- NASA
- 11/5/17 04:55
NASA has released a unique satellite image tracing the damage of a monster EF-4 tornado that tore through Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on April 27th.
NASA has released a unique satellite image tracing the damage of a monster EF-4 tornado that tore through Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on April 27th.
MONDAY 9. MAY 2011
No coffee? No problem. To wake up any morning this week, all you need to do is look out the window for a spectacular dawn conjunction of planets.
FRIDAY 6. MAY 2011
On Wednesday, April 27th, Science@NASA writer Dauna Coulter found herself near ground zero as a super-outbreak of tornadoes ripped through North Alabama. This is the story about the science of the event she wrote and submitted from within the disaster zone.
WEDNESDAY 4. MAY 2011
NASA has announced the results of an epic physics experiment which confirms the reality of a space-time vortex around our planet.
THURSDAY 28. APRIL 2011
NASA's Voyager probes are at the edge of the solar system carrying a surprising message from Earth to possible extraterrestrial civilizations.
More than 30 years after they were launched, NASA's two Voyager probes have traveled to the edge of the solar system and are on the doorstep of interstellar space.
WEDNESDAY 27. APRIL 2011
Mark your calendar. On May 6th, Earth will pass through a stream of debris from Halley's comet, producing a mild but beautiful meteor shower known as the "eta Aquarids."
FRIDAY 22. APRIL 2011
People across the globe are working together to help scientists analyze data from NASA's Hubble, Kepler, and LRO instruments. And they're making surprising discoveries of their own!
THURSDAY 14. APRIL 2011
No, it's not your imagination. Solar activity really is picking up, bringing an end to a century-class solar minimum.
THURSDAY 7. APRIL 2011
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has entered the asteroid belt and it is closing in on giant asteroid Vesta.
THURSDAY 31. MARCH 2011
For reasons researchers do not understand, the rate of midnight fireballs increases during the weeks around the vernal equinox. It's a beautiful display, but where do they come from? NASA's growing network of fireball cameras is scanning the heavens for answers.
WEDNESDAY 30. MARCH 2011
As NASA's Dawn spacecraft closes in on Vesta, researchers are wondering if the behemoth space rock is just an asteroid or something more?
FRIDAY 18. MARCH 2011
NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft successfully achieved orbit around Mercury at approximately 9 p.m. EDT on March 17th. This marks the first time a spacecraft has orbited the solar system's innermost planet.
WEDNESDAY 16. MARCH 2011
On March 19th, a full Moon of rare size and beauty will rise in the east at sunset. It's a super "perigee moon"--the biggest in almost 20 years.
TUESDAY 15. MARCH 2011
It's not easy to visit Mercury, but NASA is about to settle in for a long stay. The MESSENGER probe enters orbit around the innermost planet on March 17th.
MONDAY 14. MARCH 2011
This week, sky watchers have a rare opportunity to see Mercury at its best as NASA's MESSENGER probe prepares to enter orbit around the innermost planet.
WEDNESDAY 2. MARCH 2011
When solar activity recently plunged into a century-class minimum, many experts were puzzled. Now a group of researchers say they have cracked the mystery of the missing sunspots.
TUESDAY 1. MARCH 2011
Have you ever seen a fireball streak through the night sky and gone to bed wondering, "What was that?" NASA is deploying a network of smart cameras that could have an answer waiting for you when you wake up.
THURSDAY 24. FEBRUARY 2011
Last month, NASA scientists got a rare chance to study "thundersnow" first-hand when a freak winter storm rolled right over their research center.
FRIDAY 11. FEBRUARY 2011
Last year, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory amazed observers when it destroyed a sundog en route to orbit. A new analysis of the event is shedding light on the way rocket shock-waves interact with clouds.
WEDNESDAY 9. FEBRUARY 2011
NASA is about to discover how solar heat devours a comet as the Stardust-NExT probe closes in for a Valentines Day encounter with Tempel 1.
SUNDAY 6. FEBRUARY 2011
On Super Sun-day, NASA's STEREO spacecraft moved into position to photograph the entire sun--front and back. Researchers say this is a transforming moment in solar physics that could lead to big advances in space weather forecasting.
TUESDAY 1. FEBRUARY 2011
NASA's first Earth-orbiting solar sail, NanoSail-D, is circling our planet and attracting the attention of sky watchers. Occasionally, sunlight glinting from the sail's reflective fabric produces a flash of light in the night sky. These "solar sail flares" are expected to grow brighter as NanoSail-D descends in the weeks ahead.
MONDAY 31. JANUARY 2011
Robonaut 2, a dexterous humanoid robot explorer, is set to leave Earth in February for one of the greatest adventures in the history of robotics.
WEDNESDAY 26. JANUARY 2011
Evidence is mounting that Saturn's moon Enceladus harbors a bubbly subterranean ocean where conditions might be friendly to life.