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In February, NASA's ER-2 science aircraft flew instruments designed to improve satellite data products and Earth science observations. From data collection to processing, satellite systems continue to advance, and NASA i...

Written by Margaret Deahn, Ph.D. Student at Purdue University Last week, NASA's Mars 2020 rover continued its journey down lower 'Witch Hazel Hill' on the Jezero crater rim. The rover stopped along a boundary visible fro...

Learn what the rocks in Iceland tell researchers about climate conditions at the time of the Roman Empire's collapse.

This southwest England area has served as a crossroads for multiple civilizations, dating back 12,000 years.

Learn more about the Curiosity's carbonate discovery on Mars, and what it tells of about Mars' past and Earth's future.

NASA engineers began using a network of ground sensors in March to collect data from an experimental air taxi to evaluate how to safely integrate such vehicles into airspace above cities - in all kinds of weather. Resear...

Two new studies have sparked fresh debate about a faraway planet with a weird atmosphere. One of the studies claims additional evidence for the presence of life on the planet K2-18 b, based on chemical clues. The other s...

Onboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Extant Life Volumetric Imaging System, dubbed ELVIS, is not about resurrecting rock-n-roll legends, but pioneering scientific discovery. Using innovative holographic tec...

Students from Woodland Park, Colorado, will connect with NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers as she answers prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-related questions from aboard the International Space Sta...

The launch of space shuttle Discovery is captured in this April 12, 1985, photo. This mission, STS-51D, was the 16th flight of NASA’s Space Shuttle program, and Discovery's fourth flight. Discovery carried out 39 missi...

NASA released a set of photos highlighting the newly arrived HALO module for Gateway, a small space station that the agency aims to launch to lunar orbit in 2027.

Even as NASA and its partners on the ISS shift to commercial space stations, NASA's former deputy administrator believes there will still be a role for multilateral coordination. The post Multilateral coordination will b...

Sometimes an old telescope can still impress. That is certainly the case for Hubble, which is rapidly approaching the 35th anniversary of its launch. To celebrate, the telescope's operators are collaborating with ESA to ...

NASA just unveiled a new image of the iconic Sombrero Galaxy, showcasing intricate details of its vivid structure that resembles the broad-brimmed Mexican hat.

Who knew that magnetic fields could be so useful?

Scientists have found further evidence of possible biosignature gases on the planet K2-18b, strengthening its case as an abode for alien life. But the case is far from closed.

New findings from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover could provide an answer to the mystery of what happened to the planet's ancient atmosphere and how Mars has evolved over time. Researchers have long believed that Mars once h...

Research from NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence of a carbon cycle on ancient Mars, bringing scientists closer to an answer on whether the red planet was ever capable of supporting life.

This is a high-quality deep-sky camera that experienced astrophotographers won't outgrow.

Everything in the Universe spins. Galaxies, planets, stars, and black holes all rotate, even if just a bit. It comes from the fact that the clouds of scattered gas and dust of the cosmos are never perfectly symmetrical. ...

In this week's episode of Space Minds, Bill Nye, CEO of the Planetary Society sits down with host David Ariosto. The conversation starts with Bill's journey but quickly pivots to the proposed science budget cuts at NASA....

What do you think of when it comes to extraterrestrial life? Most popular sci-fi books and TV shows suggest humanoid beings could live on other planets. But when astronomers are searching for extraterrestrial life, it is...