Technology Development Researchers from the University of Michigan (UM) and NASA GSFC are partnering to develop new types of magnetometers for use on future small satellites. These new instruments not only fulfill stringent requirements for low-amplitude and high-precision measurements, they are also enabling the team to develop a new approach to achieving highquality magnetic measurements...

Are microwaves really just a form of light? What exactly is the electromagnetic spectrum? While our eyes can't see most of this spectrum, except for visible light, we have developed technologies such as giant radio dishes, infrared cameras, x-ray scanners, and utraviolet satellites to peak into the "invisible" world around us. News Article Type: Homepage...

Portal origin URL: Artificial Intelligence, NASA Data Used to Discover Eighth Planet Circling Distant StarPortal origin nid: 415085Published: Thursday, December 14, 2017 - 13:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90,...

Did you know the Moon is slowly moving away from Earth and that the Moon has water? Jim Green is joined by lunar expert Sarah Noble to discuss how the Moon was formed, lava tubes and moonquakes, the “dark side of the Moon,” and mysteries we have yet to solve about Earth’s nearest neighbor. News Article Type: Homepage ArticlesPublished: Thursday, December 14, 2017 -...

Portal origin URL: NASA Television Updates Broadcast Schedule for Cargo Resupply MissionPortal origin nid: 415031Published: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 - 16:01Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX now is targeting no earlier than 10:36 a.m. EST Friday, Dec. 15, for its 13th commercial resupply services mission to the...

Portal origin URL: Spanning Disciplines in the Search for Life Beyond EarthPortal origin nid: 414999Published: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 - 11:30Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Following a gold rush of exoplanet discovery, the next step in the search for life is determining which of the known exoplanets are proper candidates for life — and for...

Portal origin URL: Eclipse 2017: Science from the Moon’s ShadowPortal origin nid: 414836Published: Monday, December 11, 2017 - 12:30Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: While people across North America took in the Aug. 21 eclipse, hundreds of citizen, student, and professional scientists were collecting scientific data, and their efforts are beginning...

A pioneering system is using satellites to expedite wildfire recovery—while the fires still rage It was born from a lightning bolt. In less than a week, it grew into the largest ongoing wildfire in the United States. An Insatiable Appetite The Soda Fire ignited on August 10, 2015, burning across the rugged landscape of southwest Idaho and eastern Oregon. Feeding on sagebrush,...

The annual Geminid meteor shower has arrived. It's a good time to bundle up, go outside and let the universe blow your mind! News Article Type: Homepage ArticlesPublished: Friday, December 8, 2017 -...

A new NASA policy will give science and engineering communities a revised roadmap to allow more opportunities to conduct innovative science and technology from space. News Article Type: Homepage ArticlesPublished: Friday, December 8, 2017 -...

The Moon became a key focus point for NASA in 2017, whether it was blocking out the Sun during one of the most-viewed events in U.S. history, or reinvigorating the agency’s human space exploration plans. News Article Type: Homepage ArticlesPublished: Friday, December 8, 2017 -...

Portal origin URL: Can Data Save Dolphins? How Scientists Are Using NASA Data to Study Link Between Solar Storms and Animal BeachingsPortal origin nid: 414470Published: Friday, December 8, 2017 - 10:14Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: After a collaboration between NASA scientists and marine biologists, new research rules out space weather as a primary...

Portal origin URL: NASA Highlights Jupiter, Search for Life at American Geophysical UnionPortal origin nid: 414653Published: Thursday, December 7, 2017 - 14:10Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Dec. 11-15...

New Horizons will fly by its next exploration target, a distant Kuiper Belt object called 2014 MU69 in early 2019. News Article Type: Homepage ArticlesPublished: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 -...

In this episode Tom Wagner of NASA’s Earth Science Division discusses sea ice, volcanoes, what it’s like to live and work in Antarctica, and how studying planets like Venus and Mars helps provide clues about the future of our home planet. News Article Type: Homepage ArticlesPublished: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 -...

If you tried to start a car that's been sitting in a garage for decades, you might not expect the engine to respond. But a set of thrusters aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft successfully fired up Wednesday after 37 years without use. News Article Type: Homepage ArticlesPublished: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 -...

Video Length: 4:56The International Space Station is more than just a bright light in the night sky. It is also an out-of-this-world research laboratory. Read this story Video Links: An Out of This World Research Lab -...

Technology Development The Tropical Cyclone Information System (TCIS) is a tool that fuses hurricane models and observations within a web-based system to improve forecasting capabilities. TCIS provides scientists with the capability to overlay user-selected observational data on top of a variety of user-selected model predictions, and to perform online analysis of models and observations....

It seems like even black holes can’t resist the temptation to insert themselves unannounced into photographs. A cosmic photobomb found as a background object in images of the nearby Andromeda galaxy has revealed what could be the most tightly coupled pair of supermassive black holes ever seen. News Article Type: Homepage ArticlesPublished: Friday, December 1, 2017 -...

Video Length: 3:43A series of three supermoons will appear on the celestial stage on December 3, 2017, January 1, 2018, and January 31, 2018. Read this story Video Links: A Supermoon Trilogy -...

The next stop on our virtual tour is Venus, the closest planet to Earth and the hottest planet in our solar system, with surface temperatures scorching enough to melt lead. News Article Type: Homepage ArticlesPublished: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 -...

Data from above guided an unprecedented effort to help Nepal recover from a series of devastating earthquakes The Nepal earthquake disaster launched a global humanitarian effort in 2015. Even as the dust still settled, space-based information aided the nation’s recovery… and watched for new hazards. The Quake “All of a sudden it seemed like as if the ground had dropped away and...

Portal origin URL: Dellingr CubeSat Technologies Available for Commercial Licensing Portal origin nid: 414029Published: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 - 10:53Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Deployed from the International Space Station on Nov. 20, 2017, Dellingr, a first of its kind 6U CubeSat is carrying several NASA Goddard developed technologies...

Portal origin URL: NASA Begins Checkout of Dellingr Spacecraft Designed to Improve Robustness of CubeSat PlatformsPortal origin nid: 414024Published: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 - 09:38Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA ground controllers have begun checking out and commissioning a shoebox-sized spacecraft that the agency purposely built to show...