’s First Space TelescopePortal origin nid: 485671Published: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA will launch Israel’s first space telescope mission, the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT). ULTRASAT, an ultraviolet observatory with a large field of view,...

Why is Venus called Earth’s evil twin? The two planets actually have a lot in common, but somewhere along the way Venus and Earth took two very different paths. NASA Director of Planetary Science, Dr. Lori Glaze, explains how Venus became a hot, hellish, and unforgiving place. Explore more about Earth’s “evil” cosmic next-door neighbor: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/venus...

Portal origin URL: Hubble Views a Merging Galactic Trio Portal origin nid: 485603Published: Friday, February 17, 2023 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: This Hubble Space Telescope image holds three galaxies set on a collision course. They will eventually merge into a single larger galaxy, distorting one another’s spiral structure through...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Webb Reveals Intricate Networks of Gas and Dust in Nearby GalaxiesPortal origin nid: 485616Published: Thursday, February 16, 2023 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope are getting their first look at star formation, gas, and dust in nearby galaxies with unprecedented...

Portal origin URL: Moon Mountain Name Honors NASA Mathematician Melba MoutonPortal origin nid: 485599Published: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 - 12:16Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Scientists recently named a mesa-like lunar mountain that towers above the landscape carved by craters near the Moon’s South Pole. This unique feature will now be...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Webb Uncovers New Details in Pandora’s ClusterPortal origin nid: 485617Published: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Astronomers have revealed the latest deep field image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, featuring never-before-seen details in a region of space known as...

This Valentine's Day, fall in love with science! Join the new NASA project called “Are we alone on in the universe?” and help scientists find signs of extraterrestrial intelligence! Learn...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Shows Off Collection of Mars SamplesPortal origin nid: 485601Published: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 - 08:30Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The Red Planet rover snapped a portrait of the sample depot it has assembled with 10 backup sample tubes that could be returned to Earth by a future mission.Portal...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Satellites Help with Turkey, Syria Earthquake ResponsePortal origin nid: 485576Published: Friday, February 10, 2023 - 19:14Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Following the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and western Syria Feb. 6, NASA is working to share its aerial views and data from space in...

August 21, 2017 Solar Eclipse as seen from the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, near Maryville, TN. (Credit: W.D. Engelke AB4EJ) Ham Radio operators, we’re calling you! Members of the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) will be making radio contacts during the 2023 and 2024 North American eclipses, probing the Earth’s ionosphere. It will be a fun, friendly event with...

Help search for radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations! (Credit: UCLA SETI and Yuri Beletsky) This Valentine's Day, fall in love with science! Join the new NASA project called “Are we alone on in the universe?” and help scientists find signs of extraterrestrial intelligence! UCLA SETI is observing thousands of stars at radio wavelengths to search for signals made by...

Portal origin URL: Hubble Spots an Elusive GalaxyPortal origin nid: 485552Published: Friday, February 10, 2023 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Right in the middle of this image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope lies the newly discovered dwarf galaxy known as Donatiello II.Portal image: Black, relatively empty field with stars...

Portal origin URL: NASA’s NuSTAR Telescope Reveals Hidden Light Shows on the SunPortal origin nid: 485534Published: Thursday, February 9, 2023 - 19:53Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Some of the hottest spots in the Sun’s atmosphere appear in the telescope’s X-ray view.Portal image: Wavelengths of light from three space observatories are...

Portal origin URL: Hubble Captures the Start of a New Spoke Season at SaturnPortal origin nid: 485477Published: Thursday, February 9, 2023 - 09:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: New images of Saturn from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope herald the start of the planet's "spoke season" surrounding its equinox, when enigmatic features...

Portal origin URL: Meet the Winners of NASA’s 2022 Annual Space Apps ChallengePortal origin nid: 485488Published: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Meet the 10 global winners of the 2022 NASA International Space Apps Challenge.Portal image: NASA International Space Apps Challenge is written in white text and is...

The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project has just discovered an object similar to Jupiter that has some of the reddest “colors” we've ever seen for such objects. Read...

Artist's impression of an extremely red free-floating brown dwarf like CWISE 0506. (Credit: William Pendrill) The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project has just discovered an object similar to Jupiter that has some of the reddest “colors” we've ever seen for such objects. Astronomers use the word “color” in a special way, since they often look at wavelengths of light that are not...

PROJECT Multi-star Wavefront Control (MSWC)Compact Total Irradiance Monitor (CTIM); Compact Solar Irradiance Monitor (CSIM) SNAPSHOT A pair of NASA projects will help researchers better understand the relationship between solar radiation and phenomena on Earth like severe weather and climate change. NASA’s Compact Total Irradiance Monitor (CTIM) instrument, which will help researchers...

Portal origin URL: Webb Detects Extremely Small Main Belt AsteroidPortal origin nid: 485380Published: Monday, February 6, 2023 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: An asteroid roughly the size of Rome’s Colosseum — between 300 to 650 feet (100 to 200 meters) in length — has been detected by an international team of European astronomers using...

Portal origin URL: NASA-ISRO Earth Science Instruments Get Send-Off Before Moving to IndiaPortal origin nid: 485390Published: Friday, February 3, 2023 - 18:32Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Dignitaries from the U.S. and Indian space agencies, along with members of the media, were invited to see NISAR’s science payload in a Jet Propulsion Laboratory...

Portal origin URL: Hubble’s New View of the Tarantula NebulaPortal origin nid: 485360Published: Friday, February 3, 2023 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A snapshot of the Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is featured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.Portal image: Wispy, nebulous red clouds extend from...

A new special episode of SciGirls, the Emmy award-winning TV show, features NASA’s Disk Detective project. The latest episode, “Dakota Stars,” joins a new collection of SciGirls in Space episodes that explore topics like human spaceflight, astronomy, and traditional star knowledge. Read...